Hi - I'm new to the forum but not to flight simulation. I was simply wondering if there is much demand for a hot air balloon in Aerofly? Combined with real world winds this is something that would greatly appeal to me. I like the idea of drifting randomly and never being quite sure where I'm going to end up.
Until quite recently I satisfied this urge for ballooning on GeoFS - but once you've experienced Aerofly VR it's difficult to go back to a 2D screen, and GeoFS isn't playable in VR of course. Ideally I would like a VR ballooning experience over Google Earth style 3D objects. (GeoFS uses Google Earth scenery but they haven't managed to import the 3D objects which GE now has around most major towns and cities.) How does Google Earth produce these 3D effects? Is some sort of algorithm applied to the 2D image? If so, wouldn't it be quicker/easier than making the 3D objects and placing them individually? They look amazing on a flat screen, but would they look as good in VR? I appreciate that they would only look good if generated from very high resolution images, but a hot air ballon can't cover ground very quickly anyway, so I'd be satisfied with limited areas.