Oxford Metrics Regulatory News (OMG)

26 Jul 2006 08:00

OMG PLC26 July 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OMG PLC INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC ADOPTS VICON MX Leading Visual Effects Company Upgrades to VICON's New Top of the Line with 40VICON MX40 Cameras, further strengthening of 10 year relationship Los Angeles, CA (July 26, 2006) - VICON, developer of Academy Award(R)-winningmotion capture technology and a division of OMG plc, Oxford Metrics Group,announced that visual effects facility Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) hasupgraded its VICON motion capture system to VICON MX. A Lucasfilm Ltd. company,ILM is a leading force in visual effects production and has been a VICONcustomer for nearly a decade. VICON MX systems offer new levels of precision, performance and practicality formotion capture within the entertainment field with CMOS sensors, on-boardintelligent image processing and revolutionary 10-bit grayscale processing.ILM's upgraded system, already installed on the facility's campus at therecently opened Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco, CA, sees ILMupdating to VICON's new top of the line with 40 VICON MX40s, the world's firstfour million-pixel motion capture cameras. Nick Bolton, Chief Executive of OMG plc, said: "We have always had a strong relationship with ILM and are delighted that theyhave signaled their satisfaction with our products through an upgrade to a VICONMX40 motion capture system." Mike Sanders, Digital Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic, added: "VICON has been a valued vendor since 1996, when we installed our first opticalmotion capture solution - a VICON 370e system. The company has consistentlyinnovated its technology for the film and entertainment market, and with VICONMX it continues to be known for accuracy and performance as well as trulycommendable service and support - assisting ILM in leading the industry forvirtual cinematography." -ends- For more information, contact: OMG plc Tel: 01865 261800Nick Bolton, Chief ExecutivePeter Wharton, Finance Director Financial Dynamics Tel: 020 7831 3113Juliet Clarke / Giles Sanderson About OMG OMG plc (Oxford Metrics Group. LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companieswhich produce 'image understanding' solutions for the entertainment, defence,life science and engineering industries. Be it for capturing the movements ofactors (for the movie industry), sportsmen (for video games or improving teamperformance), children with Cerebral Palsy, rehab patients and animals (formedical, life science and research industries) or virtual reality displays (forengineering and development), the group has the world leading market positionand a strong international reputation for precision instruments. Founded in 1984, the group's headquarters are in Oxford, UK, and has offices inCalifornia and Colorado, USA. It has customers in over 35 countries and is aquoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange.The group trades through two core operating subsidiaries - Vicon, the world'sbiggest motion capture and movement analysis company and 2d3, a manufacturer ofspecialised visual effects software. Oxford Metrics' global clients in science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming,film and broadcast include major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy'sHospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic and Loughborough University, engineering industryleaders including Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus, Caterpillar, and Toyota, andin the entertainment sector, Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, The MovingPicture Company (MPC), Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA, Square Enix and many others. For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com,www.vicon.com, or www.2d3.com About ILM ILM has provided post-production visual effects services to the entertainmentindustry since 1975. Motion pictures, commercials, trailers, music videos andspecial venue projects have utilized ILM's unequalled artistry in techniquessuch as model making, matte painting, computer-generated imagery, digitalanimation and a variety of related processes required in the production ofvisual effects. ILM has been associated with fourteen movies that have earnedthe Oscar for Best Visual Effects and has been awarded seventeen technicalachievement awards from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Recentprojects at the facility include: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,Poseidon, Mission Impossible III, Munich, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireand Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. #### VICON and VICON MX are trademarks of OMG plc. Academy Award and Oscar are tradeor servicemarks of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. All othertrademarks are the property of their respective owners. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange