Google has unveiled its Geospatial Creator for Unity platform, allowing developers to preview 3D assets via the Unity Editor. Viewing spatially-linked assets on a hyperrealistic 3D planet map, the toolkit powers ARCore and Photorealistic 3D Tiles via the Google Maps Platform, it said on its website. Users can select locations, retrieve 3D geometry of the region, and navigate virtually-produced maps with flythroughs similar to Google Earth. Additionally, people can develop augmented reality (AR) experiences with the platform’s 3D viewing function. Currently, Google’s Geospatial Creator for Unity offers visualisations of more than 2,500 cities in 49 nations. This comes with “comprehensive 3D geo datasets,” where users can select renderings and data overlays. The platform leverages 3D tiles standards from Cesium’s Open Geospatial Consortium, allowing interoperable renderers and visualisation libraries.
