Microsoft Adds 3D Modeling Company
convergence, digital earth, mapmaking February 7th, 2008
Microsoft’s Virtual Earth team will grow larger with the acquisition of 3D modeling and animation company Caligari. This announcement made today on the Virtual Earth Blog shows that the team is very serious about the 3D Web, and they’ve gone to a company with a rich history of 3D development going back 20 years.
Renderings from this package are impressive, and the tools promise good ease of use. Will we see a free offering of 3D modeling tools for crowd-sourced model creation, such as SketchUp? Only time will tell.
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