Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We had a spare minute this morning, so we thought we'd take a look at Virtual ...

Yesterday I made some initial comments on the new Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D (VE3D). I had expectations that Microsoft's first release of Virtual Earth 3D would be a big event which would spawn really ...

[NOTE: see my new more detailed look at Virtual Earth's 3D product.] Today Microsoft has released 3D capability to Virtual Earth (local.live.com). They are saying ...

A very cool (but for me, almost unusable) version of Virtual Earth was released today by Microsoft called "Virtual Earth 3D". Instead of using a separate application to view 3D imagery, everything can ...

Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft’s Virtual Earth mapping system. Caligari started making 3D ...

In a move to catch up with search rival Google, Microsoft on Monday added an online mapping interface to its Live Search offering. Allowing users a more realistic Earth to explore online, Virtual ...

Microsoft has launched an update to Microsft Virtual Earth. Windows users can now browse the planet in 3D at Live.com, Microsoft's next-gen search destination. Marshall Kirkpatrick at TechCrunch has ...

A new online feature from Microsoft will let people view search results and driving directions on three-dimensional interactive images of major U.S. cities, trying to entice Web users to choose its ...