http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth Advanced Technology Research Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:28:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-29759 -draft – [Thr33s] Neal Stephenson Predicts the Future – 3 examples | nonpretentious Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:28:57 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-29759 [...] need not come true.    managed to popularize the term avatar (way before James Cameron!), influence the technology behind Google Earth, and star a hero named Hiro (before that TV show [...] [...] need not come true.    managed to popularize the term avatar (way before James Cameron!), influence the technology behind Google Earth, and star a hero named Hiro (before that TV show [...]

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-28355 Bob Jacobson: Google and CIA Invest in a Minority Report-Like Technology That May Make Our World a Less Certain Place | Super Hot Topics Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:40:32 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-28355 [...] In his groundbreaking 1992 novel Snow Crash, futurist Neal Stephenson described a successor to the CIA, the CIC — Central Intelligence Corporation — a for-profit company that takes over the management role of what was once the U.S. Government, now defunct. It relies on a virtual-world simulacrum, “Earth,” as a portal into the Metaverse, the entire collection of all digital knowledge and representations. (Another irony: Earth is a descendant of Google Earth which, according to one of its developers, Avi Bar-Zeev, was inspired by Stephenson’s vision of Earth.) [...] [...] In his groundbreaking 1992 novel Snow Crash, futurist Neal Stephenson described a successor to the CIA, the CIC — Central Intelligence Corporation — a for-profit company that takes over the management role of what was once the U.S. Government, now defunct. It relies on a virtual-world simulacrum, “Earth,” as a portal into the Metaverse, the entire collection of all digital knowledge and representations. (Another irony: Earth is a descendant of Google Earth which, according to one of its developers, Avi Bar-Zeev, was inspired by Stephenson’s vision of Earth.) [...]

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-28346 Bob Jacobson: Google and CIA Invest in a Minority Report-Like Technology That May Make Our World a Less Certain Place | Headphone Reviews Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:22:32 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-28346 [...] In his groundbreaking 1992 novel Snow Crash, futurist Neal Stephenson described a successor to the CIA, the CIC — Central Intelligence Corporation — a for-profit company that takes over the management role of what was once the U.S. Government, now defunct. It relies on a virtual-world simulacrum, “Earth,” as a portal into the Metaverse, the entire collection of all digital knowledge and representations. (Another irony: Earth is a descendant of Google Earth which, according to one of its developers, Avi Bar-Zeev, was inspired by Stephenson’s vision of Earth.) [...] [...] In his groundbreaking 1992 novel Snow Crash, futurist Neal Stephenson described a successor to the CIA, the CIC — Central Intelligence Corporation — a for-profit company that takes over the management role of what was once the U.S. Government, now defunct. It relies on a virtual-world simulacrum, “Earth,” as a portal into the Metaverse, the entire collection of all digital knowledge and representations. (Another irony: Earth is a descendant of Google Earth which, according to one of its developers, Avi Bar-Zeev, was inspired by Stephenson’s vision of Earth.) [...]

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-28342 Bob Jacobson: Google and CIA Invest in a Minority Report-Like Technology That May Make Our World a Less Certain Place | What's hot right now.... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:50:30 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-28342 [...] In his groundbreaking 1992 novel Snow Crash, futurist Neal Stephenson described a successor to the CIA, the CIC -- Central Intelligence Corporation -- a for-profit company that takes over the management role of what was once the U.S. Government, now defunct. It relies on a virtual-world simulacrum, "Earth," as a portal into the Metaverse, the entire collection of all digital knowledge and representations. (Another irony: Earth is a descendant of Google Earth which, according to one of its developers, Avi Bar-Zeev, was inspired by Stephenson's vision of Earth.) [...] [...] In his groundbreaking 1992 novel Snow Crash, futurist Neal Stephenson described a successor to the CIA, the CIC — Central Intelligence Corporation — a for-profit company that takes over the management role of what was once the U.S. Government, now defunct. It relies on a virtual-world simulacrum, "Earth," as a portal into the Metaverse, the entire collection of all digital knowledge and representations. (Another irony: Earth is a descendant of Google Earth which, according to one of its developers, Avi Bar-Zeev, was inspired by Stephenson's vision of Earth.) [...]

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-26821 Avery Tue, 11 May 2010 05:03:49 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-26821 Google earth is a very nice thing.But I do not see many users around me.Really. Google earth is a very nice thing.But I do not see many users around me.Really.

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-22805 armando Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:39:20 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-22805 Who invented google earth Who invented google earth

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-19372 Avery Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:38:10 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-19372 Which is not a bad idea at all, by the way. Which is not a bad idea at all, by the way.

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-7650 Our World in 3D… « Digital Worlds - Interactive Media and Game Design Thu, 01 May 2008 16:37:16 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-7650 [...] only a few years old, the origins of Google Earth are already confused by the mists of time. In Notes on the origin of Google Earth, Avi Bar-Zeev of research and development consultancy Reality Prime, and one of the people involved [...] [...] only a few years old, the origins of Google Earth are already confused by the mists of time. In Notes on the origin of Google Earth, Avi Bar-Zeev of research and development consultancy Reality Prime, and one of the people involved [...]

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-5089 Tessy Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:22:12 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-5089 Hi Hi

]]> http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth/comment-page-1#comment-1270 avi Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:06:32 +0000 http://www.realityprime.com/articles/notes-on-the-origin-of-google-earth#comment-1270 Just don't say Al Gore invented it. No one is making that claim, plus it's not funny anymore. Just don’t say Al Gore invented it. No one is making that claim, plus it’s not funny anymore.

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