From Flight Sim to scuba diving: Former Microsoft vets to debut virtual game

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Microsoft surprised just about everyone when it made the move to disband the popular Flight and Train Simulator franchises back in 2009. But some of those same employees who were laid off four years ago are back with a new startup, a new direction and a new virtual scuba diving game. Cascade Game Foundry is an… Read More…

Welcome aboard: A virtual takeoff and landing from the cockpit of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner

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Whether you’re an aviation geek or just always wanted to sit in the cockpit during a flight, Boeing’s new “DreamPass” digital experience for the 787 Dreamliner is simply freakin’ awesome. There are two portions to this neat new feature from Boeing and one in particular that is badass. On the last leg of the Dream… Read More…

Tributes to Steve Lacey, on Facebook and in Flight Sim

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Family, friends and colleagues of Steve Lacey are still grappling with the loss of the respected Google engineer and Microsoft veteran in a car crash in Kirkland over the weekend. And it’s only appropriate that one of the tributes is in the form of Flight Simulator, the Microsoft program that Lacey worked on for much… Read More…