Perplexity's AI builds interactive Lord of the Rings map tracking 537 journey legs
ChrisUniverse · x · 2026-10-18
Perplexity showcased an AI agent that built an interactive Middle-earth map from scratch: placing 179 locations, 41 rivers and 23 roads, baking mountain ranges into a heightfield, rendering relief with a GLSL shader, and plotting 537 journey legs that track the main characters chapter by chapter. Try it at the link.
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