Vicon's production ready data redefines 'entry level motion capture' for Indie Game Studios
Indie developers Cyborn, MOCAP BCN and The Liverpool Office chose Vicon for performance quality and production-ready data
OXFORD, UK 3 March 2014 – Motion capture technology specialist, Vicon, has today announced three new client wins in the entertainment space. Entertainment names Cyborn, MOCAP BCN and The Liverpool Office have recently invested in Vicon Bonita technology to achieve optimum quality, production ready motion capture data. They join companies including Framestore, EA’s The Capture Lab and Snail Games, in China, who have all helped cement Vicon’s position as a leading innovator in film and games technology.
Imogen Moorhouse, CEO at Vicon said: ‘We found that many indie developers we spoke to were struggling with the quality of the raw data you often get from some previsualisation motion capture systems. If you can get production-ready data straight from a previz shoot you can overcome issues like having to settle for rough cuts after a shoot or rely on third party software for further editing. The aim is to ensure that users of all sizes get access to affordable, high quality and accurate real-time performance capture.’
Cyborn
3D animation and CGI specialists, Cyborn invested in a Bonita 10 configuration and Vicon’s real-time animation software, Blade, to ensure it can provide its customers with production-ready data.
Cyborn CEO, Ives Agemans, commented: ‘As we grow our studio it’s essential that ‘quality’ remains our core focus and so we needed a professional system that can deliver accurate, real-time results. Vicon Bonita cameras and Blade were the only option that realistically provides all of these things. The upturn in efficiency and performance, despite extreme circumstances since we made the change, has blown us away.’
MOCAP BCN
The animation studio, MOCAP BCN, also invested in Bonita cameras and Blade 2 for projects such as motion capture on the film ‘El Somni’ as well as several animations for virtual environments like 3D chats and virtual worlds.
Sergi Anglada, at MOCAP BCN added: ‘Vicon has always held the best industry reputation in terms of reliability, quality and performance – the cameras are technologically advanced and well designed. We were also impressed with the Blade 2 demo – particularly for QuickPost.’
He continued: ‘We expected Vicon to be out of our reach. But we were very surprised to discover how flexible and accessible the Vicon kit is.’
The Liverpool Office
Indie mobile games technology designer and developer, The Liverpool Office, has recently signed a contract with Vicon to install 10 Bonita cameras in its specially designed studio for motion capture and tracking on games for smartphones and tablets.
Steve Mitchell, at The Liverpool Office commented: ‘Beyond the technology itself, several features attracted us to Vicon as our motion capture technology provider. Firstly as a European developer, evaluation was straightforward and uncomplicated as Vicon has a UK office.”
He added: ‘We also needed to concentrate on keeping head-count down but without stifling production efficiency. Vicon cameras proved an efficient and reliable option and ticked all the boxes in terms of quality and performance.’
‘We’ve seen one of our strongest periods of global expansion over the last year. Great customer wins like these really demonstrate how essential it is to offer the industry technology solutions that suit the needs of varying types and sizes of studios.’ concluded Imogen Moorhouse, CEO at Vicon. ‘Our customers expect to be able to work smarter, more efficiently and more creatively. So it’s important we continue to match these expectations by evolving existing products and developing new, innovative products for realistic but affordable movement tracking.’
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About Vicon
Academy Award®-winning Vicon is the world’s largest supplier of precision motion tracking systems and match-moving software. It serves customers in CG animation, film, visual effects, computer games, broadcast television, as well as engineering and life sciences industries.
Vicon is a subsidiary of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG), plc., a group of technology companies that produces image understanding solutions for the entertainment, defence, life sciences and engineering markets. Other holdings include: 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised image understanding software for defence applications; Yotta DCL a UK highways surveying business; and OMG Life, a new consumer subsidiary.
Among many others, Vicon and OMG global clients include:
Entertainment: Audiomotion, The Imaginarium, Quantic Dream, SEGA, Konami, Activision, Sony, Dreamworks, ILM and USC Life Sciences: Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre - Oxford, Headley Court, University of Western Australia, Adidas, Digital Human Research Centre - Japan, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare, Shriners, Marquette, UMich and Red Bull Engineering:European Space Agency, BMW, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – South Africa, ETH Zurich, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, NRL, UPENN GRASP, MIT, Ford and General Motors
For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit: www.omgplc.com, www.vicon.com, www.vicon.com/boujou, www.moves.com, www.2d3sensing.com, www.yottadcl.com or www.autographer.com.
About Cyborn
Cyborn is a production studio based in Antwerp, Belgium since 1998. and specialized in 3D animation, CG and Motion Capture.
Our vast experience and technical knowhow gathered over the years, an innovative character animation pipeline as well as our in house motion capture studio which spans more than 160m² equipped with the newest Vicon- Blade2 system enables us to offer high end 3D Character animation, 3D scenery and CG for very competitive prices.
About MOCAP BCN
MOCAP BCN is a motion capture services specialist based in Barcelona. The company was founded by Sergi Anglada in 2007 and is specialized on virtual goods and animations for diferent platforms such Secondlife or IMVU as well as providing Mocap services for projects like "El Somni" the movie.
About The Liverpool Office
The Liverpool Office Ltd, an employee owned studio formed in 2012, specialises in bespoke technology, application and game development on a range of mobile platforms. The company strategy is to build long term client relationships across the technology sector.
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