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As this technology evolves, we expect to be able to provide higher degrees of realism in our training products, and we also expect to shorten the time required to develop and modify training scenarios.
- Chester Kennedy,
Lockheed Martin

Unlike all the products that rely on the marketers to try to convince me of their wonderfulness, seeing ESP just spontaneously made me say "Wow." So if ESP is an example of how game technologies can find wider use, bring on "Age of Administrators."
- Greg DeMichillie,
Directions on Microsoft

We saw this as an opportunity to address a large market for a cost-effective flight simulation with integrated air-traffic control software, which simply wasn"t being addressed by anyone else. Microsoft ESP made that possible by giving us a rapid development process, a robust software platform and global reach."
- Fred Sheldon,
Adacel

News Spotlight


Microsoft ESP on Aero TV Network
(February 7, 2008)
Aero TV's Jim Campbell interviewed Dave Boker, Senior Director, Business Development Group, ACES Studio and Drew Lytle, Group Manager, Microsoft ESP during last fall's I/ITSEC show in Orlando, Florida to learn about the platform's features, functionalities and potential.


ESP Takes Flight
(January 31, 2008) Redmond Developer News
Michael Cherry, a colleague at Directions on Microsoft, used to say that Microsoft should combine its video game products with its IT wares to produce "Age of Administrators," where the players have to defend their IT infrastructures from marauding viruses and navigate unknown and mysterious management consoles, all while keeping their budget from getting out of hand.

Featured News

  • Lockheed Martin, FlightSafety to use Microsoft ESP platform
    (February 21, 2008) Training & Simulation Journal
    Microsoft has announced two more partnering agreements with large training and simulation companies for its recently unveiled Microsoft ESP visual simulation platform.  Lockheed Martin and FlightSafety International both will use ESP as part of their efforts to lower costs in their simulation on aircrew training. Those companies join Northrop Grumman and SAIC as large integrators who have joined with Microsoft on use of ESP, which was announced in November and became available Jan. 1.         
  • Q&A: Aviation and Defense Industry Leaders Discuss Microsoft Simulation Platform
    (February 20, 2008) Microsoft ESP, a platform for developing rich simulations based on Microsoft Flight Simulator technology, is helping companies like Lockheed Martin and FlightSafety International create sophisticated training simulations to help pilots prepare for some of the most demanding conditions they'll face.
  • Microsoft's Games Get Serious
    (December 21, 2007) Business Week
    At the end of the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane, a passenger whose only aviation training was playing video games successfully lands a jumbo jet. Come January, thanks to Microsoft (MSFT), such a scenario won't be just a cinematic fantasy. On New Year's Day, 2008, the software giant will release a platform called Microsoft ESP based on Flight Simulator, a 25-year-old video game from Microsoft Game Studios. ESP allows corporations to design customized training simulations. The first target market: aviation companies that cater to the U.S. military and other clients.
  • Orlando Event Showcases Military and Defense Simulations Built on Microsoft ESP
    (November 27, 2007) Earlier this month, the team behind Microsoft's longest continuously shipping product, Flight Simulator, announced they will begin offering in January a new visual simulation development platform for defense, civil aviation and other industries to use in creating immersive training simulations.
  • Microsoft Debuts Games-based Training
    (November 16, 2007) Rotor & Wing
    Microsoft announced plans for a new visual-simulation platform, Microsoft ESP, which will be available next month. ESP enables the use of visual simulation for immersive learning and decision-making and supports PC-based commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software.
  • Microsoft enters aviation modelling and simulation market
    (November 16, 2007) Flight Global
    Microsoft has launched a visual-simulation software platform for modelling, training and decision support, aimed initially at the aviation market.
  • Microsoft to offer visual simulation platform
    (November 15, 2007) Government Computer News
    Microsoft plans to release a new visual simulation platform that brings immersive games-based technology to training and learning, decision support, and research and development modeling for military and commercial aviation organizations.
  • Microsoft to enter visual sim market with new ESP platform
    (November 15, 2007) TSJOnline.com
    Microsoft announced it will be entering the market for visual simulation platforms in January with the introduction of its Microsoft ESP platform for use in both military and commercial markets.
  • Microsoft ESP Debuts Simulation Platform
    (November 15, 2007) Business & Commercial Aviation
    Microsoft announced its intention to become a player in the visual simulation arena with Microsoft ESP, a new platform that is an evolutionary development of the popular entertainment app, Microsoft Flight Simulator.
  • Microsoft ESP Debuts as a Platform for Visual Simulation
    (November 14, 2007) Microsoft Corp. today announced plans for a new visual-simulation platform, Microsoft ESP, available in January 2008. Microsoft ESP enables the innovative use of visual simulation for immersive learning and decision-making, supports PC-based commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware and software, and enables simulations to be built faster and more cost-effectively. Simulations built on the Microsoft ESP platform will help government, commercial and academic organizations apply immersive games-based technology and interactive learning experiences to improve work-force readiness and increase operational excellence.
  • Microsoft to Launch Simulation Platform, SDK
    (November 13, 2007) eWEEK
    Microsoft plans to unveil a new platform, based on its game technology, that will bring visualization and simulation capabilities to the masses. The Microsoft ESP platform, which the company will roll out Nov. 14, will include a software development kit.

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