HAWX 2 - Satellite Images Create 3D Simulation Worlds in Tom Clancy's Video Games

Satellite images have gained popularity in the video game industry and continues to grow. With the availability of high resolution satellite imagery such as GeoEye-1 (0.5m) and IKONOS (0.8m) gamers can experience video games in a realistic 3D simulated world such as Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's HAWX and HAWX 2. To read full story and all high resolution images, visit here - news.satimagingcorp.com GeoEye-1 satellite imagery has been used to map the ground of Ubisoft's air-combat title Tom Clancy's HAWX. 2 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, Windows PC and the Wii system from Nintendo. The high resolution satellite imagery is taken from the GeoEye-1 satellite sensor from 423 miles from Earth with diverse vistas, including mountains, deserts, mountainous coastal regions and some well known cities, like Cape Town allows piloting the planes in a very realistic experience. 3D Simulation Modeling Satellite images in support of a detailed terrain surface elevation model can assist video game developers to create a simulation model and visualize the urban and landscape space in three dimensions. 3D terrain models have a variety of applications and provide accurate cartographic feature extraction, map updating, digital city modeling and 3D city models in urban areas which are essential to virtual reality environments. While they are generally used to simply visualize the built environment, they are now <b>...</b>
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