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Vicon Motion Systems Ltd
Vicon is an award-winning provider of motion capture systems for the life sciences, media and entertainment, location-based virtual reality and engineering industries.
While Vicon officially began trading in 1984, its original product was first introduced to the market in 1979. The system was manufactured by a subsidiary of Oxford Instruments, called Oxford Medical Systems (which became Oxford Dynamics). Following a management buyout Oxford Dynamics became Oxford Metrics, and Vicon was born.
Vicon also offers a motion analysis mobile app called Capture.U that displays realtime data overlaid on video, enabling users to make informed decisions – on the pitch, trackside, poolside, courtside or in the lab. Capture.U’s intuitive display and evolving range of capture