Fans built a playable Mario Kart experience inside YouTube using 360° video

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Atlas Arcade and Animated Subtitles have recreated a Mario Kart-like experience within YouTube.

The creators were able to create the experience by using YouTube’s 360-degree spherical video feature.

You can change your character by selecting different subtitles.

Even if you can’t afford a Nintendo Switch 2 , you can still play Mario Kart, kind of. A pair of YouTube creators has put their brains together to make a Mario Kart-like experience playable on the video streaming service.

In one of the more creative endeavors on the platform, Atlas Arcade and Animated Subtitles have put together a fan-made interactive YouTube video that lets you control Mario and friends as you drive down Rainbow Road. If you’re on desktop, you’ll be able to swerve left and right, avoiding obstacles in your path, using keyboard controls. It’s a fairly pared-down experience compared to the real thing, but it’s an interesting experiment all the same.