Again Google acquires a startup named Digisfera from
Portugal that's working on panoramic photography. Although Google doesn’t
explain the purpose of this acquisition, but it's predicted that this step is
taken by Google to improve its Street View application.
It's not mentioned how much money Google should spend to
realize this acquisition. But the Digisfera through its website notes that
their whole team will join with the Street View team. "We’re excited to
share that Digisfera is joining Google. We started Digisfera almost five years
ago and have had the opportunity to work in many interesting projects involving
360º photography over the years. We’re excited to join the Street View team at
Google to continue building great experiences using 360° photography."
said Digisfera.
Digisfera has started to operate since January 2011 and it
focuses its service on the panoramic photography projects. A major project that
had ever been undertaken was a super large panorama in the Maracana Stadium in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2014 World Cup event. In addition, this startup
was also trusted to do the same project for the inauguration of Barack Obama as
President of the United States.
As a result of this acquisition, Digitifera will stop the
PanoTag, effective as of October 31, 2015. Now this startup is no longer
accepting a new customer.
Digitifera also plans to launch the Marzipan Viewer Tool in
the near future. This tool will be released as an open source platform which is
expected to be useful for the panoramic photography lovers.
Reportedly the newest update of Street View has been offering panoramic experience that's designed by Digisfera.