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Oxford Metrics PLC
04 August 2020
4 August 2020
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Oxford Metrics plc
("Oxford Metrics", the "Company" or the "Group")
Vicon partners with Electric Playbox
Vicon has signed a contract with Electric Playbox to use its
technologies at their latest location in Manchester's Arndale
Centre
4 August 2020 - Oxford Metrics plc (LSE: OMG) the international
software company servicing government, life sciences, entertainment
and engineering markets is pleased to announce that Vicon, a world
leader in motion measurement, has signed a contract with Electric
Playbox, targeting the fast-growing Location-based Entertainment
market.
Electric Playbox offers a new type of immersive entertainment
for groups. Teams of up to six players work together to play their
way through 60-minute adventures in interactive digital rooms -
called Playboxes. Playboxes feature projectors, touch screens,
surround sound and motion tracking technologies to deliver a
hyper-immersive and interactive team experience.
Electric Playbox opened its successful London location in 2019,
which recently re-opened following COVID-19 lockdowns, and is now
due to open a new facility in Manchester's Arndale Centre on 3
August 2020. There will be up to 10 Playboxes running
simultaneously at the new location, with Vicon technology used to
track players who are only required to wear a lightweight Electric
Playbox visor to play. Players can take part in compelling
interactive adventures such as Alien Aptitude Test: London 1984,
Rescue the Royals and Ticket to Mars. Electric Playbox intends to
roll-out in multiple locations across the UK.
Jan Breens, Chief Technology Officer, Electric Playbox
commented:
"Running our Playboxes simultaneously with a constant throughput
of players, means that we require a reliable solution with high
uptime that can quickly turnaround players. The exceptional quality
of Vicon's tracking, with its unique capabilities such as
self-calibration and self-healing and its general ease of use,
means we can achieve this and much more. We have ambitious plans,
and while the technology is important to us, so is a vendor that
can be our partner as we start on our expansion journey."
Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics, commented:
"We are delighted that Electric Playbox has decided to use
Vicon's technology to help create their compelling, interactive and
immersive experiences, bringing friends, families and work
colleagues together through shared play. They were looking for a
solution that works first time, every time - that's exactly what
Vicon provides. We look forward to working with Electric Playbox to
help achieve its ambitious growth plans, including new immersive
adventures and plans to open in multiple locations."
For further information please contact:
Oxford Metrics plc +44 (0) 1865 261860
Nick Bolton, CEO / David Deacon, CFO
FTI Consulting +44 (0) 20 3727 1000
Matt Dixon / Emma Hall/ Jamille Smith
/ Greg Hynes
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and Broker) +44 (0) 20 7496 3000
Shaun Dobson / George Tzimas (Corporate
Finance)
Tom Salvesen (Corporate Broking)
About Oxford Metrics
Oxford Metrics develops and markets analytics software for
motion measurement and infrastructure asset management to clients
in over 70 countries worldwide. Our list of clients across the
globe is as diverse as the markets we operate in; we help highways
authorities manage and maintain their road networks, hospitals and
clinicians decide therapeutic strategies and Hollywood studios
create stunning visual effects. And the diversity of applications
is growing all the time.
The group trades through two subsidiaries: Vicon and Yotta.
Vicon is the world's leader in high precision motion measurement
analysis to thousands of customers worldwide, including Guy's
Hospital, EA Sports, MIT and NASA and our software is used in an
ever-expanding range of applications. Yotta provides cloud-based
infrastructure asset management software to central and local
government agencies and other infrastructure owners. Yotta has a
large number of high profile clients including Highways England and
Amey in the UK and VicRoads in Australia amongst others.
Founded in 1984 our group is headquartered in Oxford with
offices in Leamington Spa, Gloucester, California, Colorado and
Singapore. 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
About Vicon
Academy Award(R)-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 software company servicing government, life sciences,
entertainment and engineering markets. For more information about
Vicon, visit www.vicon.com.
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