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3 June 2008
OMG plc
Product Launch
Vicon launches new T-Series camera
OMG plc, Oxford Metrics Group (LSE: OMG), ("OMG" or "the Group") the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces that Vicon, the Academy Award winning motion capture specialist, has launched its new T-Series camera range. The top-of-the-line T160 offers 16 megapixels of resolution and a full frame capture speed of 120fps, which equates to four times more resolution that any other motion capture camera on the market today.
The new series provides significant performance improvements including higher resolution, faster interface, broader capture capability and 2D on-board tracking. The impressive resolution is down to the custom-built Vicon Avalon sensor - the world's first 16 megapixel motion capture sensor - which delivers amazing results in large volume areas with tiny unobtrusive markers.
The speed and power of the new cameras enable them to keep up with demanding tasks such as multiple character capture or high speed sports. This is enabled by The T-Series' Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface, which is ten times faster than the previous Vicon MX system and its competitors.
Another feature is the 2D on-board tracking. This significantly improves reconstruction and labelling; especially when markers are moving fast or experiencing extreme changes in velocity. For example, capturing a golf swing, a high speed skater, or the movement of a galloping horse. It also ensures the 3D data is of the highest possible quality.
Nick Bolton, chief executive at Oxford Metrics Group said:
"The T-Series has not just come about overnight. It marks a significant step forward in Vicon technology and further strengthens our leading position in the motion capture market. It has taken years of research and development, and we're all immensely proud of what has been achieved. No other motion capture camera on the market today can compare to the T-Series in terms of performance or capability. It will enable our customers to capture the fastest details, the most accurate tracking and the subtlest movements in even the largest volume."
For further information, please contact:
| OMG plc | 01865 261800 |
| Nick Bolton, Chief Executive | |
| Peter Wharton, Finance Director | |
| Financial Dynamics | 020 7831 3113 |
| Juliet Clarke / Matt Dixon | |
| Evolution Securities | 020 7071 4300 |
| Jeremy Ellis |
Images available on request. For more information about the Vicon MX T-Series please visit: www.vicon.com
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), children with Cerebral Palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries) or virtual reality displays (for engineering and development), the Group has the world leading market position and a strong international reputation for precision instruments.
Founded in 1984, the Group's headquarters are in Oxford, UK, and it has offices in California and Colorado, USA. 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 three operating subsidiaries - Vicon, the world's biggest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for entertainment and defence applications and Yotta, our 3D mapping business, which collects and analyses highway data and street level imaging and which, following the acquisition of DCL in July 2007, offers the most accurate and complete highway survey available.
Oxford Metrics' global clients in science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film, broadcast and 3D mapping 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, Square Enix and in 3D mapping and highway surveys: Mouchel Parkman, Atkins, and Oxfordshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire and Pembrokeshire County Councils as well as many others.
For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.vicon.com, www.2d3.com or www.yotta.tv
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