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We could be... but why? What's the product? It makes sense they prototyped it. But putting it into production is $$$, way more expensive than current street vi
by crazygringo 8mo ago
We could be... but why? What's the product?
It makes sense they prototyped it. But putting it into production is $$$, way more expensive than current street view.
Current street view works well enough. How is a massively upgraded 3D version, that is bloated and slower to use on older devices, going to make Google more money?
It feels more like a separate product to license to architecture firms, city planners, video game studios, etc.
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- aeonik 8mo agoGoogle mission statement is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
- bryceacc 8mo agoMission statements are only there to resonate with people, so that part is working. If the mission doesn't make money, they aren't gonna do it just because it matches a statement
- crazygringo 8mo agoWhich Street View as it is, currently does. And is a phenomenal human achivement. Adding a bonus 3D renderer on top is just a nice-to-have.
- Philip-J-Fry 8mo agoBy selling virtual billboards within the street view
- rationalist 8mo agoThanks for giving them the idea :-/
- glaslong 8mo agoFinally, the metaverse arrives
- cco 8mo agoSometimes you don't know up front. Perhaps you learn a lot about gaussian splatting and push forward that tech by five years (presuming they started on this five years ago). Or maybe you learn this helps you build a world model that would have accelerated Waymo's progression, or you sell it to robotics companies. That's the nice thing about having a money printer and a ton of smart, curious, and driven people. You can afford to do things without a strict eye towards profit, that's reserved for tiny companies living on a razor's edge. Or consultants I guess.
- crazygringo 8mo agoI can't tell if you're agreeing with me or not! But yes, that is the nice thing about the money printer -- they were able to prototype it, and maybe it is helping Waymo. But there isn't a strong need for it to live as a product within Google Street View.