Those cities, towns, and wildernesses in video games may become more life like thanks to Google. Earlier this year Google maps began allowing video game developers to make games even better!
Which could result in far more realistic settings in augmented reality games. With access to real-time map updates and rich location data, developers will have many choices of settings for their games. Just imagine playing Grand Theft Auto and the traffic matched the traffic in the city the game is attempting to portray.
Google has released a new software development kit for the popular cross-platform game engine, Unity. Developers who use the Unity SDK won’t need previous experience with Google Maps. The Unity integration will allow real-world buildings, roads and other structures to be transformed into objects that can be modified and tweaked as required for the game.
Sounds pretty darn cool to me, when is the next Grand Theft Auto coming out?!
