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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

The hard work came to fruition in Flight Simulator 2000 , which reached a technical milestone: It mapped the entire planet in 1-kilometer blocks. In retrospect, ESP feels like a predecessor to modern efforts to build “digital twins” to simulate and replicate real-world environments.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Globally, a majority of those surveyed say that AVs will be easier, more comfortable safer, more relaxing, more economical, more enjoyable, and friendlier to the environment. percentage points for the N=2000 survey, 19 times out of 20, had all citizens been polled. Fewer think AVs will be faster.