Dimensional Imaging welcomes Tim Christian as new Chairman

By November 5, 2014 TIGA News

World leading facial performance capture company, Dimensional Imaging Ltd (DI) has announced Tim Christian, entrepreneur and games industry veteran, as the Company’s new Chairman.

Tim’s games industry career spans almost 25 years. He ran two of Europe’s largest computer game publishers: Microprose and Hasbro Interactive, and since 2000, Tim has acted as strategic advisor to several games companies.  He is currently principal of TC Associates Ltd (TCA), which carries out royalty audits for some of the games industry’s largest publishers and developers. Tim is also Chairman of deltaDNA (formerly GamesAnalytics), a company leading the way in online gaming player relationship management.

Tim commented, “I am delighted to have been appointed as Dimensional Imaging’s new Chairman. With the recent launch of their head mounted camera system (‘DI4D HMC’), and on-location facial performance capture service, the Company has huge potential in the games, TV and movie industries.  The demand for high definition full performance capture solutions is increasing, and I’m very much looking forward to seeing the potential of DI, and its excellent products, realised.”

Colin Urquhart, Dimensional Imaging’s CEO said, “I am very pleased to welcome Tim as the new Chairman of the Company and delighted to be working alongside someone of his calibre. Having been involved in the games industry at the highest level for over 20 years, Tim will play a vital role in ensuring we capitalise on every market opportunity. Dimensional Imaging is renowned for providing high fidelity facial data for triple A video games, and with Tim’s experience and invaluable industry knowledge, the Company’s reputation will be second to none.”

For more information visit www.di4d.com

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 ABOUT DIMENSIONAL IMAGING

Founded in 2003 and based in Glasgow, Scotland, Dimensional Imaging (DI) supplies high definition 3D facial image capture and 4D facial performance capture systems, solutions and services. The company works with some of the world’s leading entertainment companies including Electronic Arts, Sony Computer Entertainment and Valve Corporation, and research sector organisations such as Dallas Children’s Hospital and Imperial College London.  Recent projects include Remedy Entertainment using DI systems and software to accurately capture performances from real life talent to create highly lifelike digital doubles for its upcoming Xbox One title ‘Quantum Break’. Other service projects include the facial performance capture of Vincent Cassel for the Feb 2014 movie ‘La Belle et la Bête’ (‘Beauty and the Beast’) and capturing facial animation for characters in the BBC’s ‘Atlantis’ and ‘Merlin’. For more information visit www.di4d.com.

 More info:

Twitter: www.twitter.com/di4dcom 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/DimensionalImaging 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/dimensionalimaging 

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/DimensionalImaging

 ABOUT TIM CHRISTIAN

 A qualified accountant and Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, Tim was a Senior Vice President at CIC Video (Paramount and Universal’s video distribution joint-venture) before joining the computer games industry in 1991. Over the following 9 years he was Managing Director at Accolade Europe, Microprose Europe and then, following its acquisition of Microprose in 1998, Hasbro Interactive, leading all those companies to significant increases in sales growth and profitability.  In 2000, Tim left Hasbro Interactive to found TC Associates Ltd, concentrating on strategic consulting opportunities in the computer games industry.  In 2002, he co-founded Media Forensics Ltd, which grew to become the computer games industry’s leading independent royalty audit business, working with many of the industry’s biggest names. He left Media Forensics Ltd in March 2009 to continue his royalty audits under the banner of TC Associates Ltd.  Also, in 2002, he co-founded Data Genetics International Ltd, which became the UK’s leading independent computer forensics investigations business. DGI was acquired by Stroz Friedberg Inc in December 2008 and Tim became Chief Operating Officer of Stroz Friedberg Ltd, concentrating principally on the post-acquisition integration of the two businesses.

The integration complete, Tim left Stroz Friedberg Ltd in 2009 to co-found GamesAnalytics Ltd, now trading as DeltaDNA, and to continue his non-executive work in various industries.

 Contact Details

Lorna Elmslie – Marketing Manager, Dimensional Imaging

Email: lorna@di4d.com

Tel: +44 141 585 6481

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