Unype.com - Multi user Google earth

Now you can tour the virtual world with your friends. Unype.com is an application that allows users to navigate images of cities, taken from Google Earth, as an animated character. The application, combined with the animated navigation function, links with Skype, enabling users to talk to other people using Unype. Therefore, users can walk the streets of Paris together, or stop and take a look at the Grand Canyon. Users can find out where their friends are located, and immediately be brought to there location, either as a follower of their movements, or as a leader. They also have the ability to see everyone using Unype at that moment, and can transport to a new persons location, and see if they would like to talk together on Skype. Best of all the application is free.

“Use your existing Skype account for a multi-user Google Earth experience.”

Google Earth and Skype are both extremely popular, and are becoming more popular day by day. Also, with updates being made to Google Earth, it makes it possible to actually navigate city streets in a 3-D format, making the user experience more enjoyable. If everyone who has Google Earth on their computer also has Unype, it could be a huge success. It can be a great tool for planning trips with multiple people, or just virtually traveling somewhere together. It combines the already large successes of both, Google Earth and Skype; counting on the success of the combination is a pretty safe bet.

Are people really going to spend enough time on Google Earth in one session to require a conversation via Skype? Are there going to be any game features added to accompany the animated navigation feature?