Yes, this is a real thing apparently. http://e3.nintendo.com/games/#/wiiu/panorama-view
Experience Your Own Personal Panoramic Tour
Publisher: Nintendo
Release: Holiday 2012
Players: 1
Panoramic Tour
Pick up the Wii U GamePad controller and get ready to transform your
living room into an exotic location from around the world. By moving
the GamePad up, down, left or right, you can look around at all your
surroundings and feel like you’re really experiencing these locations in
person. You control the viewer’s perspective, making it feel as though
you’ve been transported directly to the center of the video’s
destination.
FEATURES:
• Personalize your viewing experience with various tools, like zooming in on
points of interest, setting the tilt or changing to a different perspective.
• Rotating the GamePad will change your viewing perspective from landscape
to portrait, providing a better view of vertical objects such as towers.
• At the end of the experience, you will be shown the top three images or
areas of the video where you focused the majority of your attention.
• The GamePad records your personalized viewing experience, allowing you
to share your vantage point and interests with your family and friends. These
pre-recorded videos can be viewed on the GamePad or the TV.
I'll upload the clip they had in the after show once I find it.
Experience Your Own Personal Panoramic Tour
Publisher: Nintendo
Release: Holiday 2012
Players: 1
Panoramic Tour
Pick up the Wii U GamePad controller and get ready to transform your
living room into an exotic location from around the world. By moving
the GamePad up, down, left or right, you can look around at all your
surroundings and feel like you’re really experiencing these locations in
person. You control the viewer’s perspective, making it feel as though
you’ve been transported directly to the center of the video’s
destination.
FEATURES:
• Personalize your viewing experience with various tools, like zooming in on
points of interest, setting the tilt or changing to a different perspective.
• Rotating the GamePad will change your viewing perspective from landscape
to portrait, providing a better view of vertical objects such as towers.
• At the end of the experience, you will be shown the top three images or
areas of the video where you focused the majority of your attention.
• The GamePad records your personalized viewing experience, allowing you
to share your vantage point and interests with your family and friends. These
pre-recorded videos can be viewed on the GamePad or the TV.
I'll upload the clip they had in the after show once I find it.