Orbify.eu pitches warped Inception-style 3D maps for navigation
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'You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling'
Orbify.eu, a two-year-old Norwegian startup, wants people to see the world in a new way – through a warped lens that bends rendered map scenes into the dream sequence perspective seen in Christopher Nolan's movie Inception.
The geospatial biz, co-founded by Karsten Huitfeldt, is developing image processing software that folds a 3D map model onto a curved surface. The technique, showcased in Inception, combines a near-field street-level perspective that ramps into an overhead view at distance.
Orbify says it has a patent pending for the technology in the EU (PCT/EP2026/058725). The patent application hasn't been published, so it's unclear what the company claims should be protected and whether past implementations would be deemed prior art by patent examiners.
Huitfeldt worked as an architect and project manager at Snøhetta until 2025. He co-founded Orbify to explore ways to improve...
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