Flight Sight

Training & Simulation (Enterprise)

A full‑featured helicopter training and simulation app that blends immersive video, interactive 3D, and spatial computing to give student pilots and aviation enthusiasts a cockpit‑level learning experience.

A digital menu screen with the title Flight Sight displaying icons and options for Aircraft viewing, Videos, Airport Guides, and Trainer, with images representing each category.

Making Real‑World Helicopter Training Accessible

Helicopter training is expensive, logistically complex, and constrained by airspace, weather, and instructor availability. For many enthusiasts, flying a helicopter is a lifelong dream that never quite materializes.

The Flight Sight product vision emerged from a simple question:
How can we give people the feeling and discipline of real helicopter training, without the costs and risks of actual flight time?

Product Overview

Flight Sight positions itself as a training and simulation platform for helicopter pilots and enthusiasts, built for Apple Vision.

At a high level, the app offers:

  • A full‑featured training stack: from startup procedures to flight maneuvers.

  • 180° Apple Immersive video paired with interactive 3D helicopter models.

  • A learning experience explicitly designed for student pilots and enthusiasts as a “next‑generation training aid.”

Living room with a large, model helicopter hanging from the ceiling.

Experience Design: From Living Room to Hangar to Cockpit

The core design challenge was to make complex aviation content approachable in a living‑room setting, without losing the rigor expected by pilots.

Full‑scale 3D helicopter model is placed directly inside a modern living room. Users can walk around the aircraft in an immersive AR environment, inspecting rotor, tail, and cockpit as they would in a real hangar.

Two orange and white helicopters inside a large hangar with Rogue Aviation logo on the wall and tail.

Technical Highlights

Flight Sight is built specifically for Apple’s spatial computing stack and leverages several key technologies.

High‑Resolution 3D Models 

  • 3D helicopters are built from scratch, with accurate interiors and exteriors.

  • Models are optimized for Immersive AR environments, maintaining fidelity at close inspection while still performing well on Vision hardware.

  • Attention to cockpit layout, instrumentation, and materials is critical to preserving training value.

Apple Immersive Video & 180° Capture 

The app uses Apple Immersive 3D 180º training videos:

  • Users occupy a virtual cockpit seat while real‑world flights play out around them.

  • Content includes specific flight maneuvers and conditions, making it suitable as a maneuver‑by‑maneuver training companion.

  • Videos are shot to maximize cockpit visibility and situational awareness, not just “cinematic” vistas.

SharePlay and Multi‑User Learning 

Flight Sight integrates SharePlay, with a custom seating template for cockpit views:

  • Instructors and students—or groups of enthusiasts—can share the same helicopter experience over FaceTime or Messages.

  • This opens the door to remote, synchronous training sessions and debriefs.