The next step : MSFS v2.0

[Dominique_K 10,138]

Pardon my terrible clickbait 😁.

But I found interesting to share that Blackshark.ai works with Maxar, one of the largest providers of sat imagery, on a high-performance, geotypical representation of the entire planet for gaming, entertainment, virtual reality and metaverse applications.

You will tell me that it has nothing to do with MSFS ! Look at the title of the press release  "Digital twin of Earth", the words that Neuman and Wloch have been using since day one as their ultimate goal.

SYNTH3D | Maxar

 

[Mike S KPDX 597]

for some reason I thought Blackshark was already associated (at some level) with MSFS.

[btacon 1,789]

19 minutes ago, Mike S KPDX said:

for some reason I thought Blackshark was already associated (at some level) with MSFS.

They are. You see their logo every time you fire up MSFS

[Dominique_K 10,138]

45 minutes ago, Mike S KPDX said:

for some reason I thought Blackshark was already associated (at some level) with MSFS.

Thats the whole idea 😀.  On one hand they are a partner of Asobo for MSFS, on the other hand they are a partner of Maxar to develop the next generation of their product.

Edited March 7, 2023 by Dominique_K

[penta_a 428]

all the replication technology of buildings, airports, streets and so on are already part of MSFS, except for the map generation, it comes from Bing

[Dominique_K 10,138]

13 minutes ago, penta_a said:

all the replication technology of buildings, airports, streets and so on are already part of MSFS, except for the map generation, it comes from Bing

Of course, but we are talking next gen. as I understand it. 

[ca_metal 2,017]

22 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

Of course, but we are talking next gen. as I understand it. 

Isn't it already MSFS' current gen?

[Stoopy 1,571]

Not to be "that guy" but if a digital twin is available through third party sources then maybe this might be more relevant to XP13.  Not that I enjoy suggesting that! 😐

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

1 hour ago, btacon said:

They are. You see their logo every time you fire up MSFS

I disabled that after a week of using it, bypass all the ads for faster loading. 

[OneOfMany 314]

According to their website, Microsoft is one of the funders of Blackshark. 

"The blackshark.ai platform, backed by M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund, Point72 Ventures, and Maxar Technologies, provider of comprehensive Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructures (NYSE:MAXR), serves large clients globally with a team of 100+ people based out of Silicon Valley/US and Graz/Austria, Europe’s computer vision hub. "

 

[andy1252 3,851]

2 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

Pardon my terrible clickbait

You're pardoned. Interesting to see that video. The AI in MSFS is a combination of pretty d*mn impressive and pretty d*mn awful in places, but it's almost certain to keep improving (he said, hopefully).

Certainly, a digital twin of the planet is what I'm hoping to see before I shuffle off the real one.

[shamrockflyer 647]

2 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

I disabled that after a week of using it, bypass all the ads for faster loading. 

How do you do such a thing?

[Mace 1,909]

3 minutes ago, shamrockflyer said:

How do you do such a thing?

two ways I know of

1) use Addon Linker to start the sim, it has an option to turn those splash screens off.

2) use the -FastLaunch switch, either with a shortcut or batch file -- here's the target for the MS Store version:

cmd.exe /c start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App - FastLaunchcmd.exe /C start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App -FastLaunch

[Ianrivaldosmith 5,317]

1 minute ago, Mace said:

use the -FastLaunch switch, either with a shortcut or batch file -- here's the target for the MS Store version:

This is the one I use. 

[HiFlyer 9,358]

Some might find this interesting.