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Microsoft Flight Simulator
''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is a series of Flight simulation video game, flight simulator programs for MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. It was an early product in the Microsoft application portfolio and differed significantly from List of Microsoft software, Microsoft's other software, which was largely business-oriented. ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is Microsoft's longest-running software product line, predating Windows by three years, and is one of the longest-running video game series of all time. Bruce Artwick began the development of ''Flight Simulator'' in 1977. His company, Sublogic (company), Sublogic, initially distributed it for various personal computers. In 1981, Artwick was approached by Microsoft's Alan M. Boyd who was interested in creating a "definitive game" that would graphically demonstrate the difference between older 8-bit computers, such as the Apple II, and the new 16-bit computers, such as the IBM PC, still in develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 Video Game)
''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is a 2020 flight simulation video game developed by Asobo Studio and published by Xbox Game Studios. It is a reboot of the ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' series which began in 1982, and is a sequel to ''Microsoft Flight Simulator X'' (2006). The game's development began six years prior to its release. It was released on August 18, 2020, for Windows, with a virtual reality (VR) version released in December of the same year as part of the free Sim 2 update. ''Microsoft Flight Simulator'' is the first game in the series to see a VR and Home video game console, console release, with it being released on the Xbox Series X and Series S on July 27, 2021. ''Flight Simulator'' simulates the topography of the Earth using data from Bing Maps. Microsoft Azure's artificial intelligence (AI) generates the three-dimensional representations of Earth's features, using its cloud computing to render and enhance visuals, and real-world data to generat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
