ORGANIC MOTION'S STAGE™ AND BIOSTAGE™ SYSTEMS GO TO SCHOOLS
World Breakthrough Technology to Drive Next Generation Curriculum and New Programs at Leading Universities and High Schools Worldwide
New York, - Apr. 02, 2009 - Organic Motion, the advanced computer vision software company, today announces the installation of its turnkey markerless motion capture systems, STAGE™ and BioSTAGE™, at a number of leading universities and institutions worldwide. The company's technology dramatically increases a computer's ability to "see" and understand human motion to generate highly accurate 3D tracking data in real-time, without using bodysuits or markers. Both STAGE and BioSTAGE have been selected to drive innovative educational curricula and cutting-edge research that focuses on using human motion in a variety of disciplines. Students at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York University Tisch School of the Arts Asia, Indiana University, Marshall University, the University of Florida, and Tolles Technical & Career Center are all benefiting from Organic Motion’s advanced and easy-to-use systems.
Organic Motion's core technology essentially creates a 'digital clone' of the person being tracked - without the need to wear any mechanical tracking devices. By completely removing the markers, the technology does not require expensive technicians to operate the systems, or the hassle of time-intensive calibration steps. This allows students to easily step into a system and personally interact with the technology to take advantage of a completely hands-on learning environment. Currently, a number of departments including computer science, education, communications, animation and digital arts, biomechanics, and kinesiology are utilizing Organic Motion's STAGE and BioSTAGE to drive the next generation of collaborative education and research.
"Institutions must stay competitive to attract new students, and those students must graduate with the skills necessary to excel in the extremely competitive environments of digital content creation, data visualization and motion analysis. The additions of capture technologies to the learning environment help schools achieve these goals," said Christine Arrington, Senior Analyst, Acacia Research Group. "In addition, by integrating markerless motion capture, these programs can be much more efficient and effective in using motion capture as a teaching tool in content creation and visualization."
"Whether it’s for the film school, research labs, or even the learning hospitals on campus, we’re honored that these programs selected Organic Motion to deliver a greater learning experience," says Andrew Tschesnok, CEO Organic Motion. "By incorporating our technology, these schools are creating a more effective way of teaching, allowing students to have direct interaction with the most technologically advanced resource available."
Institutions currently using Organic Motion's STAGE and BioSTAGE
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia
One of the world's leading Fine Arts institutions selected Organic Motion's STAGE system to help students master digital animation and video techniques for observation, capture, analysis and visualization of motion from real-life.
Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida
Digital Worlds (DW) is leveraging Organic Motion's technology to study how people interact in digital arenas, and to create entirely new virtual experiences. DW recently integrated the company’s BioSTAGE application, to encourage collaborative research in psychology, neurology, medicine, bioengineering, sports sciences, the performing arts and rehabilitation.
Rochester Institute of Technology, Computer Graphics Design and Computer Science
RIT recently installed the STAGE system to enhance the virtual theatre experience research in cross-departmental, grant supported, research. Plans extending the use of the system into the classroom in computer graphics, computer science, medical illustration, new media, games, animation, dance and motion graphics.
Indiana University
IU found Organic Motion's STAGE system ideal for its multidisciplinary research initiatives. Consistent with its new IT strategic plan, the university already has plans for uses in the Schools of Education; Health, Physical Education & Recreation; Communications; Informatics; Telecommunications and Fine Arts.
Marshall University, Center for Environmental, Geotechnical and Applied Sciences.
Working closely with the mining industry and U.S. Mine Safety & Health Administration Academy, Marshall is developing a new generation of mine safety training technologies and is currently designing new immersive virtual reality training simulations. The new system will incorporate the Organic Motion STAGE system that will allow trainees to step in, experience and train in hazardous environments in a realistic virtual simulation, without the risk of training in a real hazardous situation.
Tolles Career & Technical Center
Students in Tolles' computer science department are learning how to create animations for both games and short films. The high school further plans to integrate Organic Motion's BioSTAGE biomechanical analysis package, enabling students to analyze exercises and stress injuries.
Benefits to Education Institutions
Organic Motion's turnkey STAGE and BioSTAGE systems provide a number of benefits to institutions, including:
·Transforming the Teaching Experience - Organic Motion's technology allows students to personally interact directly with the systems to create a complete hands-on learning environment.
·Simplified Capture Process - By removing the body suits and lengthy calibration times, the systems are ideal a number of students to create animations, research human motion or develop a range of new applications based on the real-time data collected - all in a short period of time.
·Multi-Discipline Applications - Organic Motion's technology easily toggles between animation (STAGE) and biomechanical (BioSTAGE) packages, all within the same system installation.
·Robust Software Developer Kit (SDK) - Organic Motion provides its SDK for institutions to create custom applications, frameworks and use models for the data collected in the system.
To see full case studies on how each of these institutions are using Organic Motion's technology, and examples of student work, please visit www.organicmotion.com
About Organic Motion, Inc. Organic Motion, Inc. is a leading innovator of computer vision and highly advanced markerless motion capture systems. The company's core technology dramatically increases a computer's ability to "see" and understand the motion of humans and other living organisms to generate highly accurate 3D tracking data in real-time, without using bodysuits or markers. Organic Motion leverages its patent-pending technology in three turnkey commercial solutions: STAGE, BioSTAGE, and OpenSTAGE. For additional information, please visit www.organicmotion.com.
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