Vicon works with Audiomotion on FIFA 2014

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OMG PLC

24 September 2013

 



24 September 2013

OMG plc

("OMG" or the "Group")

OMG's Vicon works with Audiomotion Studios on FIFA 2014

- Vicon's mocap technology used to capture the movements of footballer, Gareth Bale -

OMG plc, (LSE: OMG), the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that its Vicon division worked with Audiomotion Studios ("Audiomotion"), Europe's leading performance capture service provider for movies and videogames, on the newly released game from EA Sports, FIFA 2014.

Vicon's mocap technology was deployed by Audiomotion, to track and capture the movements of the world's most expensive footballer, Gareth Bale (ex-Tottenham Hotspur and now playing for Real Madrid). Bale, a big fan of the FIFA franchise, demonstrated his free kick technique as well as a series of athletic drills and passes - all captured using Vicon's industry-leading motion capture technology. The captured data was then used to bring to life the footballer's moves, characteristics and personality within the game in precise detail.

Audiomotion's work on FIFA 2014 is the latest in a long line of world class motion capture for major gaming and movie projects, including World War Z, the Narnia series, the Titans series, Harry Potter series, Golden Compass, and Gladiator. Audiomotion's on-going work in pushing the art of motion capture forward is helping to maintain the UK as an essential hub in the visual effects industry.

To see Vicon's cameras capturing Gareth Bale's technique, click here.

For further information please contact:

OMG plc	[phone]
Nick Bolton, CEO
David Deacon, CFO
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Matt Dixon / Emma Appleton / Charles Palmer / Jessica Liebmann
N+1 Singer (NOMAD to OMG)	[phone]
Shaun Dobson / Jenny Wyllie

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 Audiomotion Studios

Audiomotion is Europe's leading motion capture service provider. It is a multi-award winning studio, specialising in the provision of motion capture services to the Game Development, Film and Television industries for almost 15 years. Projects for clients include 2K, Activision, Bethesda, EA, Capcom, Microsoft, Namco Bandai, Rockstar Games and SCEE, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Warner Bros and many others.

With a state-of-the-art facility in Oxford, UK, Audiomotion provides HD-resolution capture data for every aspect of any physical performance. The company prides itself on continually developing and refining its techniques and technology to provide a true "state of the art" service, and is looking to expand its facility in 2013, including opening a new, much larger capture volume that will allow for a huge increase in the scale and sophistication of capture sessions.

For more information, please visit: http://www.audiomotion.com

 

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