MSN Monday launched "Virtual Earth," a local search mapping function, prompting Google to announce upgrades to its own satellite mapping product, "Google Earth," released earlier this month. MSN's ...

OnStar's services are now powered by Virtual Earth, and Virtual Earth lets its users create synths using PhotoSynth.<BR><BR><a href='http://arstechnica.com/microsoft ...

Microsoft has released a beta version of Virtual Earth, a web-based application that combines local search with maps and aerial photography. MSN has offered satellite imagery with maps with its local ...

Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mapping system. Caligari started making 3D ...

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Earth 2 is a concept for a second virtual Earth; a metaverse, between virtual and physical reality in which real-world geolocations on a sectioned map correspond to geographically accurate digital ...

Microsoft’s MSN division will add to its search engine in about two weeks a local search index for finding business directory listings, and later on will enhance this local index with MSN Virtual ...