I have created a concept screenshot of my first-person mode:

It includes a weapon (shortbow), as well as a farther-along stage of the user interface (with unit and tech icons), and my current highest-detail flora.

The flora includes:

* "Soft" foliage - trees have better-looking leaves and don't look like X'es from above.

* 3d bushes - the bushes now look like bushes, rather than billboards. They are accurate frorm all sides, as well as above.

* Grass - 3d blades of grass wherever grass is on the texturemap. It looks best from FPS mode, but also improves RTS mode.

The high-detail flora and grass do slow down the game a bit, so they can be turned off in the options menu.

Other new features include the wraparound sky and a fisherman's hut building.