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Vicon partners with Electric Playbox
Vicon partners with Electric Playbox.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 9920U\n Oxford Metrics PLC\n 04 August 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n 4 August 2020\n RNS Reach\n \n Oxford Metrics plc\n \n (\"Oxford Metrics\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \n Vicon partners with Electric Playbox\n \n Vicon has signed a contract with Electric Playbox to use its technologies at their latest location in\n Manchester's Arndale Centre\n \n 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.\n \n 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.\n 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.\n Jan Breens, Chief Technology Officer, Electric Playbox commented:\n \"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.\"\n Nick Bolton, CEO of Oxford Metrics, commente...