AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to lucent.earth
Twitch & Kick IRL streams pulsing on a stunning 3D globe
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Google released an API in May to get fetch 3D Tiles of anywhere on Earth. Using this in standard 3D engines like Blender is tricky because (1) the tiles are in a geographic coordinate system (2) you get a lot of little tiles at varying quality levels I wanted to simplify this so all you need to do is get an API key, select a map region and a zoom level, and get one combined glTF file that you can throw into any engine. Especially if you're just prototyping and want to see how this data looks in your engine before investing in figuring out all the nuances of the API & coordinate system. (Note…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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EarthGuessr▲192I built it as a way to practice programming. There are probably much better alternatives out there.
2025 · earthguessr.com · its alternatives →
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A free, real-time 3D globe streaming global live signals.
Jul 2026 · overwatch.earth · its alternatives →
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A multiplayer geography game using Websockets. Contribute to abrenaut/posio development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A "virtual satellite" to map Earth in unprecedented detail
2025 · deepmind.google · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I made a web game to practice country locations a while ago and HN liked it, so I thought I'd post my updated version as well. As for how the game works and feels, I'd really recommend you checking it out for yourself, it's free, no signup, no ads. The tech stack is Vue + ts + Tailwind/Daisy for the looks. The learning algorithm is a slight modification of the ts version of FSRS. If you have anything to add, it's open source as well (https://github.com/koljapluemer/learn-worldmap), although not well documented yet. In the end it's just a little sideproject,…
2025 · map.koljapluemer.com · its alternatives →
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This is a service I've built to provide equirectangular cloud maps of the whole Earth, updated every 3 hours, for free. It's based on infrared and visible light data from EUMETSAT, processed to enhance the clouds and try to reduce the impact of surface temperatures on the final image. I built it because it's surprisingly hard to find these kinds of images in a format that's useful to developers and hobbyists. I was building a 3D ISS tracker and wanted to include live clouds but couldn't find anything good, so I got sidetracked, and here we are.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 12My!hū▲81
See global environmental data in one real-time platform.
Apr 2026 · app.myhu.world · its alternatives →
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StreamWorlds▲88Bring your Twitch to Life with 3D Worlds for Your Community
2025 · streamworlds.io · its alternatives →
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I built this over the weekend. Any feedback is appreciated. Please note you will need a WebGL enabled browser. Thank you for checking it out. --UPDATE-- HN Traffic is strangling earthbit. There is sporadic downtime due to the web services I am using, if no transactions appear after a few seconds, then please try again in an hour.
2013 · earthbit.net · its alternatives →
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Earth▲6Let AI workflows change the way we work and surf the web
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An offline CLI for turning life goals into quests. Contribute to skorotkiewicz/earth-game development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Interactive 3D planet engine for earth science.
Jul 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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I've been working on GeoTraceroute for a while and just shipped v2.3 with submarine cable inference. A few things that might interest HN: - 320 community-contributed nodes across 50 countries, all volunteer-run - Three views: 3D globe with day/night rendering, 2D map, and a topological mode that infers submarine cable routing - The submarine cable inference is the part I find most interesting. Since cable routers don't respond to ICMP, the underwater segments are invisible to standard traceroute. The tool detects ocean crossings by geolocation delta between consecutive hops, then infers…
Apr 2026 · geotraceroute.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · palebluedot.io · its alternatives →
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GeoStatsGame▲11Discover the world through addictive quizzes.
2025 · geostatsgame.com · its alternatives →
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See what’s happening around the world in real time
May 2026 · observe.earth · its alternatives →
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3D Earth with live events and the real night sky
May 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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