VICON APPOINTS DOUG GRIFFIN TO DRIVE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

 

Motion Capture Specialist Moves To UK For New Role

9th February 2009, Oxford, UK: Vicon, developer of motion capture and image understanding systems, today announced it has hired leading industry innovator, Doug Griffin, as director of product marketing.

Douglas Reinke CEO and president at Vicon said: “Doug comes to us with a broad range of motion capture experience in film and gaming as well as life sciences. He will head up our talented Vicon product management team and drive new products through market research, competitive analysis, and customer requirements.”

Griffin, previously based in California, moved to the UK in October for the role. Prior to the move, Griffin worked for some of the biggest names in the industry, including ImageMovers Digital, Electronic Arts (EA) and Industrial Light and Magic (ILM).

From January 1998 until April 2005 Griffin worked as the Motion Capture Supervisor at ILM. During his seven years, he directed motion capture shoots for Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, supervised Van Helsing, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pearl Harbor, The Mummy, and helped with Harry Potter I & II and Terminator III.

After ILM he joined EA. In two years Griffin managed a team of software engineers that developed a new suite of tools which increased artist productivity by 400%. He also trained staff on a new motion capture system – a suite of Vicon MX+ cameras.

Griffin said: “Vicon is ahead of the curve, particularly when it comes to new product development and innovation. It is an exciting time for motion capture, and Vicon’s past success makes it a great company to work for. I look forward to building on that success, and making 2009 a record breaking year!”

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About Oxford Metrics Group
Oxford Metrics (LSE: OMG) is a group of technology companies producing image understanding solutions for the entertainment, de fence, 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 50 countries and is a quoted company listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. The Group trades through three operating subsidiaries – Vicon, the world’s biggest motion capture and movement analysis company, 2d3, a manufacturer of specialized image understanding software for entertainment and defense applications and Yotta, a 3D mapping business.

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 Centre 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 OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.yotta.tv, www.vicon.com, or www.2d3.com.

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