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by bohadi 1352 days ago
NeRF applied to Maps soon

https://twitter.com/jeffdean/status/1524612819160735745?lang...

another paper toward Earth sized multi scale models (5 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn9ia2fsiwY

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So a bunch of news sites have reported this feature has already rolled out. For example: https://www.engadget.com/google-maps-aerial-view-landmarks-0...

And lo and behold I see something that looks like a 3d rendered view at the top of the entry for "Tower of London".

Except - it's just a video. A rendered video of a 360 view. Tried on Android and iPad. There's no freedom of movement, it plays a single look and even says "report this video" when you click the 3 dots.

Are the news reports wrong - or do the writers not know a video when they see one?