pictures motion capture founded 1993 headquarters amsterdam netherlands key people michiel westermann ceo oshri even zohar cto jasper brekelmans technical director jolande junte operations manager website motekentertainment.com motek entertainment bv is an animation motion capture and production studio specializing in services and production work for features commercials television video games online and mobile media . motek is based in amsterdam netherlands . contents 1 history 2 about 3 projects 4 clients 5 motek medical 6 references 7 external links history edit the company is a subsidiary of motek bv and was founded in the netherlands by oshri even zohar as lamalo bv in 1993 . it became motek bv with the inclusion of private investors in 1996 . the company s core business lines medical simulation and entertainment grew more independent and in 2004 the separate companies motek entertainment bv and motek medical bv were formed . about edit motek operates a performance capture studio in amsterdam and was formerly a partner with the noordelijk hogeschool leeuwarden s motion capture studio in the gameship initiative . the studio is equipped with vicon t series cameras . motek is known for being highly innovative in other fields as well such as medicine . their immersive virtual reality medical system named caren has been put to use for clinical and research purposes by hospitals worldwide . projects edit television series produced include over 400 episodes of cafe de wereld an animated satire program for idtv and vara . the show aired on vara s programs vara live vara laat and de wereld draait door from 2002 2007 . motek is the producer and production studio of efteling s animated series sprookjesboom . 1 based on motion capture performance sprookjesboom is similar in theme to dreamworks shrek . it tells the story of the characters that live in the fairy tale forest including cinderella little red riding hood and tom thumb . the show airs daily in the netherlands on tros and in belgium on ketnet . sprookjesboom is currently in its fourth season of production which will be broadcast in late 2009 . episodes in german and english are also in production . motek did motion capture work 2 on the snickers don t stop television advertisements by impact bbdo . the advertisements achieved a top ranking on adcritic.com in 2007 3 and received a special mention at the loerie awards for that year . 4 clients edit bbc coca cola dreamcatcher interactive efteling geesink studios grendel games guerrilla games heineken holland casino idtv indg mars incorporated microsoft midway mtv new line cinema philips psygnosis red storm entertainment rijksmuseum sega sirius games sony sony computer entertainment streamline studios thales tmf tu delft us army vara motek medical edit motek medical specializes in creation design and implementation of new technologies for the medical markets specifically focusing on early diagnostics rehabilitation motor training and research . motek medical s flagship product is the caren system an immersive virtual reality vr system using motion capture systems for use in clinical and research settings . citation needed references edit company credits for sprookjesboom at the internet movie database loosman hans 3 february 2008 . snickers don t stop the making . vinod media . retrieved 28 september 2009 . worldwide acclaim for don t stop snickers ad led by impact bbdo dubai pdf . advocate 8 . international advertising association uae chapter published 2007 09 10 . 2007 . p. 14 . retrieved 2009 09 28 . winning entry . the loerie awards . 2007 . retrieved 2009 09 28 . external links edit motek entertainment motek medical retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title motek & oldid 679781313 categories animation studioscompanies based in amsterdamtelevision production companies of the netherlandsmedia in amsterdamhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 september 2015 at 19 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view