Independent website Walk Highlands has launched an innovative new feature allowing visitors to virtually, well, walk the Highlands. It uses the Google Earth browser plug-in to present a 3D model of the site's 500 walks in the Scottish highlands. Users can switch into a first-person view at any time, to get a sense of what they'll be able to see as they go - for example from the top of a particular hill or mountain ridge. It's clearly intended as a planning tool for people heading to Scotland for their holidays, but it's immersive enough that you could clearly spend a happy few hours simply enjoying the virtual exploration too. Check the video above for a demo, and click here to try for yourself.
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