Vicon launches new Revue 3MP camera

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OMG PLC

12 July 2011

 



12 July 2011

OMG plc

Vicon launches new Revue 3MP camera

New camera has three megapixel sensor and four times more storage

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 launched its new three megapixel Revue camera. Based on Microsoft's SenseCam technology, Revue 3MP now has four times more storage and a three megapixel sensor.

Vicon signed a license agreement with Microsoft in 2009 to manufacture, develop and sell SenseCam technology as Vicon Revue. Revue is a wearable digital camera that takes photographs automatically, without user intervention. Developed by Microsoft Research Cambridge, the device is most commonly used by medical researchers as an aid for people with memory loss, but has great potential in a number of different application areas, such as market research.

The previous VGA sensor has been upgraded to a three megapixel sensor, giving clinicians and researchers more detailed images. To accommodate this increase in resolution, Revue 3MP now packs 8GB of storage or approximately seven days of photos.

Commenting on the launch Nick Bolton, OMG Chief Executive Officer said:

 "OMG continues to work closely with Microsoft and the researchers to move the SenseCam technology and capability forward. Revue has proved to be an innovative moment capture product with transformative potential across a range of markets, so we're extremely excited about the increase in resolution and memory of the new Revue."

The new version of Revue will be shipping in August 2011. For more information please visit www.viconrevue.com or email [e-mail]

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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

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(r)-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, Defence, Life Science and Engineering markets. Other holdings include: 2d3, a manufacturer of specialized 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.

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.

 

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