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27/04/2017 10:00

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Oxford Metrics PLC
27 April 2017
27 April 2017 
Oxford Metrics plc
("Oxford Metrics" or the "Company")
Vicon launches new motion capture software Shgun
Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG) the international software company servicing government, life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets, is pleased to announce the launch of Shgun: a new Vicon motion capture software platform. 
Vicon will announce the launch of Shgun at FMX 2017: Europe's most influential conference dedicated to digital visual arts, technologies and business. The all new software - the first from Vicon for the Entertainment industry since 2007 - capitalises on over 30 years of motion capture experience and years of research and development. It will offer users in the entertainment industry a new level of efficiency and quality, necessary to meet the growing demands of Game, Film and Virtual Reality production. 
Designed from the ground up and based on feedback from the industry and customers alike, Shgun includes a range of innovative new features and capabilities, including: 
 Increased performance, intelligent system monitoring and high fidelity data allow users to make the most of expensive studio time and deliver projects on time and within budget;
 Live calibration makes data solving easy, visual and immediate. Calibration time can now be reduced from 20 minutes to less than one minute; 
 Unrivalled data quality and unbreakable real-time enable multiple actors to be captured whilst undertaking complex interactions such as folding arms and stunt work;
 Direct support for all major real-time game engines enhances the pre-visualisation and animation processes by providing direct visualisation of the final scene;
 An intelligent Data Heat Map feature assists users in capturing very challenging shots by automatically finding and directing users to frames where data may require attention;
 Users can record data direct to disk meaning on-set review of captured data is almost instantaneous, removing days from the post-production process.
Commenting on the Shgun launch, Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics, said:
"Shgun is yet another example of how Vicon not only keeps up with the changing demands of the industries it serves, but also actually sets the pace of that change - challenging the definition of what's possible in motion capture. Implementing Shgun can significantly improve the ability of users to capture, locate and interrogate motion - enhancing the quality and sophistication of the entertainment products they can go on to produce, whilst saving them time and money."
For further information please contact:
Oxford Metrics plc
+44 (0) 1865 261860
Nick Bolton, CEO

David Deacon, CFO



FTI Consulting
+44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Emma Appleton / Harry Staight



N+1 Singer (NOMAD to Oxford Metrics)
+44 (0) 20 7496 3000
Shaun Dobson / James White

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, California, Colorado and Singapore. 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, visitwww.oxfordmetrics.com

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