Stephen Lawler: Look! Up in the sky! It's Virtual Earth!

http://www.ted.com Microsoft's Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyper-real cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a remarkable feat that requires staggering amounts of data to bring into focus.

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[enriquesalazar009]

He said "Make this reality a dream:" :P

[crudhousefull]

Incredible

[Squizzirrel]

This guy is my least favorite speaker for this technology. Ergh.

[cykcykcykcykbum]

(...) and at the end the hydrogen-powered Bimmer commercial.

Nice.

[leon1660]

this rocks you can watch the whole eartyh moving

[teejers01]

I agree.. He is a poor presenter of a pretty exciting concept.

[tyrbolo]

Yellow Pages with a vengance. You could find

anything available in a business inventory and

see the route. A dis-satisfied customer comment

field would be nice.

[takedown47]

like will wright.

[thelegendarypaki]

Its U-R-L, not erls, and dreams become reality not vice versa...micro$oft needs to hire better presenters.

[PolliFaxToaster]

tux is coming for you. he shant stop.