Oxford Metrics (LSE:OMG) has acquired Manchester-based Captive Devices, a developer of professional head-mounted camera systems and software for markerless facial performance capture.

The transaction is valued at up to £750,000 and will be funded through a combination of existing resources and new shares. Oxford Metrics will acquire the entire share capital of Captive Devices without taking on additional debt.

As part of the transaction, the founding team of Captive Devices will join Oxford Metrics’ Vicon business.

Acquisition adds facial capture technology to Vicon platform

Captive Devices develops technology used for facial performance capture in visual effects, gaming and virtual production. Its systems include integration with Unreal Engine.

The acquisition expands Vicon’s motion capture offering beyond body tracking by adding integrated facial capture capabilities alongside its existing marker-based, markerless and hybrid technologies.

Oxford Metrics plans to make Captive Devices’ technology available through Vicon’s international sales channels and existing customer relationships. The company aims to broaden the market for its products, increase sales of facial capture systems and continue developing its end-to-end capture platform.

Oxford Metrics serves customers in more than 70 countries

Oxford Metrics provides smart sensing and measurement technologies across the life sciences, entertainment, engineering and manufacturing markets.

Through its Vicon motion capture division and Industrial Vision and Metrology Systems business, the group supplies motion measurement and machine vision solutions to thousands of customers across more than 70 countries.