What you need to know
- Google Maps’ Immersive View is finally appearing for users.
- A redditor has spotted Immersive View available for London and Berlin, at the moment.
- Immersive View is a 3D Maps feature that combines billions of Street Views and aerial imaging to create an interactable experience through cities.
- The rollout is still slow as users have commented that they have yet to receive it.
Google has been working on a few different features to help aid users in finding their way around big cities or to learn about them beforehand. Through a thread, it looks like users on Reddit have started receiving the Immersive View update Google Maps (via 9to5Google). The Tedditor’s photos are of London, but there was also a mention of Berlin being mapped out in this new viewing as well.
Google’s Immersive View was one of a few things mentioned at Google I/O 2022. This new view in Maps utilizes NeRF technology which Google states “accurately recreates the full context of a place including its lighting, the texture of materials and what’s in the background.” Through this, users can move through city streets all from their phones without needing to be in that particular place.
