OMG's Vicon signs deal with The Imaginarium

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OMG PLC

02 February 2012

 



2 February 2012

OMG plc

("OMG" or the "Company")

OMG's Vicon signs deal with The Imaginarium

- OMG's Vicon to supply 80 T160 motion capture cameras -

OMG plc, (LSE: OMG) ("OMG" or the "Group"), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, is pleased to announce today that its Vicon division, has signed an agreement to become the main motion capture (mocap) technology supplier to The Imaginarium - a London-based studio, co-founded by actor/director Andy Serkis and film producer Jonathan Cavendish. The Imaginarium offers Performance Capture consultancy and production services to film studios, television and video game companies as well as developing and producing its own work.

Academy award winning Vicon will supply The Imaginarium with 80 of its cutting edge T160 mocap cameras along with Vicon's new Blade software, which provides all the crucial elements needed for mocap, simplifying everything from system configuration to actor setup and delivering mocap data of the highest accuracy.

Vicon's 16 megapixel cameras and latest Blade software will enable The Imaginarium to deliver high quality data which, combined with the Studio's unique creative direction will make it one of the world's leading Performance Capture studios.

Discussing the agreement Nick Bolton, OMG plc Chief Executive said:

"The Imaginarium is a world-class Performance Capture studio and we are delighted to be collaborating with such talented people. Vicon's T160 cameras are the most advanced mocap cameras available today and will enable The Imaginarium to film on location in outdoor settings, adding another level of realism to the actors' performance. This is much more than just a contract to supply equipment; we're working closely with The Imaginarium team on this exciting venture, which aims to become a global centre of excellence taking mocap to a new level both technologically and creatively."

For further information please contact:

OMG plc	[phone]
Nick Bolton, Group CEO
Hayley Roberts, Press Contact
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Emma Appleton / Charles Palmer
Evolution Securities (NOMAD to OMG)	[phone]
Jeremy Ellis

About OMG

OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companies producing image understanding products and services for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries.

Be it for capturing the movements of actors (for the movie industry),sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), or children with Cerebral Palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries); or recording the condition of highways and the assets that surround them; or even providing image intelligence and situational awareness from drone aircraft. Through this diversified offering the Group has earned its strong international reputation for precision from pixels.

Founded in 1984, the Group is headquartered in Oxford, UK, and has four offices in the US and two in the UK. It has customers in over 50 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through four operating subsidiaries:  Vicon, the world's largest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for defence applications, Yotta, our highways surveying business and OMG Life our new consumer subsidiary.

The Group's global clients spanning the worlds of science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film and broadcast include: major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy's Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including: Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus and Toyota, and in the entertainment sector; Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA and Square Enix. In surveying clients include: Atkins and Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Pembrokeshire County Councils as well as many others.

For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omgplc.com, www.vicon.com, www.2d3.com, www.yottadcl.com.

About Vicon

Academy Award®-winning Vicon is the world's largest supplier of precision motion tracking systems, and match moving software. It serves customers in the CG animation industry, film, visual effects, computer games, and broadcast television, as well as engineering and life science industries.

Vicon is a subsidiary of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG), plc., a group of technology companies that produces image understanding solutions for the Entertainment, Defence, Life Science and Engineering markets. Other holdings include: 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for defence applications; Yotta DCL our highways surveying business in the UK; and OMG Life, our new consumer subsidiary.

Vicon and OMG global clients include: Life Science leaders University of Pennsylvania, the VA Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Titleist Golf, The Andrews Institute; Engineering industry leaders Ford, BMW, Airbus, Lockheed, Pratt-Whitney, NASA, Caterpillar, International Truck, and Toyota; and Entertainment companies Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Computer Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Vivendi, Electronic Arts, Square Enix and many others.

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