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Virtual Worlds: 3D Berlin in Google Earth

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Since this week Germany’s capital Berlin is available as a 3D model within Google Earth. In difference to other 3D worlds already available in Google Earth the buildings within the virtual Berlin have detailed architectural representations including their photorealistic facades. Some buildings can even be visited or entered virtually. So far the present model covers about 10% of the area of Berlin – only a small sample of the official three-dimensional city model of Berlin. The model consists of some 44,000 buildings in the centre of Berlin shown in…

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Virtual Reality: Sony PlayStation 3 – Home™

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Those who believe that over-hyped gaming platforms like SecondLife are the future for virtual communities or gaming should have a look at “Sony’s PS3 Home™ trailer”. “…Home™ is a real-time 3D, networked community that serves as a meeting place for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) users from around the world, where they can interact, communicate, join online games, shop, share content and even build their own personal spaces. Home™ will be available as a free download from the PLAYSTATION®Store and will launch directly from the PS3™ system’s Home Menu…”

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Virtual Reality: Fullscreen Panoramas

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Hans Nyberg from “panoramas.dk” and Marco Trezzini of “VRMAG.org” have teamed up to create the web site “Fullscreenqtvr.com”. Together they have collected and created ten thousands of QuickTime Virtual Reality and Java panoramas…

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