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Ever wanted to open up a can of spray paint and write kick ass all over the front doors of the Maximum PC HQ? Well, now you can have your chance. A new tech demo has been released by a company called Earthmine who primarily specializes in geomapping, but decided it might be interesting to show case the early version of their new street-view technology in an interactive demonstration.
Users have the ability to select from the buildings it has indexed, and using paintbrushes, rollers, and other instruments of artistic destruction, create virtual urban art. The usefulness of this application is somewhat limited, but it does help to showcase the underlying technology, which will allow them to create full 3D maps of cities rather than just pasting together panoramic views. This will make browsing much more seamless. It certainly appears to be a pretty compelling offering when compared to the choppiness of Google Street View.
In addition to the web interface, a mobile edition is also being developed that will allow users to hold up their phones in real life, to view how buildings have been tagged in the Wild Style version of their neighborhood. The first version is expected to hit iPhones later in the summer when the new geolocation API’s are released. Want to learn more about Wild Style City? View the You Tube demonstration.
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JDK
May 24, 2009 at 10:08am
What some 11 year old kid is going to write? Which do you think will end up being more offensive/annoying in the end? Something most of us wont even recognize or the oh so intellectual "You suck!" on everything.
bandeezee
May 24, 2009 at 10:30am
I'm just saying I don't want to give gangs anymore space to spread their gang affiliation.
bandeezee
May 24, 2009 at 8:53am
I'm not a gamer by any means, but I don't like the sound of this idea. Sure it might make this game more realistic, but do you really want to see some gang's tagging all over some building. I don't know if gang members are smart enough to play video games, but for arguments sake let's say they are. If this must be a feature in this game, I hope the creator will police this feature by making sure any of the known gang or tagging crew names are not allowed to be written (e.g. 18th street, crips, bloods, etc.).
I'm all for creativity, but not for another place where gangs can tag and I also don't want gamers to act like virtual gang members by tagging some gang name on a building. I'd rather see "Pwn" or "0wn" or some gamer jargon like that.
