For the first time, researchers have assembled a complete digital picture of the world’s built environment, mapping every ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first ...

Apple is preparing for another "paradigm shift" that embraces 3D, according to VR and AR evangelist Robert Scoble, with predictions that Apple's strategy involves creating a realtime 3D map of the ...

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Google Earth VR on Meta Quest 3 lets you explore the entire planet right from your virtual reality headset. Instead of just ...

As technologies have evolved over millennia, so have the ways in which we’ve mapped the world. But the reasons we map remain the same. From geographic discovery, exploration, and storytelling to the ...

Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin. Researchers have discovered what may be the ...

Niantic wants to build a richer 3D map of the world, and it’ll use its 2021 acquisition of Scaniverse to do that. After a major update to the app, Scaniverse 4 will allow iOS users to scan landmarks ...