Aircraft tracking specialists fboweb.com and virtual world development company Daden Ltd have created a real-time immersive method for tracking aviation data.

In the video posted by flightglobal.com, small aircrafts, loaded with data, fly around a 2D google map placed in Second Life. Each plane shows it’s “flight number, location and altitude in real-time as it mirrors the actual aircraft (5 minute delay).”

In a quote posted by Flight Global, ‘David Burden, managing director of Daden Ltd, said: “This is an example of the power of Second Life, and virtual worlds in general, in providing a shared visualisation system….offering possibilities for both the consumer and for business operations and scientific research. Being able to walk around data, and view it with others, can bring out insight and analysis that would be impossible in 2D systems, or PC-based 3D systems.”

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