Microsoft Virtual Earth offers 3D building capability

Microsoft and Dassault Systemes have released a 3D building application for the Virtual Earth mapping program, the companies said Friday.

(Credit: Microsoft/Dassault Systemes)

Virtual Earth-3DVIA will let people create 3D structures with textures and colors and share them with one other online. The models can also be tagged with real-life addresses or town information so that they can be viewed in Virtual Earth as they would be on a map.

The application is being released as a "technology preview," according to the companies, in order for them to get feedback for its next release.

The program could be a rival to Google Earth's 3D Warehouse, which was released in January and was recently opened to Multiverse Networks users. That partnership lets people use 3D objects from 3D Warehouse to create virtual worlds.

[csven]

This is part of something much bigger

Pieces of which I've raised my post: http://blog.rebang.com/?p=1398 .

Might want to start tagging things with "PLM".

[earthware]

Tutorials & View

Thanks for the introduction to Virtual Earth 3dVia, we have put a video tutorial online at:

http://www.earthware.co.uk/blog/?p=24

Brian Norman
www.earthware.co.uk