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MS Flight Sim might be a good pilot case (pun intended) for WebGL and WebAssembly. The nature of simulator is not that CPU/GPU taxing. I would assume the players play it more for the actual simulation and less for the specular graphics.
How does this compare with Prepar3D from Lockheed. I thought Lockheed had bought MS FlightSim and even hired a good number of their developers and that was the end of MS FligthSim https://www.prepar3d.com/
I loved MS FS back in the day! According to wikipedia, this new one will feature "Azure AI". What does that mean?
I'm guessing the "AI" was used in the geometry mapping from the sat data they used for their region maps.
The trailer link on this page is very impressive. Here is the direct link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReDDgFfWlS4
MS Flight Sim might be a good pilot case (pun intended) for WebGL and WebAssembly. The nature of simulator is not that CPU/GPU taxing. I would assume the players play it more for the actual simulation and less for the specular graphics.
I think you're underestimating just how much simulation is being done in a proper flight simulator. The really good ones are literally simulating air flow around the aircraft, in realtime, to determine how it should respond.
Microsoft Flight Simulator brings back very fond memories of my childhood. I can remember learning to fly with a joystick that pushed in and out up and down just like real pilots! I could never master the helicopter and I’m pretty sure I crashed into the Sears tower a LOT.
I really miss SimCopter. The missions were so interesting.
The "For once you have tasted flight" quote is well-known tob be mis-attributed to da Vinci: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/01/07/flight/
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I'm guessing the "AI" was used in the geometry mapping from the sat data they used for their region maps.
My dream feature would be weather based on live meterological inputs.
I just want a pretty flight sim with a handful of planes that lets me fly everywhere in the world without dollar signs appearing in the menus. Actually I'm finding myself giving up on video games for the exact same reasons I gave up on television 20 years ago, I'm tired of everyone trying to sell me more shit during the increasingly rare free moments I have.
Microsoft Flight Simulator brings back very fond memories of my childhood. I can remember learning to fly with a joystick that pushed in and out up and down just like real pilots! I could never master the helicopter and I’m pretty sure I crashed into the Sears tower a LOT.
I really miss SimCopter. The missions were so interesting.