Google's 3D Warehouse available in new languages

Nov 1, 2007 09:15 GMT  ·  By

In case you never heard of it, Google Warehouse is probably the best source of 3D models for your computer, because the Google SketchUp users can upload their creations for free on this freeware website hosted by the Mountain View company. The webpage started to grow up since Google added interoperability for Google Earth and SketchUp, inviting the users to create 3D drawings to be included in the downloadable mapping tool. Because of that, they were required to upload the designs on Google Warehouse and share them with the rest of the world. Today, Lori Meiskey, Software Engineer, announced a major improvement for Warehouse, the service being now available in no less than 13 languages.

Previously, the service could be access only in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish but from now on, eight new languages are available.

"We're excited to announce that viewing and editing 3D models in the 3D Warehouse is now more globally available than ever before. Starting today, 3D Warehouse is available in eight new languages, including Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, traditional Chinese, Czech, Dutch, Polish, and Russian. The product was already available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, which brings our count up to thirteen. You can set your language by changing the Interface Language setting in Google Preferences," the Google representative wrote on the Google blog.

As far I can see, Google strives to release new languages for most of its technologies because they can support the company's expansion in every corner of the world. Michael Champlin admitted that Google wants to evolve through this way saying at the debut of Google Apps in Romania that "it's a priority for us to bring our technologies in your language." And until now, the super giant managed to reach its goal without too many efforts.