{"id":657228,"date":"2013-05-09T22:14:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T02:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/?p=161335"},"modified":"2013-05-09T22:14:04","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T02:14:04","slug":"portland-tech-startup-instrument-teams-up-with-google-to-create-map-diving-a-realistic-skydiving-simulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/657228","title":{"rendered":"Portland tech startup Instrument teams up with Google to create Map Diving, a realistic skydiving simulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/161335-portland-tech-startup-instrument-teams-up-with-google-to-create-map-diving-a-realistic-skydiving-simulator\/map_dive_demo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-161352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161352\" alt=\"Map_Dive_Demo\" src=\"http:\/\/img.talkandroid.com\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Map_Dive_Demo.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google I\/O is always a place for innovation and next week&#8217;s event will be no different. Those lucky enough to attend will get treated to some of the greatest breakthroughs in technology at <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/160045-google-io-2013-full-schedule-released\/\">Google&#8217;s annual event<\/a>, including a lifelike skydiving simulator based on Google Maps. Using data gathered over the years by Google&#8217;s Maps and Earth teams, Instrument has created an extremely advanced skydiving simulator game.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately it appears that I\/O is the only place Map Diving can be experienced for now, but Instruments has hinted at a possible slimmed down take-home version in the near future. Video demos after the break.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-161335\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/161335-portland-tech-startup-instrument-teams-up-with-google-to-create-map-diving-a-realistic-skydiving-simulator\/\"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/161335-portland-tech-startup-instrument-teams-up-with-google-to-create-map-diving-a-realistic-skydiving-simulator\/\"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a  href=\"http:\/\/redirectingat.com\/?id=3031X597718&#038;xs=1&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2013%2F5%2F9%2F4316188%2Fgoogle-instrument-map-diving-io-2013&#038;sref=rss\">TheVerge<\/a><a  href=\"http:\/\/redirectingat.com\/?id=3031X597718&#038;xs=1&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.droid-life.com%2F2013%2F05%2F09%2Fgoogle-and-instruments-map-diving-looks-like-an-awesome-skydiving-simulator%2F%23more-107808&#038;sref=rss\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Come comment on this article: <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/161335-portland-tech-startup-instrument-teams-up-with-google-to-create-map-diving-a-realistic-skydiving-simulator\/\">Portland tech startup Instrument teams up with Google to create Map Diving, a realistic skydiving simulator<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:right;\"><small>Visit <a  rel=\"dofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/\">TalkAndroid for Android news<\/a>, <a  rel=\"dofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.talkandroid.com\/guides\/\">Android guides<\/a>, and much more!<\/small><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/AndroidNewsGoogleAndroidForums\/~4\/gd0FF79um8w\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google I\/O is always a place for innovation and next week&#8217;s event will be no different. 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