Google Getting Closer To A Virtual World

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10-9-2007 11:55 AM

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The idea is simple: Multiverse's technology--which gives game developers tools to design custom virtual worlds--will let those designers pick and choose from most of the millions of 3D models created using Google's 3D software tool SketchUp, and to import pieces of terrain, as defined by entering specific longitude and latitude data, from Google Earth.
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Of course, Multiverse's project is not the only one that has sprung up to make use of this data. Google is <A href="">rumored to be working on a prototype virtual world</A>, a beta test of which may or may not be under way at Arizona State University. 
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