Bruce Artwick

American software engineer

Bruce Arthur Artwick (born January 1, 1953) is an American software engineer. He is the creator of the first consumer flight simulator software.2

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Born 1953.1

About

He founded Sublogic after graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1977, and released the first version of Flight Simulator for the Apple II in 1979. His Apple II software was purchased by Microsoft in 1982 and became Microsoft Flight Simulator.

After Sublogic, Bruce founded the Bruce Artwick Organization, which continued development of flight simulator products and was eventually bought out by Microsoft.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign3

Artwick was born and raised in Norridge, Illinois, and attended Triton Junior College before transferring to University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign to study computer engineering in 1973. When he arrived, Artwick first switched his focus to electrical engineering because he believed that the degree would be more acceptable to the public eye.

As a student at the University of Illinois, Artwick expressed his enthusiasm for aviation by doing research at the Aviation Research Lab. Artwick held a technician position in the DCL (Digital Computer Lab). Between 1975 and 1976, Artwick and his graphic group at the University designed graphic terminals for the DCL. During this time, Artwick found the time to become a pilot. The number of hours spent doing graphics led to a rich understanding of the topic. Artwick noted, "I learned more working in the basement of the DCL than in classes."

Artwick graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1975 from the University of Illinois and obtained a master's degree in electrical engineering in the following year.

From Wikipedia’s article on Bruce Artwick (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: engineer.5

Personal life

  • Born1953, Norridge6
  • CitizenshipUnited States7

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