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17/08/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 2363W  Oxford Metrics PLC  17 August 2022

17 August 2022

Oxford Metrics plc

 

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

 

Vicon Contract Win

 

Vicon secures contract with VFX specialists, Dark Matters

Dark Matters to deploy Vicon's Vero solution and Shōgun software in France's
first virtual production studio

 

Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG), the smart sensing software company servicing
life sciences, entertainment, and engineering markets, is pleased to announce
that Vicon, a world leader in motion measurement, has won a contract with Dark
Matters, a full-service studio for high-end filmmaking, specialising in
virtual and real-time production.

 

Based in Greater Paris, Dark Matters opened the 180,000 square-foot studio in
April 2022, offering an impressive five soundstages, equipped for both
traditional production and LED wall virtual production sets. The virtual
production stage will house 60 Vicon Vero cameras plus Shōgun software,
enabling performance capture and live camera tracking for in-camera visual
effects (ICVFX).

 

Virtual production techniques, including camera tracking for in-camera visual
effects, enable directors, production designers, VFX supervisors and actors to
view projects live on-set, with near-final quality shots, allowing them to
quickly react and make changes as needed, rather than having to wait until
post-production.

 

Isaac Partouche, VP, Virtual Production at Dark Matters, said: "With a Vicon
solution you get best-in-class tracking across the entire stage, not only can
you track the performance of your actors, but you can also track props. Most
importantly for the team at Dark Matters, you can track the film camera,
enabling the virtual environment on the LED walls to be synced to sub-pixel
accuracy from the camera's perspective, delivering the highest quality ICVFX
result."

 

Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics said: "As the demand for virtual production
continues to grow, more and more film and television companies are choosing
in-camera visual effects to help create their productions. We are delighted
that Dark Matters, led by an impressive team of industry veterans and experts
with unique track records across numerous blockbuster movies, decided to
select Vicon's sensing technology for France's first virtual production
studio. We are excited to work with the team at Dark Matters and look forward
to seeing their future productions."

 

 

 

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 / Tejas Padalkar

 FTI Consulting                                   +44 (0)20 3727 1000
 Matt Dixon / Jamille Smith / Jemima Gurney

 

 

About Oxford Metrics

 

Oxford Metrics develops software that enables the interface between the real
world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing software helps over 10,000
customers in more than 70 countries, including all of the world's top 10 games
companies and all of the top 20 universities worldwide. Founded in 1984, we
started our journey in healthcare, expanded into entertainment, winning an
OSCAR® and an Emmy®, then moved into defence and engineering. We have a
track record of creating value by incubating, growing and then augmenting
through acquisition, unique technology businesses.

 

The Group trades through its market-leading division: Vicon. Vicon is a world
leader in motion measurement analysis to thousands of customers worldwide,
including Guy's Hospital, Industrial Light & Magic, MIT and NASA.

 

The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in 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, 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 life sciences, entertainment, and engineering markets. For
more information about Vicon, visit www.vicon.com (http://www.vicon.com) .

 

 

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