“Google Earth / Street View will become a video gaming platform, where users can play Grand Theft Auto-like games virtually in their own neighborhoods. Users will be able to upload GPS-coupled renderings of the insides of buildings. Users will allow other

Created by gwern on 2010-08-02; known on 2013-12-31; judged wrong by PseudonymousUser on 2013-12-31.

• gwern estimated 1% on 2010-08-02
• gwern said “http://www.longbets.org/483” on 2010-08-02
• gwern said “Google is also famous for its capriciousness and abandoning development for years at a time.” on 2010-08-02
• fela estimated 1% on 2013-12-26
• Michael Dickens estimated 1% on 2013-12-29
• PseudonymousUser said “A part of this did happen: “Users will be able to upload GPS-coupled renderings of the insides of buildings. Users will allow others to virtually enter their homes, to pass beyond the public Street View […]”” on 2013-12-31
• PseudonymousUser said “but there is no Earth / Street View GTA-like video game from Google, and a third party doing this was shut down: http://gamerant.com/google-street-view-first-person-shooter-robk-121559/” on 2013-12-31
• PseudonymousUser   judged this prediction wrong on 2013-12-31.