Oxford Metrics PLC Vicon announces new products and partners
August 02 2017 - 4:00AM
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Vicon announces new products and partners
Vicon Vertex enables tracking in smaller environments across
Virtual Reality, automotive and life sciences
New 'Lite' version of the Cara facial capture system expands
addressable market
Collaboration with Manus VR enables easy integration of their
Virtual Reality gloves
Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG), the international software
company servicing government, life sciences, entertainment and
engineering markets, reports Vicon, the motion measurement
specialist, has announced the launch of two new products and new
partners at this year's SIGGRAPH conference.
First, Vicon launched a new camera measurement system, Vertex,
which integrates seamlessly with Vicon's existing systems of
Vantage and Vero. Vertex is compact, lightweight and has a wide
angle field of view making it ideal for tracking in small or
complex environments. This is of particular benefit to researchers
when studying biomechanics in constrained locations or analysing
the ergonomics of car drivers in the automotive industry. Vertex
also thrives in Virtual Reality cave environments - allowing
customers to effectively position the cameras in corners without
casting shadows onto the projections.
Secondly, Vicon has announced the launch of Cara Lite. This new
'Lite' version of the Cara facial capture system can operate with
one or two cameras, delivering a more flexible system, which has a
rapid set-up time. Partnering with Dynamixyz, specialists in facial
analysis and synthesis, film and game studios can now integrate
Dynamixyz's Performer solution into the Cara Lite production
pipeline, offering more realistic character animations. Using a
mixture of marker-less and physical tracking, this practical
solution opens the market up to film and game studios looking to
achieve a higher-quality facial capture but with a lower cost of
entry.
Finally, Vicon has collaborated with Manus VR, a leading
developer of Virtual Reality gloves, giving customers the ability
to incorporate the Manus VR Glove into their production pipelines.
The gloves provide full finger tracking and haptic feedback,
delivering the sensation of touch in virtual environments. For
those deploying Virtual Reality environments, hand and finger
movements are invaluable, as they allow users to interact with
their surroundings in a natural way - removing the need for
controllers.
Commenting on Vicon's continued innovation, Nick Bolton, CEO of
Oxford Metrics, said:
"When we announced our five-year plan, our strategy for Vicon
was to target R&D spend on projects which enhance our product
strength and fortify our market-leading position. These latest
launches announced at SIGGRAPH do exactly that. The price-point and
flexibility of Cara Lite expands our facial capture system to an
entirely new range of film and game studios, and our new
measurement system, Vertex will help drive Vicon's growth in the
Virtual Reality market."
For further information please contact:
+44 (0) 1865
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Nick Bolton, CEO
David Deacon, CFO
+44 (0) 20 3727
FTI Consulting 1000
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+44 (0) 20 7496
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Shaun Dobson / James White
About Oxford Metrics
Oxford Metrics develops and markets analytics software for
motion measurement and infrastructure asset management to clients
in over 70 countries worldwide. Our list of clients across the
globe is as diverse as the markets we operate in; we help highways
authorities manage and maintain their road networks, hospitals and
clinicians decide therapeutic strategies and Hollywood studios
create stunning visual effects. And the diversity of applications
is growing all the time.
The group trades through two subsidiaries: Vicon and Yotta.
Vicon is the world's leader in high precision motion measurement
analysis to thousands of customers worldwide, including Guy's
Hospital, EA Sports, MIT and NASA and our software is used in an
ever expanding range of applications. Yotta provides cloud-based
infrastructure asset management software to central and local
government agencies and other infrastructure owners. Yotta has a
large number of high profile clients including Highways England and
Amey in the UK and VicRoads in Australia amongst others.
Founded in 1984 our group is headquartered in Oxford with
offices in Leamington Spa, Gloucester, California, Colorado and
Auckland. Since 2001, Oxford Metrics (LSE: OMG), has been a quoted
company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock
Exchange.
For more information about Oxford Metrics and to learn about our
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