Asobo worked with a host of specialized firms and organizations around the globe, including geospatial company Bing Maps, atmospheric data specialist Meteoblue, machine-learning system builder Blackshark.ai, FlightAware for real-time global air traffic, and many others. In this virtual world, users can adjust myriad criteria, including flight control sensitivity, time of day, weather conditions, and views of aircraft and surroundings.ДЄchieving this feat required coalescing and processing massive troves of data in disciplines ranging from aerodynamics to geodesy and photogrammetry to optics.ДЄsobo Studio, a video game company based in Bordeaux, France, led the programвЂ™s development. The system even reproduces the effects of atmospheric refraction, which вЂњnotchesвЂќ the rising or setting sun, causes stars to twinkle, and produces distortion generated by engine exhaust. Stars appear as they would in real time, including the correct phase of the moon.

One of the great joys of aviation is seeing Earth from above, so Flight Simulator reproduces the entire planet, from pole to pole, in high resolution. Air traffic (both actual and that of other users) is reproduced in real time, as is the weather: If Denver International AirportвЂ™s weather station is recording snow and FlightAware is showing 40 airplanes in the Denver airspace, then users will fly their simulated approach through a virtual snowstorm with 40 other aircraft mimicking those actually in the sky. The precise renderings of all 20 airplanes (which include the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Cessna 172, and Beechcraft B350) and the particulars of individual airports are stunning.ДЄircraft cockpits are functional down to the position of almost every switch. Published by the technology giantвЂ™s Xbox Game Studios, the new Flight Simulator treats gamers to vastly greater detail and texture in both environment and aircraft, far better lighting, and much more realistic flight characteristics than in previous versions. Last August, Microsoft released the latest version of its Flight Simulator, extending the run of that franchise to 38 years and making it the longest-running product line in MicrosoftвЂ™s history.

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