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Virtual Kyoto Virtual Kyoto October 2006
We have built thirty virtual gardens, temples and palaces in Kyoto viewable in Google Earth. Try Heian Jingu, Tofukuji or Kitano.
Google Earth Textured City Model June 2006
Another Planet 9 first...fully textured city models in Google Earth. Our high-rez city models first appeared in our own Virtual Earth TM in 1996 followed by Keyhole in 1999, Skyline in 2000, WorldWind in 2005 and now in Google Earth thanks to the SketchUp team! Try the Transamerica Neighborhood or just the Pyramid...also, NASA's Hangar 1.
Hangar One NASA's Hangar One in Google Earth March 2006
Tired of seeing a bunch of sugar cubes representing a city in Google Earth? Try our fun alternative, Hangar One, combining the best of GE with great, low bandwidth 3D models. Requires Google Earth and a free VRML plugin available here.
Car Navigation System RayGun Car Navigator Beta 0.6 Demo February 2005
We are developing the next generation of auto and hand-held navigation systems for Windows, Pocket PC, Linux and embedded systems. They feature our high-resolution 3D city models and some of the most fun user interfaces around. Try our Windows based demo available here.
Virtual Earth Virtual Earth TM 3.0 Launch November 2005
Virtual Earth first debuted in 1995. Our latest Earth interface works with NASA's WorldWind platform and supports all of our eScene functions and high rez city models. To demo Virtual Earth, first install WorldWind, then install Virtual LA, Virtual San Diego or 3D Las Vegas.
3D RSS Reader 3D RSS Reader October 2005
We like bringing all sorts of data into our 3D scenes. This is an experimental OpenSceneGraph based 3D RSS viewer that provides top down and spatial hypertext views of RSS feeds, Flickr streams and Backpackit spaces. A live demo is coming soon, but for now you can view a demo movie available for Windows or Mac.
Coleman Virtual Backyard Coleman Virtual Backyard November 2000
The Coleman Virtual Backyard was the longest running, 3D based site on the Internet, spanning 2000 to 2005. It included a novel drag and drop interface for building and customizing your own backyard. Requires the Cortona 3D plugin available here. Go to the Virtual Backyard!