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RNS Number : 0933A  Oxford Metrics PLC  11 March 2025

11 March 2025

Oxford Metrics plc

 

("Oxford Metrics" or the "Group")

 

Vicon launch markerless motion capture

-     Markerless will empower creative and previsualisation teams to bring
ideas to life with greater speed and ease than ever before

-     Follows an expansive beta program with some of the biggest names in
Visual Effects

 

Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG), the smart sensing and software company
servicing life sciences, entertainment, engineering and smart manufacturing
markets, announces that Vicon, its motion capture division, will launch its
highly anticipated markerless solution at the Game Developer Conference (GDC)
in San Francisco next week.

The launch follows an immersive exhibition
(https://www.vicon.com/resources/press/a-new-era-for-motion-capture-vicon-enters-markerless-market-with-unparalleled-accuracy/)
which unveiled the Vicon Markerless prototype at SIGGRAPH 2023. The innovative
technology has been extensively beta-tested via Vicon's Pioneer Program with
Visual Effects ("VFX") customers including Industrial Light & Magic,
Gearbox Entertainment, Dimension|DNEG360, Dreamscape Immersive, Framestore
Pre-production Services and others. The culmination of these collaborative
efforts will be commercialised at the general availability launch of Vicon
Markerless for VFX on March 19th.

Maximising creative iteration

Built on 40 years of motion capture experience, Vicon Markerless completely
transforms rapid creative iteration by allowing VFX users to instantly
visualise ideas for better creativity early on. The markerless system
comprises a new markerless motion-tracking camera ("Vanguard") and new
software incorporating advanced computer vision, machine learning and proven
algorithms to capture human performance without the need for markers ("Shōgun
Markerless" and "Shōgun Post").

Vicon Markerless operates as a standalone system or in tandem with Vicon
marker-based systems, integrating seamlessly into existing motion capture
pipelines and increasing team efficiency with a single mocap ecosystem.

Imogen O'Connor, Oxford Metrics CEO, commented on the launch, "Vicon
Markerless, developed over several years with meticulous attention to detail,
sets a new standard for motion capture across games, film, episodic TV and
immersive experiences. It enables Visual Effects teams to rapidly refine early
creative ideas and iterations marker-free and offers a seamless transition to
optical motion capture as needed. Markerless motion capture opens up a world
of possibilities for the Visual Effects industry and delivers greater
efficiency in creating innovative entertainment."

Pre-visualisation and rapid prototyping

With seamless pipeline and ecosystem integration, markerless reduces time to
visualisation, enabling rapid iteration from prototyping and previsualisation
to real-time animation - even with props. With markerless, creative teams can
now quickly explore ideas marker-free and transition to full optical motion
capture when required.

Randy Pitchford, founder and president of Gearbox Entertainment, said:
"Vicon's Markerless Motion Capture is like magic - providing Gearbox
incredible flexibility and speed in the development and storytelling of our
games. Anyone of us at Gearbox, including me, can quickly jump into our Vicon
Markerless Motion Capture volume - even in our street clothes - to quickly get
the data we need as we work to bring exciting potential future projects to
life, including Borderlands."

 

Ben Kolakovic, Virtual Production Operations Manager at Industrial Light &
Magic, a beta participant said: "The new markerless system from Vicon has
significantly accelerated our creative process, enabling us to reach results
faster. We now receive mocap data much more quickly than before, which allows
our artists to experiment with new ideas in a fraction of the time. This
streamlined workflow not only fosters creativity but also enhances our ability
to iterate efficiently and fine-tune performances."

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 Oxford Metrics                                   +44 (0) 1865 261860
 Imogen O'Connor, CEO
 Zoe Fox, CFO

 Deutsche Numis
 Simon Willis / Hugo Rubinstein / Tejas Padalkar  +44 (0)20 7260 1000

 FTI Consulting                                   +44 (0)20 3727 1000
 Matt Dixon / Emma Hall / Jemima Gurney

 

 

About Oxford Metrics

 

Oxford Metrics is a smart sensing and software company that enables the
interface between the real world and its virtual twin. Our smart sensing
technology 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®, moved into defence,
engineering and smart manufacturing. We have a strong 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, Industrial Vision
Systems, and recently acquired, The Sempre Group. Vicon
(https://www.vicon.com/) is a world leader in motion measurement analysis to
thousands of customers worldwide, including Red Bull, Imperial College London,
Dreamscape Immersive, Industrial Light & Magic, and NASA. Industrial
Vision Systems (https://www.industrialvision.co.uk/) is a specialist in
machine vision software and technology for high precision, automated quality
control systems trusted by blue-chip, smart manufacturing companies across the
globe including BD, DePuy, Jaguar Land Rover, Johnson & Johnson, Zytronic
and Alkegen. Sempre (https://www.thesempregroup.com/) is a measurement
specialist solving manufacturing challenges across multiple industries.
Through their expert in-house consultants and partnerships with over 25
well-known manufacturers including Jenoptik, Renishaw and Micro-Vu, Sempre
offers an extensive range of products and software to customers in aerospace,
automotive, medical, energy and precision engineering.

 

The Group is headquartered in Oxford with offices in the United Kingdom,
United States and Germany. 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) .

 

 

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