The buildings, the hills, the vegetation, the water, the sky, the clouds - it's all there, everywhere. In Flight, being released initially for powerful Windows PCs, you can go anywhere on the planet almost instantaneously, and it looks like that place on the planet (with the general exception of restricted military areas).
What makes the new Flight so revolutionary is that it's simply the most detailed and realistic model of Earth yet created. In that sense, Flight may become Microsoft's most effective marketing vehicle in years. Microsoft is no longer an upstart, but Flight may provide the most vivid, consumer-friendly demonstration in years of how the bleeding edge of modern technology can provide fundamentally new human experiences and (quite literally) change how we see our world. Thirty-eight years later, on Tuesday, Microsoft is releasing a stunning, groundbreaking new version of Flight - the first since 2006 - for exactly the same reason.
Microsoft, still then an upstart in the fledgling personal computer business, commissioned and acquired Flight during Reagan's first term as a showcase to demonstrate the power of "modern" technology to everyday consumers and to the company's corporate rivals. It's actually Microsoft Flight Simulator, first released in November 1982. Quick, what's Microsoft's most venerable franchise?
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