alt Hacker NewsWe could be... but why? What's the product?
It makes sense they prototyped it. But putting it into production is $$$, way more expensive than current street view.
Current street view works well enough. How is a massively upgraded 3D version, that is bloated and slower to use on older devices, going to make Google more money?
It feels more like a separate product to license to architecture firms, city planners, video game studios, etc.
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Philip-J-Fry • yesterday at 11:16 PM
By selling virtual billboards within the street view
Google mission statement is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”