University upgrades to Vicon's Vantage system

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OMG PLC

05 May 2016

 

5 May 2016

OMG plc

("OMG", "Oxford Metrics", or the "Group")

University of Roehampton upgrade to Vicon's flagship Vantage system

Customer of 20 years has purchased its fifth Vicon system

Upgrade demonstrates continued strength of Vicon's technology

OMG plc (LSE: OMG), the technology group providing Computer Vision products and services for the entertainment, life science, engineering industries and consumer electronics markets, announces that Vicon, its motion capture technology division, has upgraded the University of Roehampton to a Vicon Vantage V5 system with Nexus software.

University of Roehampton, named 'Best Modern University' in the Complete University Guide 2015, Sunday Times Good University Guide 2015 and Guardian University Guide 2016, purchased its first Vicon system in 1996 for biomechanics.

The multifunctional laboratory at Roehampton uses its Vicon system for teaching and research purposes. Sports and Exercise Science, as well as Biomechanics students are taught with the Vicon system and many PhD students go on to use it in their dissertations. Ranked 'Most Research Intensive University in the UK' based on results from the Research Excellence Framework 2014, Roehampton's research using the Vicon system focuses on people with lower limb amputations, concentrating on factors such as back pain, movement, exercise intervention to improve daily tasks and gait retraining.

The Vantage upgrade will bring increased camera resolution, enabling Roehampton to track smaller markers which are close together in a larger volume. The system also captures higher quality data and has enhanced synchronisation with third party products.

Alison Carlisle, Specialist Technician, Sport and Exercise Sciences, Department of Life Sciences at Roehampton, said:

"Over the years we've evaluated other motion capture providers but have always chosen to stay with Vicon due to the quality of the data, its ease-of-use and the high level of support we receive. We've just started using the Vantage system with Nexus 2.3 software and are very pleased with the increased data quality and smoother workflow; this will improve our data collection and the overall student experience."

Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics, commented:

"We're proud the University of Roehampton has been a customer for 20 years and the fact this is their fifth system upgrade is testimony to the quality of Vicon products which continue to strengthen year after year. I'm pleased Roehampton are already seeing the benefits of Vantage and look forward to seeing the future research generated by the team."

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Notes to Editors

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 sports performance, research and biomechanics industries. As well as those in robotics, ergonomics, film, visual effects, video games and broadcast television sectors.

Vicon is a subsidiary of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG) plc, the technology group providing Computer Vision products and services for the entertainment, life science, engineering industries and consumer electronics markets. Other holdings include: OMG Life, our IP licensing business; and Yotta, a provider of software and services for infrastructure asset management.
 

Among many others, Vicon global clients include:

·      Engineering: European Space Agency, BMW, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - South Africa, ETH Zurich, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, NRL, UPENN GRASP, MIT, Ford and General Motors

·      Entertainment: Framestore, Audiomotion, The Imaginarium, Quantic Dream, SEGA, Konami, Activision, Sony, Dreamworks, ILM and USC

·      Life Sciences: Imperial College - London, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre - Oxford, Headley Court, University of Western Australia, Adidas, Digital Human Research Centre - Japan, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, Shriners, Marquette, UMich and Red Bull

For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit: www.omgplc.com, www.vicon.com or www.yotta.co.uk.

About OMG plc

OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) is a technology group providing Computer Vision products and services for the entertainment, life science, engineering industries and consumer electronics markets.

The Group's technology is used globally to capture the movements of actors (for the movie industry), sportsmen and women (for video games or improving team performance), and children with cerebral palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries). The technology is also used for the management of pavement and street furniture. Through this diverse offering the Group has earned its strong international reputation for precision from pixels and its unique expertise in imaging technology.

Founded in 1984, the Group is headquartered in Oxford, UK, and has two offices in the US and four in the UK. It has customers in over 65 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through three subsidiaries: Vicon, the world's largest motion capture and movement analysis company, Yotta, a provider of software and services for infrastructure asset management and OMG Life, our IP licensing business, which is focused on unlocking latent value in Oxford Metrics's IP.

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, Headley Court and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including: Ford Motor Company, BMW, Toyota and European Space Agency and in the entertainment sector; The Imaginarium, Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA and Square Enix. In infrastructure asset management, clients include Highways England, East Sussex, Kent, Lancashire, Transport for London, UK Power Network, Cheshire East and West as well as many others.

For more information about Oxford Metrics, visit www.omgplc.com.

About University of Roehampton

The University of Roehampton, London, provides a high-quality learning experience in a friendly and supportive environment. The Roehampton ethos sees higher education as an important driver of both personal growth and social change.  Roehampton has a proud and distinguished history dating back to the 1840s, its colleges were also among the first colleges of higher education in the UK to admit women. That tradition of commitment to equality continues to be part of the ethos of Roehampton, which has one of the most diverse communities of students in the UK. Today the University has a broad range of expertise across business, the arts and humanities, social sciences and human and life sciences, at the same time as maintaining its historic strength in education.

 

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