Anyone catch the leak posted on Reddit earlier?

[Shack95 2,658]

3 minutes ago, Claviateur said:

I did not know they have am alternative generic world with generic textures for offline mode.

I wasn‘t aware of it either but it looks like it. There‘s also what looks like a procedurally generated road network.

[Claviateur 789]

4 minutes ago, Shack95 said:

I wasn‘t aware of it either but it looks like it. There‘s also what looks like a procedurally generated road network.

Oh then if this is the case, the offline mode will be more or less a higher quality version of the actual simulators' generic terrain architecture.

[ca_metal 2,015]

31 minutes ago, Claviateur said:

Oh then if this is the case, the offline mode will be more or less a higher quality version of the actual simulators' generic terrain architecture.

Way higher I'd say... If you rewatch the first Discovery Episode and the first videos they've talked about the scenery, you will see the scenery base will be there, no matter if you are running it on the online or offline mode.

The water masks are the same, the shorelines are the same, the buildings (execpt the photogrammmetry areas of course) are the same.

Also remember the A.I.: https://blackshark.ai/ 😉

Edited May 21, 2020 by ca_metal

[canadiantree 233]

2 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

Way higher I'd say... If you rewatch the first Discovery Episode and the first videos they've talked about the scenery, you will see the scenery base will be there, no matter if you are running it on the online or offline mode.

The water masks are the same, the shorelines are the same, the buildings (execpt the photogrammmetry areas of course) are the same.

Also remember the A.I.: https://blackshark.ai/ 😉

Is Microsoft the partner they will be announcing soon?

[ca_metal 2,015]

1 minute ago, canadiantree said:

Is Microsoft the partner they will be announcing soon?

Look at the blurred image here, it's in the background of the site:


The name of the image is FirstCustomers2. And this, I'm pretty sure, in the sim (San Francisco).

Edited May 21, 2020 by ca_metal

[Noooch 1,084]

Is this San Francisco? Microsoft are not the only ones who can create an existing city 🙂

[Claviateur 789]

14 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

Way higher I'd say... If you rewatch the first Discovery Episode and the first videos they've talked about the scenery, you will see the scenery base will be there, no matter if you are running it on the online or offline mode.

The water masks are the same, the shorelines are the same, the buildings (execpt the photogrammmetry areas of course) are the same.

Also remember the A.I.: https://blackshark.ai/ 😉

Yes without any doubt it will be way better than any generic simulator worlds we have now.

But honestly, in the Discovery video you mention, I never noticed the procedural / generic textures for the offline mode (instead of aerial imagery). I will watch it again, take screen captures and zoom in, in Photoshop 😉

Ummm the link to this website  dealing with AI technology vs world creation is intriguing indeed with their soon to come announcement 🧐 

Edited May 21, 2020 by Claviateur

[ca_metal 2,015]

4 minutes ago, Claviateur said:

Yes without any doubt it will be way better than any generic simulator worlds we have now.

But honestly, in the Discovery video you mention, I never noticed the procedural / generic textures for the offline mode (instead of aerial imagery). I will watch it again, take screen captures and zoom in, in Photoshop 😉

Ummm the link to this website  dealing with AI technology vs world creation is intriguing indeed with their soon to come announcement 🧐 

They’ve showed Seattle in offline mode in the discovery series.

[Claviateur 789]

13 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

Look at the blurred image here, it's in the background of the site:


The name of the image is FirstCustomers2. And this, I'm pretty sure, in the sim (San Francisco).

Ummm interesting. However:

Now MS has its own in-house Azure machine/deep/etc learning (AI) tech. One of the major pillar of MSFS is leveraging MS in-house AI tech for data fetching.

This company you mentioned also deals with virtual worlds creation using AI.

The blurred screen capture shows indeed a simulator like city from the air.

Now if we do some math here with what I just mentioned, we find that things are a bit contradictive right?

But what if the First Customer or annoucenemnt is the company that develops the other (competitor) simulator?!  🙊

[Shack95 2,658]

41 minutes ago, ca_metal said:

The name of the image is FirstCustomers2. And this, I'm pretty sure, in the sim (San Francisco).

They're from Austria and they've worked together with Microsoft Studios in some form or other (https://www.bongfish.com/our-story/). Didn't they say that a small team in Austria was involved? Interesting... 🤔

[Claviateur 789]

17 minutes ago, Shack95 said:

They're from Austria and they've worked together with Microsoft Studios in some form or other (https://www.bongfish.com/our-story/). Didn't they say that a small team in Austria was involved? Interesting... 🤔

Wow I am learning new stuff today. Thanks 🙂

 

[trainplane3 97]

1 hour ago, ca_metal said:

Way higher I'd say... If you rewatch the first Discovery Episode and the first videos they've talked about the scenery, you will see the scenery base will be there, no matter if you are running it on the online or offline mode.

The water masks are the same, the shorelines are the same, the buildings (execpt the photogrammmetry areas of course) are the same.

Also remember the A.I.: https://blackshark.ai/ 😉

Interesting stuff, isn't it?

Edited May 21, 2020 by trainplane3

[goates 576]

1 hour ago, Claviateur said:

Ummm interesting. However:

Now MS has its own in-house Azure machine/deep/etc learning (AI) tech. One of the major pillar of MSFS is leveraging MS in-house AI tech for data fetching.

This company you mentioned also deals with virtual worlds creation using AI.

The blurred screen capture shows indeed a simulator like city from the air.

Now if we do some math here with what I just mentioned, we find that things are a bit contradictive right?

But what if the First Customer or annoucenemnt is the company that develops the other (competitor) simulator?!  🙊

It isn't necessarily contradictory as Azure AI is a platform for others to build their AI on top of. So in this case, MS and Asobo may have contracted out some of the work to this Blackshark company. Maybe Blackshark already had a prototype that MS or Asobo had seen? Similar to how Microsoft brought in Asobo themselves to build the sim instead of building it entirely in-house in Seattle.

Edited May 21, 2020 by goates

[n4gix 4,947]

7 hours ago, MaVe64 said:

Those tall trees in front of the runway at Sedona shouldn't be there... Should be bushes. In fact, all the trees shouldn't be there, looks more like a rain forest then the Grand Canyon. 

There is something suspicious about this alleged "screenshot..." 

...it is missing the username "watermark" entirely. 😖

[fogboundturtle 2,708]

3 minutes ago, n4gix said:

There is something suspicious about this alleged "screenshot..." 

...it is missing the username "watermark" entirely. 😖

if you got some Photoshop skilled, it can me be removed without too much trouble.