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Why did Facebook acquire Mapillary?

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Re: Why did Facebook acquire Mapillary?

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Well worth a read. The article considers why facebook bought this. Maybe to help other competitors to facebook, cause they will be giving away all their mapping data for commercial use now.

You mean other Google competitors, not FB competitors, right?

Yes, sorry, it could help other competitors to Google, like other mapping companies

Re: Why did Facebook acquire Mapillary?

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Your prediction isn't a prediction. It's fact. Just watch the videos posted from the previous Oculus Connect [1]. They demo some early prototypes to show their vision. Several times I needed to pick my jaw off the floor from what they've accomplished with mapping the real world and virtualizing it. The fidelity is breathtaking. If they keep up the pace of miniaturization we'll have Rainbow's End before we know it. [1…

Hey this is Joe from the blog post. Holy shit. I didn’t know about any of this.

Holy shit indeed. Any new thoughts as a result of this?
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