New Orbx “Box”

[_Gladius_ 24]

Just saw a clip on YouTube showing a box.  The clip was from Orbx, and I assume this is a teaser for some upcoming product?  Anybody have any additional information?

[Woozie 732]

Oh, so ORBX is involved in this? "The box" is teaser for a new app called "The Skypark" developed by "Parallel 42", a development studio that was unknown so far.  

FSElite did some digging and they came up with some more bits and pieces and screenshots showing some kind of flight management app, i assume its something similar to Air Hauler or ProjectFly as the screenshot was saying something like "You currently dont have any jobs - use search to look for jobs"

It is supposed to be revealed at FS Expo this week, so we should soon know more

Here's the box posted by Parallel 42: 

 

[Woozie 732]

here is the FSElite "investigation": 

https://fselite.net/news/who-is-the-mysterious-new-developer-parallel-42-presenting-at-flightsimexpo/

[Christopher Low 5,352]

Are you sure that this has anything to do with ORBx? Can you provide a link to the YouTube clip that you viewed?

[Amon1973 1,421]

4 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Are you sure that this has anything to do with ORBx? Can you provide a link to the YouTube clip that you viewed?

I'd imagine Orbx will be involved somehow, as Ivanafly who post's on The SkyLounge all the time, he has links to Orbx.

[Sethos 4,333]

9 minutes ago, Christopher Low said:

Are you sure that this has anything to do with ORBx? Can you provide a link to the YouTube clip that you viewed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UgXLMj0Pkc

 

Edited June 3, 2019 by Sethos1988

[jabloomf1230 2,445]

I'll guess it's a preloaded portable hard drive to store photoreal scenery. I was all excited about the new photoreal regions until I saw the storage requirements.

[Dominique_K 10,138]

16 hours ago, jabloomf1230 said:

I'll guess it's a preloaded portable hard drive to store photoreal scenery. I was all excited about the new photoreal regions until I saw the storage requirements.

... that and the speed (or rather the lack thereof) of my crappy end-of-the-line ADSL 2 connexion. 

Edited June 4, 2019 by domkle

[_Gladius_ 24]

Thanks for this info. I had a hunch that it might be something like Air Hauler, because of, well the cargo box.

I wonder what it will offer to distinguish it from Air Hauler.

[Clutch Cargo 384]

"I'll guess it's a preloaded portable hard drive to store photoreal scenery. I was all excited about the new photoreal regions until I saw the storage requirements."

Prices keep dropping.  I picked up an 8TB External HDD for $150.

[Samaritano 304]

Here at the conference I just watched their presentation. It looks to me that it is a subscription base FS-Economy type of addon. I think they mentioned that it was going to be $9.99 a month. 

 

The presenters were the developer from Chase Plane and one of the guys from TheSkyLounge. 

Edited June 8, 2019 by Samaritano

[kenz 33]

 

start at 46:15

 

Edited June 9, 2019 by kenz

[kenz 33]

anythought on the product ?

looks to be a air hauler / pokemon GO to me

[snglecoil 1,828]

As a FS Economy user, I get the gamification aspect that they are going for...But the branding/naming and the demo flight they showed...well as my kids say - “cringey”. 

[mr340 56]

Its the new X box console coming 2020  https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/9/18656608/microsoft-new-xbox-hardware-specs-price-release-date-e3-2019 


Just kidding lol but who knows