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trueSpace 7.6 now a free download

In case you missed it, Chris Pendleton announced in his blog post yesterday we are now providing the full trueSpace 7.6 3D tool as a free download. This is really cool for a number of reasons, not least because a) trueSpace is a serious 3D tool that has Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:07 AM by ianm | 8 Comments
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Ask.com now uses Virtual Earth

Great to see that ask.com has done the right thing and adopted the best mapping solution available on the web. See http://maps.ask.com .   And of course multimap ( www.multimap.com ) now has VE's bird's eye view images - hardly surprising since we Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:24 AM by ianm | 3 Comments
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Microsoft acquires Caligari for Virtual Earth team

Somehow I missed this announcement, but I was really excited to see that Microsoft has acquired Caligari . Caligari produce the much-respected TrueSpace 3D product that lines up against Maya, 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D and others. They also produce GameSpace Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:40 PM by ianm | 1 Comments
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Microsoft buys Multimap

This is great news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/12/13/cnmsoft113.xml If you haven't used www.multimap.com take a look. I love the way their service has been implemented and their maps on London in particular are excellent. Read More...
Posted Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:12 AM by ianm | 3 Comments
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Cool things you should know about Windows Live #2 - Virtual Earth 3D Videos

Here's the second piece about cool Windows Live stuff that's worth knowing about. What is it? I'm sure you're aware that Virtual Earth has a very cool in-browser 3D mode that really sets it apart from other web mapping solutions. You may also be aware Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:53 PM by ianm | 1 Comments
 
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