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Ultra-HD Military F-16 Flight Simulator Runs on 120 PC Graphic Cards

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This is the HD World, an amazing ultra-high definition military F-16 simulator that runs on 120 Intel Dual Core PCs with $400 graphic cards inside a special industrial casing. Looking at this video, I want one in my living room.

L-3 Link says that their simulator gives you 20-40 visual acuity—current sims do 20-80—which it is almost close enough to fool the eye. 20-20 is perfect visual acuity, but it’s still not possible with current projector technology.

Click to viewThe simulator runs on their Simusphere—a 180-degree of field display that uses nine projectors combined—and 120 networked Intel Dual Core PCs with stock, top of the line graphic cards. Not as large as the Mersive 360-degree combat simulator but much more accurate and visually impressive.

https://gizmodo.com/mersive-360-degree-high-definition-humvee-simulator-bri-325237

Click to viewIn fact, according to the company, the 120 networked PCs give you the most complex and accurate flight simulator out there, with high-fidelity environments, actual world destruction and explosions with physics simulation, and up to 10,000 simultaneous entities on screen in urban environments. All while running the actual F-16 operational program. I don’t know if it is the most complex and accurate, but I have to find a way to get one of these. Pronto. [Military.com]

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