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The Thin Line Between Reality and Video Games
Boomzilla writes "San Jose Mercury news is carrying an article about a 2-year-old Silicon Valley start-up called Keyhole and their product Earthviewer. The Mountain View company makes interactive 3-D maps that fuse high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and businesses to deliver a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe. Since the start of the war, many news networks have been using the maps to zoom in on, over and around the Iraqi landscape to help viewers see where the war is being fought. Keyhole is financed by Sony Broadband Entertainment, graphics-chip maker Nvidia and others. Keyhole uses satellite images, aerial photos and other data to create 3-D maps that perform much like high-quality video games. Way cool!"
The amazing Carnack says (holds envelope to forehead) that the first use will be to design a game where you have a gun and other weapons and the object is to shoot down as many people as possible.
They'll even have to the nerve to use the word "innovative" in the description.
The whole gaming scene is sooooooooooooooooo stale. I used to game a ton and now get ill over the thought.
I was watching CNN today, and got a little worried when I realised I was pressing fire on my gamepad.
No, you're thinking along the wrong lines. We want live satellite info to feed into this thing. Send text messages in burning letters in your neighbors yard. Play pranks on friends painting embarrasing things on their roof. Maybe even communicate via laser pointer morse code. The possiblities are endless.
closed minded is as closed minded does
They must be stopped now! They are training for the real thing! Please God, stop them before they gather their teleporters and rocket launchers!
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You think that I'm crazy, you should see this guy!
The Mountain View company makes interactive 3-D maps that fuse high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and businesses to deliver a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe. [snip] Keyhole uses satellite images, aerial photos and other data to create 3-D maps that perform much like high-quality video games.
This new learning amazes me! Tell me again how high-resolution images and other data may be employed to create 3D mapsof the entire globe.
'nuff said.
---If you can't trust a nerd, who can you trust?
Then imagine the next step... getting rid of the DM and other players entirely!
Oh, hang on...
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Yesterday, I put it on the car CD player and accidentally ran down a moped and three pedestrians before I realised I wasn't playing the game.
When I was at college, ohhhhh way back in '94 or '95, some of the kids created a Doom WAD of Trinity College. You can probably find it, if you Google for it.
The best bit was the way the porters' office was full of those hairy monsters who threw fireballs. Beautiful.
--- My dad's political betting
Isn't that the plot of The Sims?
52 Weeks, 52 Religions with John Hummel
Hmmm. I hope CNN has a backup plan for maps, because it looks like it is the latest victim of Shock and Awe.
I wrote in my journal here on slashdot recently that I wanted this technology.
had I know I'd be getting that wish granted, I'd have instead wished for Naomi Watts.
There are some odd things afoot now, in the Villa Straylight.
OK. You've downloaded the NVidia demo version and have found your house. Neat.
Now, enter Bagdad in the place box and watch as you fly out over the Altlantic, past Europe and down into the Middle East.
Without a doubt Earthviewer is the greatest teacher of Where The Fuck These Places Are!!!
If you don't want to repeat the past, stop living in it.