Comments on: Images: A virtual Philadelphia comes to life

Someday people may be able to look for apartments and make new friends within the confines of this 3D computer model.

[Warldawc]

Meetings? Use it for directions.

This technology would have abetter chance of seeing the light of day if it were incorporated into Google or MapQuest's driving directions.

Imagine having turn-by-turn directions with land marks. It's idiot-proof.

[CmdCrane]

Google that

Google is beta testing this in several markets.

[Ubber geek]

incorporated into Google

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[flockingparty]

Double Browsing

Idiot proofing: it's harder than it sounds. It will be easier when
GPS and heads-up display are more pervasive. Navigating with a
separate display slows you way down. Until then, "double
browsing" will be a new psychological condition for city
navigators, savy and unsavy alike. "Mirror
Worlds" by David Gelertner seems to provide some more
appropriate uses of this technology for the immediate future.
The topics he addresses include: city management, business,
spatializing information (that's the Google connection?), and
some others I can't remember.