Microsoft Flight Simulator recreated Hurricane Laura in real-time, and players flew right in
“Microsoft Flight Simulator” is revealing itself to be a landmark game, particularly this last week with two disasters.
Earlier this week, scientists and novice stormchasers used the game to observe the already-devastating Hurricane Laura as it barreled toward through the Gulf of Mexico and on our shores. “Flight Simulator,” released this month for PC, streams the entire planet Earth in real-time, feeding in weather data from Swiss-based meteorological service Meteoblue and bolstered by the power of Microsoft’s Azure AI platform.
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