Google’s immersive Street View could be glimpse of metaverse

The Internet behemoth is introducing an ‘immersive view’ that fuses Street View images with artificial intelligence to create ‘a rich, digital model of the worlds. — AFP Relaxnews

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Fifteen years after its launch, a Google Maps feature that lets people explore faraway places as though standing right there is providing a glimpse of the metaverse being heralded as the future of the Internet.

There was not yet talk of online life moving to virtual worlds when a “far-fetched” musing by Google co-founder Larry Page prompted Street View, which lets users of the company’s free navigation service see imagery of map locations from the perspective of being there.