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How long has MSFS 2020 been in production?

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Hi there,

I was wondering when MSFS 2020 started being programmed, just curious how long it took to develop the flight sim? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

From Wiki:

Six years before release, the foundations for Flight Simulator began through work with Asobo on a product called HoloTour for Microsoft's HoloLens augmented reality headset. A challenge that later inspired the Flight Simulator project was to build a digital version of Machu Picchu's vast mountainside and vistas vs. normal buildings at street level. This challenge spurred Microsoft executive and project leader Jörg Neumann to consult with the Bing Maps team to use their detailed photogrammetry data, which included the actual ruins of Machu Picchu, to create a HoloLens replica of it. Neumann later utilized Bing Maps photogrammetry data to have Asobo build a flight demo for the city of Seattle. Neumann also met with Meteoblue to incorporate realistic, real-time, and worldwide weather data into the product.[54][35][55] The technology was also incorporated from Microsoft's discontinued Photosynth project, which generates 3D models from 2D photos.[56]

Noel

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48 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

Though you could say 30 years as it draws on a lot of code from older versions.

That is a stretch... 😉

Bert

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