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Special effects company transforms bottom line

Richard Wray
Friday June 16, 2006
The Guardian


The firm behind some of the special effects in X-Men 3 and The Da Vinci Code yesterday reported a return to the black, notching up £1.17m profit for the first six months of the year compared with a loss of £549,000 last year.
Oxford Metrics Group is a specialist in motion capture and geospatial imaging. It maps the movement of the human body - by having an actor wear a bodysuit covered with reflective strips - to create computer-generated special effects. OMG equipment is also used by computer game companies, including Ubisoft and Electronic Arts, to create more realistic characters.

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