LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world's most trusted
source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for construction
BIM, announces the release of SCENE 2018
(https://www.faro.com/scene), a tightly integrated software
platform specifically designed for the FARO Focus Laser Scanner
product family. This introduction represents a substantial leap
forward for 3D reality data capture and the FARO-driven concept
known as Traceable Construction™, in which
optimizing the entire AEC construction lifecycle is accounted for
in the solution's strategy, development and execution.
A New Standard in HDR Photography
The new FARO
Laser-HDR™ (patent pending) feature in
SCENE 2018 improves on conventional multi-exposure HDR techniques
by intelligently combining a laser scan image and a photograph
through a proprietary FARO process. This results in a laser
enhanced HDR image in breathtaking color and detail in even the
most challenging environments. This advanced feature is fully
backwards compatible and thus allows all generations of FARO Focus
Laser Scanner products to achieve exceptional HDR results in a
considerably shorter amount of time. Finally, even as recording
time (5X faster than traditional HDR) and data volume are
dramatically reduced (150 MB per scan), all image details are
captured in a single shot and the functionality can be used even if
the laser scanner does not support HDR by default.
Increased Productivity Through High Detail
Scanning
Defined areas, such as registration marks, can now
be recaptured in higher resolution at a great distance from the
same scanning position. FARO Focus S150 and S350 users now benefit
from significant time savings on site, at least 1.5X faster than
when it was required to perform high-resolution scans continuously.
Furthermore, since the registration workflow is now fully automated
(i.e., no manual interaction needed to process high detail scan
data on an onsite PC/workstation), in-field and in-office
productivity is improved even more substantially.
Efficiency Through Full Color Panoramic Images
SCENE
2018 enables a full camera resolution color image to be exported,
independent of scan resolution. In those situations where high
resolution color is required but high resolution scan is not, time
savings of up to 80% can be realized.
Improved Performance and Stability
Scan quick views
now open significantly faster and users can be ready to work with
the data in half the time than before. Scan projects can be
exported up to 75% faster to be shared more efficiently with
project stakeholders via the FARO WebShare Cloud and SCENE 2go
platforms.
Enhanced Virtual Reality (VR) Experience
SCENE 2018
builds on the VR base first introduced on SCENE 7.1 in 2017. First,
it enables an even more natural, immersive experience with
significantly fewer instances of motion sickness based on rigorous
user testing. Next, it enables a more cost effective VR use case as
it now offers improved compatibility with mid-priced Microsoft
Mixed Reality Headsets. Together these improvements are expected to
facilitate greater adoption of VR-enabled SCENE as a workflow
efficiency tool across the AEC industry.
"The improvements in SCENE 2018 and derived benefits for FARO
long range scanners offer another significant contribution to
enhancing quality and efficiency across the entire construction
life cycle," stated Andreas Gerster,
Vice President - Global Construction BIM. "This is the next step to
realize our vision of Traceable
Construction™ by better
capturing and processing reality in 3D and then by sharing
information through seamless, tightly integrated best-in-class
solutions."
About FARO
FARO is the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement,
imaging and realization technology. The Company develops and
markets computer-aided measurement and imaging devices and software
for the following vertical markets:
- Factory Metrology - High-precision 3D measurement, imaging and
comparison of parts and complex structures within production and
quality assurance processes
- Construction BIM - 3D capture of as-built construction projects
and factories to document complex structures and perform quality
control, planning and preservation
- Public Safety Forensics - Capture and analysis of on-site real
world data to investigate crash, crime and fire, plan security
activities and provide virtual reality training for public safety
personnel
- Product Design - Capture detailed and precise 3D data from
existing products permitting CAD analysis and redesign, after
market design and legacy part replication
- 3D Machine Vision - 3D vision for both control and measurement
to the manufacturing floor through 3D sensors and custom
solutions
FARO's global headquarters is located in Lake Mary, Florida. The Company's
European regional headquarters is located in Stuttgart, Germany and its Asia-Pacific regional headquarters is located
in Singapore. FARO has other
offices in the United States,
Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, the United
Kingdom, France,
Spain, Italy, Poland, Turkey, the
Netherlands, Switzerland,
India, China, Malaysia, Thailand, South
Korea, Japan, and
Australia.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as
statements about demand for and customer acceptance of FARO's
products, and FARO's product development and product launches.
Statements that are not historical facts or that describe the
Company's plans, objectives, projections, expectations,
assumptions, strategies, or goals are forward-looking statements.
In addition, words such as "is," "will" and similar expressions or
discussions of FARO's plans or other intentions identify
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and are subject to various known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause
actual results, performances, or achievements to differ materially
from future results, performances, or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Consequently, undue
reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking
statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to:
- development by others of new or improved products, processes
or technologies that make the Company's products less competitive
or obsolete;
- the Company's inability to maintain its technological
advantage by developing new products and enhancing its existing
products;
- declines or other adverse changes, or lack of improvement,
in industries that the Company serves or the domestic and
international economies in the regions of the world where the
Company operates and other general economic, business, and
financial conditions; and
- other risks detailed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2017 and in Part II,
Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2018.
Forward-looking statements in this release represent the
Company's judgment as of the date of this release. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise, unless otherwise required by law.
More information is available at http://www.faro.com
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