sportScotland train 2012 Olympic athletes with Vicon motion capture

OMG plc, Oxford Metrics Group (LSE: OMG), (“OMG” or “the Group”) the technology group providing image understanding products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, today announced that the sportscotland institute of sport has purchased a 10 camera Vicon T20 system to help develop better training methods for the 2012 Olympic and 2014 Commonwealth Games athletes.

sportscotland is the National Agency for Sport in Scotland and the institute is its high performance arm. The institute prepares Scotland’s best athletes to perform on the World stage, and provides high performance expertise to sport and athletes in Scotland.

“We bought the Vicon T20 system because of its ability to accurately capture fast human movement. Also, the Polygon software includes key reporting methods, for example injury and physiotherapy intervention components,” said Dr. Malcolm Fairweather, Head of Science and Innovation at the sportscotland institute of sport.

“Our Vicon system gives us the ability to benchmark and assess athlete behaviour over time including the measurement of impact due to coaching and support interventions. It’s great to be associated with a company that has an excellent UK support base and worldwide reputation!

Imogen Moorhouse, MD at Vicon said: “sportscotland is a great organisation. Their commitment to excellence is well known and choosing a Vicon motion capture system further strengthens that position. I’m looking forward to seeing the development of our athletes in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics!”

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