Laminar Research
Encyclopedia
Laminar Research is a small software company based out of Columbia, South Carolina
, and is dedicated to providing software that accurately reflects the laws of physics
. Laminar's flagship product is the flight simulator
X-Plane, but it also produces two other programs, Space Combat
and Young's Modulus.
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
, and is dedicated to providing software that accurately reflects the laws of physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
. Laminar's flagship product is the flight simulator
Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...
X-Plane, but it also produces two other programs, Space Combat
Space Combat
Space Combat is a game produced by Laminar Research to provide a simulation of space combat with accurate physics, unlike most other games of the same genre...
and Young's Modulus.