Comments on: Planet 9 Studios’ RayGun could make GPS fun

By: dcolleen

dcolleen — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:33:02 +0000

Thank you. One key cell phone industry analyst wote that the next killer apps will be navigation and friend finding on cell phones. Market leader Nokia just announced that they will ship 35 million GPS equipped cell phones this year.

By: dcolleen

dcolleen — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:26:32 +0000

The artists at SP did top notch work. I should know, they used to work at Planet 9. Their work was focused on architectural design simulation as is GeoSim's. Their products do not run in mobile applications so you are really comparing apples with oranges. BTW, SP was acquired last month and the artist's that founded the company are no longer there.

By: Scott Kendall

Scott Kendall — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:58:17 +0000

GeoSim provides more remarkable realism and better imagery than Ray Gun. Check out Center City Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania(http://www.virtualuniversitycity.com).

By: John Englesoft

John Englesoft — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:50:05 +0000

Have you heard of scream!point? They have fantastic accurate city data. Their San Francisco model is to die for. We had a client use their GIS 3d walkthrough and was blown away by their product. I hope you can compete.

By: dcolleen

dcolleen — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:29:07 +0000

You are welcome to your opinion but we are delivering 3D models to mobile platforms at a higher resolution (1 cm. vs 10 cm. from others) and at a much higher frame rate (20-30 fps vs 1 fps) than any other solution in the market. The Atlanta model that you refer to was built 12 years ago! Today, we calibrate all models using 4″-12″ ground imagery.

By: John Englesoft

John Englesoft — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:28:00 +0000

I've seen the Ray Gun demo and I am not impressed. The 3d models look incredibly simplistic and the textures are incredibly low res. I am aware of a former client that purchased Atlanta data from Planet 9 and claims the model was very inaccurate.

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By: Laptop GPS World

Laptop GPS World — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:53:47 +0000

Personally I'm sceptical about mixing GPS navigation with social networking – but only the time will tell if it succeeds. Good luck to Planet 9 Studios with their RayGun.