UpNext is a 3D cityguide that offers user ratings and reviews. A kind of cross between Yelp and Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D, the site only covers Manhattan currently but with expansions plans.
I don’t have a ton to say about the user experience because I’ve not been able to get into the site; it has not worked for me. However, it belongs to a “next-generation” cluster of local search sites that include EveryScape, which are seeking to build more “immersive” experiences for users.
I’m told by co-founder Danny Moon that they’re working the bugs out. But here’s a video of UpNext and how it works.
I’m a big fan of these sites and think that they’ll be widely used in the future as consumers hunger for richer experiences and/or the Internet moves into the living room and onto the TV. However, they must work easily and quickly, which is one of the things that has held back Virtual Earth 3D from gaining broader adoption so far.
October 10th, 2007 at 11:41 am
[...] there’s a great opportunity to create a 3D social network, which will be done. In local, UpNext is trying to do 3D local search. There’s lots more to say about all this, some of which I do [...]
July 2nd, 2012 at 7:27 pm
[...] While UpNext has not received the same attention as other mapping startups the company has slowly built coverage and depth over the past five years. When the site originally launched it aspired to be a kind of “3D Yelp.” [...]
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:01 pm
[...] Related: my original post on UpNext from August, 2007 — UpNext Building a 3D Yelp [...]
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:24 pm
[...] While UpNext has not received the same attention as other mapping startups the company has slowly built coverage and depth over the past five years. When the site originally launched it aspired to be a kind of “3D Yelp.” [...]
July 2nd, 2012 at 8:51 pm
[...] While UpNext has not received the same attention as other mapping startups the company has slowly built coverage and depth over the past five years. When the site originally launched it aspired to be a kind of “3D Yelp.” [...]
July 2nd, 2012 at 9:39 pm
[...] While UpNext has not received the same attention as other mapping startups the company has slowly built coverage and depth over the past five years. When the site originally launched it aspired to be a kind of “3D Yelp.” [...]
July 3rd, 2012 at 6:33 pm
[...] أنها تحتوي على خواص تتعلق بالاستكشاف والتوصيات، حيث قورنت في بداياتها بـ Yelp وأُطلق عليها وصف Yelp ثلاثية الأبعاد، بدل خرائط Google [...]