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NASA World Wind 1.4 Released With Trailer
Bull_UK writes "As many of you probably already know NASA had to shift it's priorities to the upcoming Java version of World Wind, leaving 1.4 effectively orphaned, but the Open Source community came together and with a lot of hard work we were able to finish what Chris Maxwell started. Some of the new things which differentiate the new World Wind from the competition are the amazing new visual effects, including HDR, check out the video for some examples. Remember this virtual globe has never had the same goals as Google Earth, if you just want to see your house stick with GE, although many areas have high resolution as good and sometimes better than GE. World Wind is aimed at education and science, all the default imagery is copyright free, you don't need to purchase a license to redistribute the imagery and there are no pro or expert versions to buy, you can happily use World Wind at work or school without fear of any lawyers confiscating your research."
It competes with World of Warcraft, except you have space shuttles, global warming and jealous astronauts.
It seems that you aren't familiar with the Dave Barry school of grammar, in which the purpose of an apostrophe is to alert the reader that an "s" is coming.
"But, I still want to play GTA and rampage my own neiborhood[sic]. :P"
I'd like to rampage around your neighborhood too...definitely stop by your mom's place for some hot coffee.