The Craziest Mapping Breakthrough Since Google Earth

Google Earth has looked the same for 15 years. This is the year that changes — and not just for humans. Gaussian splatting just got an open standard. That means the same photoreal 3D capture that Zillow puts in a home listing is the same file a delivery robot uses to navigate a sidewalk, a drone uses to fly without GPS, and AR glasses use to anchor a virtual sign to a building — centimeter-precise, no GPS required. In this video, I break down who's scaling this new map of Earth, why an open st