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November 12, 2006
Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D Beta
Is available. This is a really, really cool product. You can see a preview on Microsoft's Channel 10. Well worth waiting through the long introduction. You might even want to play the video in class.
The product??? Wow!!!
Here's my house (note the drawn-in buildings):
So, I flew down the hill and hovered over the Pike Place Market (where they throw the fish):
Some buildings are missing ... but notice the perspective on the Space Needle. Works with an X-Box gaming console.
Apparently, advertisers can place billboards on streets, allows navigation by category (Starbucks). City images taken from low flying aircraft and assembled via automation. Many more features.They hope to have 100 cities by summer. Very, very interesting.
Also, you can meet the developers on MSDN Channel 9.
It's a long complicated install, must be a ton of code, but it's cool!
Posted by DavidK at November 12, 2006 10:10 AM | Permalink