YoubeQ
youbeQ is a Free multiplayer driving and flight simulator as well as a communication platform that runs inside a Web browser. It was built for a variety of Operating system (including Linux, Mac OS X e Microsoft Windows).
This simulator uses Library (computing) WebGL from the Cesiumjs virtual globe, and has been developed since 2011. Regarding the flight simulator aspect it can be seen as a more Arcade like alternative to Microsoft Flight Simulator.
It is available for installation in Google's Chrome Webstore. One of the differentiating points is its realism, since users can choose any location on the planet earth to explore. The name was inspired by the word ubiquity which means the state or ability of being everywhere, at the same time. This aspect represents what youbeQ is all AbOUT and distinguishes it from all other communication platform.
youbeQ is a Project Born inside iNovmapping LDA, and now is property of Maps With Life, S.A. a iNovmapping LDA spin-off. Currently are incubated in the Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) - Association for Innovation and Development in Science and Technology at the University of Coimbra, voted the best technology-based incubator of the world in 2010.
See also
- FlightGear
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- X-Plane (simulator)
- GEFS-Online