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RNS Number : 1280Y  Oxford Metrics PLC  11 May 2021

11(th) May 2021

Oxford Metrics plc

 

("Oxford Metrics", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

Vicon Contract Win

-      Vicon secures contract with game developer Sharkmob

-      Sharkmob to deploy Vantage and Vero systems and Shōgun software

 

Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG), the international software company servicing
government, life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets, is pleased
to announce that Vicon, a world leader in motion measurement, has won a
contract with Sharkmob, a triple-A game developer, to deploy its flagship
Vantage solution, flexible Vero system and Shōgun software.

Sharkmob will be launching a performance capture studio in the summer of 2021
in Malmö, Sweden. The studio will house a powerful combination of 24 Vantage
cameras, eight Vero cameras and Shōgun software. Using Vicon, Sharkmob will
be able to capture the performance of multiple actors in real-time and
showcase more realistic characters, helping to achieve their ambition of
taking multiplayer games to new heights.

This competitive contract win showcases the strength of Vicon's real-time
tracking capabilities.

Rodrigo Cortes, Art Director at Sharkmob, said: "Our projects are quite
ambitious and with our eyes set on AAA quality, performance capture has always
been part of our vision in order to create more realistic characters and
enhance the gaming experience. With the precision and quality of their
real-time data, Vicon was the best choice for us".

Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics said: "As the game industry continues to
evolve rapidly, we have seen more and more games companies, both major
developers and independents, choose Vicon to power their innovation. The
creative team at Sharkmob are passionate about ensuring the quality and
sophistication of their games, so we are proud that they chose a Vicon
solution to launch their new studio, and we look forward to seeing continued
innovation in their upcoming games".

 

For further information please contact:

 

Oxford
Metrics
+44 (0) 1865 261860

Nick Bolton, CEO

David Deacon, CFO

 

Numis Securities
Limited
+44 (0)20 7260 1000

Simon Willis / Hugo Rubinstein / Matthew O'Dowd

 

FTI
Consulting
+44 (0) 20 3727 1000

Matt Dixon / Emma Hall / Jamille Smith / Greg Hynes

 

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, Los Angeles, Denver 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, visit www.oxfordmetrics.com
(http://www.oxfordmetrics.com/) .

About Vicon

 

Academy Award®-winning Vicon is an innovator in motion capture and the
world's largest supplier of motion measurement systems. Established in 1984,
Vicon serves customers in visual effects, object tracking, virtual and
augmented realities, engineering, broadcast, biomechanics, sports and clinical
sciences.

 

With thousands of customers world-wide, including Guy's Hospital, EA Sports,
Bandai Namco, Sony, Dreamscape Immersive, MIT and NASA, the diverse
applications for Vicon technology continues to grow.

 

More recently, Vicon has seen the demand for motion measurement going
mainstream and applied to a broader range of applications than ever before
with new markets including Location-based Virtual Reality and Elite Sports.

 

Vicon is a subsidiary of Oxford Metrics (LSE: OMG), the international software
company servicing government, life sciences, entertainment and engineering
markets. For more information about Vicon, visit www.vicon.com
(http://www.vicon.com) .

 

About Sharkmob

Sharkmob is a game studio with offices in Malmö, Sweden and London, founded
in 2017 and acquired by Tencent Games in 2019. The studio develops AAA quality
games for PC and console, using the Unreal Engine to power its ambitions of
taking multiplayer games to new heights. Sharkmob is currently working on
three major projects: a battle royale game in the Vampire: The Masquerade
universe set for release in 2021; and two proprietary, unannounced titles. For
more information about Sharkmob, visit https://www.sharkmob.com
(https://www.sharkmob.com) .

 

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