New generation Bonita camera is small, powerful and cost-effective
13 October 2009, Oxford, UK: Vicon, developer of motion capture products,
today launched Bonita, a small, affordable optical capture camera for
tracking and analyzing motion. Bonita is capable of capturing 240FPS while
being small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Vicon has also
announced the launch of Tracker, a robust object tracking software
providing unparalleled data accuracy for integration in 3D applications.
"Our 25-year history for technological innovations and our experience
perfecting camera calibration and 3D reconstruction techniques has led to
the development of Bonita and Tracker," said Doug Reinke, CEO and
President, Vicon. "These two very exciting introductions have been designed
to be powerful, easy to use, cost-effective and are tailor-made for those
working in industrial engineering, robotics, human factors engineering,
virtual engineering and academia."
Bonita is Vicon's smallest optical capture camera that has been engineered
to be powerful, accurate, reliable and affordable. It's easy to set up and
accurate enough to capture with positional accuracy down to one millimeter
in a 4m x 4m volume.
13 October 2009, Oxford, UK: Vicon, developer of motion capture products,
today launched Bonita, a small, affordable optical capture camera for
tracking and analyzing motion. Bonita is capable of capturing 240FPS while
being small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. Vicon has also
announced the launch of Tracker, a robust object tracking software
providing unparalleled data accuracy for integration in 3D applications.
"Our 25-year history for technological innovations and our experience
perfecting camera calibration and 3D reconstruction techniques has led to
the development of Bonita and Tracker," said Doug Reinke, CEO and
President, Vicon. "These two very exciting introductions have been designed
to be powerful, easy to use, cost-effective and are tailor-made for those
working in industrial engineering, robotics, human factors engineering,
virtual engineering and academia."
Bonita is Vicon's smallest optical capture camera that has been engineered
to be powerful, accurate, reliable and affordable. It's easy to set up and
accurate enough to capture with positional accuracy down to one millimeter
in a 4m x 4m volume.
Key Features in Bonita Include:
o Single PoE (Power over Ethernet) connection to the PC via an
off-the-shelf Ethernet switch enables easy configuration and system
connectivity
o A variable focal length lens enables full flexibility within a variety of
environments
o 68 high-powered LEDs outperform other cameras in its class with better
illumination of markers
o Small form factor allows you to place the camera in small areas, while
maintaining performance
Tracker is a powerful object tracking application providing unrivalled data
accuracy for integration in to 3D applications.
Key Features in Tracker Include:
o Optimized rigid body tracker gives you reliable data that is tolerant to
occlusion of markers
o Low latency output allows data to be received very quickly after an
observed event
o Easy to use software enables you to get going quickly so you don't need
to worry about running the system
o Flexible integration with third-party applications enables you to read
the data stream from the system in one of three ways; TCP, UDP and VRPN.
This gives maximum compatibility with third party applications or
development environments such as C++ (Windows 32/64, Linux), Labview,
Virtools and TrackD
o Full support for Windows Vista enables Tracker to be used out of the box
with the latest computers
o Tracker software is compatible with Vicon MX3+, F-Series and T-Series
cameras. It can also be used independent of any hardware using the Vicon
Virtual System Emulator. This option is particularly useful for
third-party integrators who want to test Tracker data or produce plug-ins
Bonita will be priced at $30,000 for an eight-camera system, including the
Tracker software. Both products begin shipping autumn 2009. For further
information click here.
About Vicon
Academy Award®-winning Vicon is the world's largest supplier of precision
motion tracking systems, and match moving software. It serves customers in
the CG animation industry, film, visual effects, computer games, and
broadcast television, as well as engineering and life science industries.
Vicon operates in four offices worldwide, including its Los Angeles-based
Entertainment headquarters: a 26,000 square-foot facility equipped with
three performance capture stages for Vicon's service company House of
Moves.
Vicon is a subsidiary of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG), plc., a
group of technology companies that produces image-understanding solutions
for the Entertainment, Defense, Life Science and Engineering markets.
Other holdings include: 2d3, a manufacturer of specialized image
understanding software for defense applications; Yotta DCL our highways
surveying business in the UK; and Yotta MVS, a leading US provider of data
collection services for the assessment of property taxation.
Vicon and OMG global clients include: Life Science leaders University of
Pennsylvania, the VA Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Titleist
Golf, The Andrews Institute; Engineering industry leaders Ford, BMW,
Airbus, Lockheed, Pratt-Whitney, NASA, Caterpillar, International Truck,
and Toyota; and Entertainment companies Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony
Computer Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo,
Ubisoft, Vivendi, Electronic Arts, Square Enix and many others.
For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com,
www.vicon.com, www.vicon.com/boujou, www.2d3.com, www.yotta.tv, or
www.yottamvs.com.
o Single PoE (Power over Ethernet) connection to the PC via an
off-the-shelf Ethernet switch enables easy configuration and system
connectivity
o A variable focal length lens enables full flexibility within a variety of
environments
o 68 high-powered LEDs outperform other cameras in its class with better
illumination of markers
o Small form factor allows you to place the camera in small areas, while
maintaining performance
Tracker is a powerful object tracking application providing unrivalled data
accuracy for integration in to 3D applications.
Key Features in Tracker Include:
o Optimized rigid body tracker gives you reliable data that is tolerant to
occlusion of markers
o Low latency output allows data to be received very quickly after an
observed event
o Easy to use software enables you to get going quickly so you don't need
to worry about running the system
o Flexible integration with third-party applications enables you to read
the data stream from the system in one of three ways; TCP, UDP and VRPN.
This gives maximum compatibility with third party applications or
development environments such as C++ (Windows 32/64, Linux), Labview,
Virtools and TrackD
o Full support for Windows Vista enables Tracker to be used out of the box
with the latest computers
o Tracker software is compatible with Vicon MX3+, F-Series and T-Series
cameras. It can also be used independent of any hardware using the Vicon
Virtual System Emulator. This option is particularly useful for
third-party integrators who want to test Tracker data or produce plug-ins
Bonita will be priced at $30,000 for an eight-camera system, including the
Tracker software. Both products begin shipping autumn 2009. For further
information click here.
About Vicon
Academy Award®-winning Vicon is the world's largest supplier of precision
motion tracking systems, and match moving software. It serves customers in
the CG animation industry, film, visual effects, computer games, and
broadcast television, as well as engineering and life science industries.
Vicon operates in four offices worldwide, including its Los Angeles-based
Entertainment headquarters: a 26,000 square-foot facility equipped with
three performance capture stages for Vicon's service company House of
Moves.
Vicon is a subsidiary of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG), plc., a
group of technology companies that produces image-understanding solutions
for the Entertainment, Defense, Life Science and Engineering markets.
Other holdings include: 2d3, a manufacturer of specialized image
understanding software for defense applications; Yotta DCL our highways
surveying business in the UK; and Yotta MVS, a leading US provider of data
collection services for the assessment of property taxation.
Vicon and OMG global clients include: Life Science leaders University of
Pennsylvania, the VA Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Titleist
Golf, The Andrews Institute; Engineering industry leaders Ford, BMW,
Airbus, Lockheed, Pratt-Whitney, NASA, Caterpillar, International Truck,
and Toyota; and Entertainment companies Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony
Computer Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo,
Ubisoft, Vivendi, Electronic Arts, Square Enix and many others.
For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com,
www.vicon.com, www.vicon.com/boujou, www.2d3.com, www.yotta.tv, or
www.yottamvs.com.
