Virtual Earth Free Rides
By Miel Van Opstal
New on Virtual Earth: you can select a car and drive around on the map. The images show the actual scenery while you move your car around through the streets, as if you were really there. Awesome ! How long before we see advertisement placed on this ‘real life’ footage?
The street advertisement is already there, it should be easy to make some changes and make it custom.
This is a splendid way to promote your store or service. Think of all the opportunities and sales possibilities that come up now. Suppose you’re browsing the map and ‘drive’ by a store, you could see a small image indicating an ad and then see the ad if you turn towards that store.
Check out the Windows Live Local and test the Virtual Earth technology preview.
Robert Scoble said
on March 1, 2006 around 7:14 am
In the video over on Channel 9 http://channel9.msdn.com I bring this point up with the team.
Coolz0r said
on March 1, 2006 around 1:13 pm
Thanks Robert !
The direct link is http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=166518, in case new videos get posted…
Jack Yan said
on March 4, 2006 around 11:03 pm
I can foresee this being a great gimmick for a company that might not be able to afford a real-world billboard, collaborating with Windows and encouraging potential customers to pop in to the virtual world. The potential is fabulous.