28 March 2007: Vicon, part of the Oxford Metrics Group and developer of Academy Award-winning motion capture systems, announced today its MX40+ camera system will provide the motion capture capabilities for the Visual Media Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

.Dr Junyong Noh, Assistant Professor of Graduate School of Culture Technology at KAIST, commented: “ The Vicon system will be used by KAIST in its research into improving the realism of digital actors and special effects, as well as creating highly intuitive interfaces to facilitate the use of computer graphics technology. “

Dr Noh earned his computer science PhD at the University of Southern California in 2002 where his focus was on facial modelling and animation. His research relates to human facial modelling/animation, character animation, fluid simulation, video visualization, and interactive media. Prior to his academic career, he was a graphics scientist at a Hollywood visual effects company, Rhythm and Hues Studios. He worked on a variety of movie post productions including Superman Returns, Happy Feet, The Chronicles of Narnia, Garfield, Around the World in 80 days, and The Chronicles of Riddick.

Nick Bolton, chief executive of Oxford Metrics, said the KAIST announcement was exciting news: “There is a great deal of ground-breaking research carried out by many of our partners and customers in Korea, and to have Vicon involved in the new Visual Media Lab at KAIST is fantastic news. We are delighted to be making this announcement and look forward to the excellent work KAIST will no doubt soon be producing.”

About Oxford Metrics Group
Oxford Metrics Group plc (LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companies which produce image understanding solutions for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries. Be it for capturing the movements of actors (for the movie industry), sportsmen (for video games or improving team performance), children with cerebral palsy, rehab patients and animals (for medical, life science and research industries) or virtual reality displays (for engineering and development), the Group has the world leading market position and a strong international reputation for precision instruments.

Founded in 1984, the Group’s headquarters are in Oxford, UK, and has offices in California and Colorado, USA. It has customers in over 35 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through two core operating subsidiaries – Vicon, the world’s biggest motion capture and movement analysis company and 2d3, a manufacturer of specialised visual effects software.

Oxford Metrics’ global clients in science, medicine, sport, engineering, gaming, film and broadcast include major hospitals and research facilities such as Guy's Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic and Loughborough University, engineering industry leaders including Ford Motor Company, BMW, Airbus, Caterpillar, and Toyota, and in the entertainment sector, Sony, Industrial Light and Magic, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Sega, Nintendo, UbiSoft, EA, Square Enix and many others.

For more information about Oxford Metrics and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.vicon.com, or www.2d3.com