The History of Motus
The Vicon Motus Motion Measuring System is a mature product. It has been marketed
for years for biomechanical research and performance evaluation. It has demonstrated
value and increasing use in medical settings and sports. Vicon Motus was formerly
known as Peak Motus until 2005. In this year the system's creator,
Peak Performance Inc. (USA), was acquired by Vicon (UK) and the Product
Peak Motus was renamed to Vicon Motus.
Peak Performance Inc
Founded in 1984, Peak Performance Technologies, Inc. developed the first
computer- and video-based biomechanical analysis tool to help Olympic athletes improve
their performance. The company based in Denver, Colorado, created the first software version - based on MS-DOS - and
it has since expanded the use of its products beyond sports to a wide variety of
applications including workplace design, risk assessment, risk prevention, tool
design, ergonomic assessment, slips and falls, and more.
Peak Motus
In the year 1995 the world's leading biomechanics software Peak5
was replaced by a MS-Windows based software named Motus.
For almost two decades Peak Motus has been the perfect research tool for studying
the motion in workplace ergonomics, sports and science. It has combined leading-edge
software and hardware technology into one complete package. Fully expandable to
grow with your needs, it allowed simple collection and analysis of the most challenging
movements, in any setting. No other movement measuring system has been more efficient,
flexible, or easier to operate.
Vicon Motus
In 2005 Peak Performance Inc. was acquired by Vicon and the software package Peak
Motus 8 was updated to Vicon Motus 9. The name changed but the software
itself has remained the same. For version 9 some additional hardware support was
added.
Vicon Motus 10
In the year 2012 Vicon has developed another update for the software: Vicon Motus
10 has been adapted to latest operating systems (Windows 7 and Windows 8).
In addition, the sofware has been bundled with CONTEMPLAS TEMPLO, in order to take
advantage of latest camera technologies.