Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We had a spare minute this morning, so we thought we'd take a look at Virtual ...

Yesterday I made some initial comments on the new Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D). I had expectations that Microsoft's first release of Virtual Earth 3D would be a big event which would spawn really ...

[NOTE: see my new more detailed look at Virtual Earth's 3D product.] Today Microsoft has released 3D capability to Virtual Earth (local.live.com). They are saying ...

Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mapping system. Caligari started making 3D ...

In a move to catch up with search rival Google, Microsoft on Monday added an online mapping interface to its Live Search offering. Allowing users a more realistic Earth to explore online, Virtual ...

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Microsoft's satellite mapping tool, Virtual Earth, is adding 3D city maps to its interface, allowing users to pull up photorealistic virtual models of 15 U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Seattle, ...

Popular mapping service Google Earth will launch a new feature called Sky, a "virtual telescope" that the search engine hopes will turn millions of Internet users into stargazers. By Reuters, The ...