Vicon showcases 'Mobile Mocap' technology

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OMG PLC

08 August 2011

 



8 August 2011

OMG plc

("OMG" or the "Company")

Vicon showcases 'Mobile Mocap' technology

- OMG's Vicon unit demonstrates new mobile motion capture technology at leading trade show -

- Portable applications open up a new wave of opportunity for motion capture outside of the traditional laboratory environment -

OMG plc, (LSE: OMG) ("OMG" or the "Group"), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries will this week showcase a range of mobile motion capture technologies ("mobile mocap") at the 38^th annual SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver, Canada. The technologies represent many years of development effort and offer new and exciting ways to make motion capture a possibility in real-world situations, not just in a studio environment.

The technologies on display include both new and recently deployed solutions, and have a broad range of potential end-market applications. The centrepiece of the mobile motion capture technologies is a small, lipstick sized camera capable of capturing 720p (1280x720) footage at 60 frames per second.  This camera not only has potential application in the medical industry and military surveillance but also in the entertainment sector for less obtrusive, more accurate facial animation data.

In stand-alone format, this small camera could be embedded into a car to move ergonomics testing out of a test lab and onto a real road environment, to help more accurately capture authentic data around how a driver interacts with a car in real world conditions. Up to twelve cameras could be synchronized together to simultaneously deliver data that could also be combined with external metadata such as GPS, miles per hour and traffic patterns.

By combining the camera with a head-mounted device, the technology could also reliably capture both the nuances and contours of facial activity for the design of digital characters in games, films and on television.  Prototypes of the technology have already been used in such a way, helping to provide the facial capture for Jim Carrey in Disney's "A Christmas Story" and for Jeff Bridges' performance in the movie "Tron Legacy."

The SIGGRAPH conference where these technologies can be seen takes place between 9 and 11 August.

Discussing the new technologies Nick Bolton, OMG plc Chief Executive said:

"Mobile mocap represents a huge development leap for OMG and for the industry as a whole, enabling our customers to find new ways of unobtrusively capturing highly accurate performance and movement data that can make a huge difference to their products.  I am delighted that the Vicon team within OMG continues to put us at the forefront of developments in this arena, setting the standards that others must follow."

For further information please contact:

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

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.

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