RCS - Oxford Metrics PLC - Vicon launches new Valkyrie solution

Oxford MetricsAnnouncement

19/07/2022 07:00

For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
http://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20220719:nRSS8772Sa&default-theme=true

RNS Number : 8772S  Oxford Metrics PLC  19 July 2022

19 July 2022

Oxford Metrics plc

 

("Oxford Metrics or the "Group")

 

Vicon launches new Valkyrie solution

 

Vicon's most advanced range ever will drive forward new ground-breaking motion
capture applications

 

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 today launched Valkyrie,
its new flagship solution, with four camera models delivering the world's
highest quality motion capture system.

 

The Valkyrie system will capture motion more accurately to reality than ever
before, powering a new wave of innovation and discovery across all of the
Group's vertical markets. Designed to work in harmony with all of Vicon's
powerful software solutions, Valkyrie completes a best-in-class ecosystem for
motion capture users.

 

Valkyrie-enabled systems will power motion capture projects with robust data,
without the need for further processing, with its enhanced features allowing
Vicon's customers to focus on their work rather than the technology. The new
flagship range, which includes a 26-megapixel (MP) model and a high-speed
capture mode up to 2,000 Frames Per Second (FPS), will allow academics,
scientists, and researchers to accurately track even the fastest moving
subjects, and for filmmakers and game designers to create ever more realistic
and immersive experiences.

 

Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics said:

"More and more we need technologies that truly perceive and capture every
dimension of our world in real-time. I am delighted to announce Vicon's
ground-breaking new solution - Valkyrie. Valkyrie will capture motion more
accurately and faithfully to real life, extending the Group's sensing
capabilities and providing an innovative, improved interface between the real
world and its virtual twin.

 

Whether it is medical researchers using our technology to analyse increasingly
complex motion or filmmakers rapidly adopting virtual production techniques -
our customers are at the cutting edge of the use of motion capture. With
Valkyrie we will support their growing needs and demands with the most
advanced motion capture systems ever seen, driving forward a new and exciting
era of motion capture innovation and exploration."

 

The full Valkyrie range will service all of the Group's vertical markets and
comprises:

 

·    VK26 - offering the highest available resolution at 26MP and native
full-frame 150FPS. VK26 can cover large volumes with incredible detail, ideal
for demanding applications such as Virtual Production and in-camera VFX,
enhancing Vicon's product bench in the Entertainment sector.

·    VK16 - offering the highest frame rate per megapixel, at 16MP with a
native full-frame 300FPS, designed to support complex biomechanical modelling
and engineering use cases, further serving both life sciences and engineering
markets.

·    VK8 - offering both the highest native full-frame rate of 500FPS and
the best cost per megapixel at 8MP. VK8 can capture the fastest moving
athletes and objects including golf balls and gymnasts, extending Vicon's
capabilities at the cutting edge of the elite sports and life sciences
sectors.

·    VK-X - supports the most convincing and responsive VR experiences and
applications that utilise active markers; VK-X strengthens Vicon's technology
stack in the visual effects and Virtual Reality sector, and the Location-based
Entertainment (LBE) market.

 

 

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 smart
sensing software company servicing government, life sciences, entertainment
and engineering markets. For more information about Vicon, visit www.vicon.com
(http://www.vicon.com) .

This information is provided by Reach, the non-regulatory press release distribution service of RNS, part of the London Stock Exchange. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
 or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.

Reach is a non-regulatory news service. By using this service an issuer is confirming that the information contained within this announcement is of a non-regulatory nature. Reach announcements are identified with an orange label and the word “Reach” in the source column of the News Explorer pages of London Stock Exchange’s website so that they are distinguished from the RNS UK regulatory service. Other vendors subscribing for Reach press releases may use a different method to distinguish Reach announcements from UK regulatory news.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
.   END  NRAFLFFRDDITLIF