“The world, particularly the Huge Information world, between Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 shall be shared,” explains Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann. “We’re not going to have two totally different digital twins — cities like London are going to be shared, POIs are shared, the peak subject (DEM) and aerials are all shared. What’s totally different in MSFS 2024 is we’ve got optimized how the information is dropped at the participant. So, there shall be much more within the Cloud, which permits us to do extra. As an alternative of 23 species of timber, we now have one thing like 200. And in the end with that it permits you to be much more correct. There’ll nonetheless be timber in each worlds, however one shall be a bit of bit extra generic and the opposite extra refined, however the worlds would be the similar.”
Refined is a key phrase in relation to describing what’s concerned within the newest World Replace XVII for Microsoft Flight Simulator. From using improved cameras to extra correct ranges of information, the entire undertaking behind this replace is pushed by using the most recent tech which wasn’t accessible the primary time these areas have been mapped. It’s not simply that this replace has been lengthy requested by followers, however it has been recognized by the flight sim workforce as a undertaking they’ve needed to sort out for some time.
“We had photogrammetry (for the areas), however it didn’t look significantly good. And I feel that’s what folks noticed, proper? Positive, the town was there, however it was darkish, the constructing shadows have been manner too black, and there have been every kind of points,” explains Neumann. “London was highlighted from the group as a ‘Please, please replace London.’ So, I all the time had that on my thoughts, that we’ve acquired to do one thing with London. And as I used to be working with the Bing workforce, we’d discuss it quite a bit, about desirous to do England appropriately.”
