Sale of New T40 "S" cameras

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OMG PLC

15 March 2011

 



15 March 2011

OMG plc

Vicon Secures First Sale of New T40 "S" cameras 

University of Western Australia develop gold standard for cricket testing with outdoor Vicon motion capture system

OMG plc, (LSE: OMG) ("OMG" or the "Group"), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that following the launch last month of its Vicon T-Series "S" Edition motion capture ("mocap") camera range, that the University of Western Australia (UWA) is the first customer to purchase 12 new outdoor cameras.

UWA was selected as part of a group chosen to provide real-world testing for the new cameras prior to last month's launch. UWA utilised the Vicon test system outdoors to look at cricketers bowling action. Prior to this technology, UWA had used an indoor Vicon MX3+ system, however they wished to move to a more realistic on-field testing environment to allow them to capture first-hand in the field rather than in laboratory conditions.

In cricket, a player is deemed to have an illegal bowling action if their elbow extension exceeds 15 degrees during the bowl. This may result in the player being banned by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The player would then need to undergo technique re-training and be re-tested with a mocap system until their elbow extension is proved to be below the allowable 15 degree threshold. UWA is a world leader in cricket research and its Vicon outdoor system will be their new gold standard.

The UWA team doesn't just concentrate on cricket. As one of the world's leading sports research facilities, their new T40S outdoor cameras will be used for a variety of sports research, with an initial focus on Australian Rules Football, soccer and athletics. It will enable soccer players to play on real grass with real goalposts and athletes can be tested surrounded by equipment and playing environments familiar to them.

Nick Bolton, OMG Chief Executive Officer said:

 "We've had a long-standing partnership with UWA and enabling them to collect their high quality 3D data outside does away with the constraints of laboratory data collection and is testament to the advancements in our innovative technology. The T-Series "S" Edition mocap cameras are ready-made for outdoor use offering unparalleled accuracy which UWA needs - this testing can cost some sports players their careers, so there's no room for error."

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For further information please contact:

OMG plc	[phone]
Nick Bolton, Group CEO David Deacon, Group CFO
Hayley Roberts, PR Executive
Financial Dynamics	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Emma Appleton
Evolution Securities (NOMAD to OMG)	[phone]
Jeremy Ellis / Chris Clarke

Notes to Editors

For more information on the product please go to: http://www.vicon.com/products/tseries.html

The full Vicon T-Series range now includes:

·      T10 - the most affordable camera in the T-Series range. 250 frames per second (fps) at 1 megapixel resolution

·      T10S - the fastest full frame mocap camera in the world. 1000fps at 1 megapixel resolution

·      T20S - a staggering 690fps at a resolution of 2 megapixels

·      T40S - high resolution and optimized speed all in one. 515fps at full frame resolution (4 megapixels)

·      T160 - the world's only 16 megapixel motion capture camera. 120fps at full frame resolution

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 assessing the value of properties; 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 three operating subsidiaries:  Vicon, the world's largest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for defence applications, and Yotta, our highways and property surveying business.

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: Miami-Dade county, 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.co.uk or www.yottamvs.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 operates in four offices worldwide, including its Los Angeles-based Entertainment headquarters: a 26,000 square-foot facility equipped with three performance capture stages for Vicon's service company House of Moves.

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, Defense, Life Science and Engineering markets.  Other holdings include: 2d3, a manufacturer of specialized image understanding software for defense applications; Yotta DCL our highways surveying business in the UK; and Yotta MVS, a leading US provider of data collection services for the assessment of property taxation.

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. 

For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.vicon.com, www.vicon.com/boujou, www.viconrevue.com, www.2d3.com, www.yottadcl.com, or www.yottamvs.com.  

 

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