OMG's Vicon system used on Beyond: Two Souls

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OMG PLC

16 October 2013

 



16 October 2013

OMG plc

("OMG" or the "Group")

OMG's Vicon motion capture system used on Beyond: Two Souls

- Vicon's T-Series cameras used to capture the movements of stars Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe -

- Quantic Dream invests in 28 additional Vicon cameras to enable outstanding facial capture realism -

OMG plc, (AIM: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that its T-Series motion capture system was used on, Beyond: Two Souls, the latest game from acclaimed French video game studio Quantic Dream.

Written and directed by David Cage, Beyond: Two Souls is a psychological action thriller starring Ellen Page and Willem Dafoe. Launched on October 8 2013, this is the latest game from acclaimed French video game studio Quantic Dream since its smash hit, Heavy Rain.

A long standing customer of Vicon motion capture technology, Quantic Dream added 28 Vicon T-series cameras to the studio's existing 30 MX 40 cameras and integrated them with Blade - Vicon's innovative data capture and industry leading data processing tool - for the start of the Beyond project.

Guillaume de Fondaumière, CEO of Quantic Dream, commented:

"For this project we cast world class actors who are very familiar to our audience. We needed to be sure we captured all the subtle nuances of their performances, so it was extremely important that the data have the highest possible fidelity. Because of this, we chose Vicon technology as it consistently delivers first rate results with outstanding levels of support".

Commenting on the news, Nick Bolton, CEO of OMG, said:

"Following the success of Heavy Rain, the industry has seen huge momentum and excitement build around Beyond: Two Souls. The project has already achieved wide critical acclaim and with consumer expectations increasing all the time, now is a very exciting time to be working closely with leading studios such as Quantic Dream."

To see Vicon cameras capturing the actors in action, click here.

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OMG plc	[phone]
Nick Bolton, CEO
David Deacon, CFO
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Matt Dixon / Emma Appleton / Charles Palmer / Jessica Liebmann
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Notes to Editors

About OMG plc

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.

The Group's technology is used to capture the movements of actors (for the movie industry), sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), children with cerebral palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries).  The technology is also used for recording the condition of highways and the assets that surround them; or even for providing image intelligence and situational awareness from drone aircraft. Through this diverse 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 software and surveying business and OMG Life, a 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, Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA and Square Enix. In highways, clients include Highways Agency, East Sussex, Lancashire, Transport for London, Cheshire East and West as well as many others.

For more information about OMG, visit www.omgplc.com.

About Quantic Dream

Quantic Dream was founded in 1997 and has gained international recognition for its contribution to interactive narration and its fresh thinking on emotion in games. The studio is also considered one of the leading motion capture studios for the creation of its real-time 3D Virtual Actors performing with stunning realism.

www.quanticdream.com 

 

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