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.
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