FIRST T-SERIES SYSTEM IN POLAND

A Krakow based motion capture studio opens its doors equipped with the latest Vicon T-Series cameras.

27 January 2009, Oxford, UK: Vicon, developer of Academy Award®-winning motion capture systems today announced the opening of Somotion, the first motion capture studio in Eastern Europe to be equipped with T-Series cameras.

Sodigital, the parent company of Somotion is capable of delivering end-to-end animation pipelines starting from conceptual work and animatics, all the way up to production quality animation. The studio boasts 20 Vicon T40 cameras with a capture area of over 100 square meters. Sodigital engineers can capture full-body and face detail depending on customer requirements.

Sodigital is primarily working with game development studios, motion picture productions, and advertising agencies in Central and Eastern Europe. “We are fully aware that the motion capture market extends beyond the visual effects necessary for Hollywood productions. Motion capture is used in many day-to-day applications. We chose Vicon T40 cameras and Blade for crystal clear accuracy and a well developed pipeline. The Vicon system will allow us to meet otherwise impossible deadlines.” says Jerry Filipiak, VP Development, sodigital.

The location of Somotion in Krakow is easily accessible, bringing world-class technology to all producers in Central and Eastern Europe.

Sodigital has already published top-quality interactive multimedia products such as the flash based Gilfor’s Tales game. “Our future products will benefit from Vicon motion capture technology delivering a more realistic experience to the users. We are planning to utilize mocap in most of our future projects such as the up-and-coming entertainment platform Sparx3D”.

Sodigital plans to develop Somotion to be a multi-faceted visual effects studio. “Launching a motion capture studio in Krakow and tying it with Sodigital’s existing experience with 2D and 3D graphics makes their goal that much more realistic. We wish Sodigital and Somotion all the best and look forward to working with them in the future. Said Doug Reinke, CEO and President, Vicon.

About Sodigital
Sodigital is the parent company of Somotion, offering an innovative multimedia, visual communications, and revolutionary content provider. Sodigital solutions are designed to fulfill both business and consumer requirements within the digital entertainment markets. The company was founded in 2004.
Arthic, the first polish flash-based game was the debut product in the entertainment industry for sodigital. The game was awarded several prizes, “Web-based Game of the Year 2007” in the categories of graphics and action. The company is beta-testing the follow-up project, Gilfor’s Tales.
Sodigital is currently focusing its core efforts around designing and implementing in-house communications and marketing platforms utilizing 3D graphics and artificial intelligence.
The team is composed of highly skilled engineers, graphics artist, analysts, and interface and experience designers.

About Vicon
Academy Award®-winning Vicon is the world’s largest supplier of precision motion tracking systems, serving customers and CG animation applications in film, visual effects, computer games, and broadcast television, as well as engineering and life science industries. Vicon operates in four offices worldwide, including its Los Angeles-based Entertainment headquarters, a 26,000 square-foot facility equipped with three performance capture stages for Vicon’s service company House of Moves as well as 125 Vicon MX40 cameras.
Vicon is the largest holding of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG), plc., a group of technology companies that produces image understanding solutions for the entertainment, defense, life science and engineering markets. Other holdings include Emmy Award®-winning 2d3 and newly founded Geospatial Vision Ltd.
Vicon’s and OMG’s global clients include: life science leaders University of Pennsylvania, the VA Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Titleist Golf, National Pitching Association; engineering industry leaders Ford, BMW, Airbus, Lockheed, Pratt-Whitney, NASA, Caterpillar, International Truck, and Toyota; and entertainment companies Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Computer Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, Vivendi, Electronic Arts, Square Enix and many others.
For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.yotta.tv, www.vicon.com, or www.2d3.com.