17th Nov 2020 16:23
(Alliance News) - Oxford Metrics PLC subsidiary Vicon on Tuesday signed a contract with University of Portsmouth to deliver a Center for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality at the university.
Set to open in October 2021, University of Portsmouth's CCIXR is a GBP5.2 million investment supported by Solent Local Enterprise Partnership and the UK government.
The CCIXR will use a selection of Vicon's products including Vicon's flagship Vantage, Origin and Shogun tracking sservices, as well as 152 cameras across four of its 12 XR laboratories for both teaching and commercial use. This also will include the use of Vicon's technology across its new motion capture, virtual reality and volumetric studios, as well as its LED virtual production stage.
Vicon's tracking solutions can be used for a range of applications within the CCIXR, including recorded and live performance capture for use in film, television and games production, and driving real-time characters and tracking objects and props for virtual production.
Nick Bolton, chief executive of Oxford Metrics said: "Virtual production and immersive environments are gaining traction, which have been further accelerated by Covid-19. We have been saying for some time that motion measurement is moving into the mainstream with a broader range of applications continuing to emerge and partnering with the University of Portsmouth to help power their new game-changing facility is yet more evidence of this."
Shares in Oxford Metrics were 5.1% at 92.00 pence in London on Tuesday.
By Zoe Wickens; [email protected]
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