'Game-changer' OmniMotion gets €500k lift from AIB fund

OmniMotion is celebrating a €500,000 funding boost from the AIB Seed Capital Fund, co-managed by Dublin Business Innovation Centre (DBIC) and Enterprise Ireland.

Niall Austin, managing director, OmniMotion, with Jason Brennan, head of games, and Eugene Smyth, Dublin Business Innovation Centre.

Company: OmniMotion

**Technology Investment:** €500,000

**Sector:** gaming software

**Staff:** seven

**Established:** 2006

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The company has patented a unique motion control tool for computers and mobile phones using a standard webcam.

Its Sumo.ie beta game, which allows players to control the on-screen action using gentle movements, won a United Nations-backed World Summit award in Cairo earlier this month.

Managing director Niall Austin said OmniMotion would hire up to 40 new staff over the ...