LAKE MARY, Fla., Nov. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- FARO®
(NASDAQ: FARO), the world's most trusted source for product design,
construction BIM/CIM, and public safety forensics announces
the release of Virtual Reality (VR)-ready FARO®
SCENE 7.1 software (www.faro.com/scene).
FARO SCENE 7.1 enables an immersive VR experience with
integration of detailed photographic textures, i.e., surface
details of an object and rendering of 3D scan data so quickly that
it appears to be generated in real time.
A free 30 day trial for SCENE 7.1 is available for download at
https://www.faro.com/resource/scene7/.
While SCENE 7.1 is optimized for the FARO laser scanning product
portfolio, e.g. FocusS or Freestyle, it is also device
agnostic, so it can seamlessly accept and manage 3D scan data from
other, non-FARO laser scanner products.
Immersive Virtual Reality
SCENE 7.1 enables users to
view an entire project, i.e., the full range of related scans in
full 3D virtual reality through a compatible VR headset from the
comfort of the user's office or workstation chair. This
significantly elevates the beneficial use and reduces project cycle
time by enabling architecture, engineering and construction
professionals, public safety forensics experts and product
designers to quickly simulate and compare reality for such tasks as
evaluating as-built documentation, reconstructing crime or accident
scenes, or optimizing design plans.
Productivity Enhancements in Virtual Reality
SCENE 7.1
advances well beyond the "see it better to understand it better"
concept common in most industrial VR solutions. It enhances
productivity by enabling users to take/capture screenshots, tag
comments or notes specific to images and navigate the system
overview map in real time, all without needing to exit the Virtual
Reality environment.
Merging of FARO Terrestrial and Handheld Scanning
Data
Historically, the FARO Focus and Freestyle products
have had their own unique, coded targets (markers that identify
scan areas/specific targets), which could not be shared by the
other scanning device. With SCENE 7.1 enhanced functionality, not
only can both devices share coded targets, but they can also now
verify registration of scans from both devices in a single, real
time registration report. This ensures not only a more cohesive
workflow between these devices but also enables projects to be
completed faster.
"We have been actively pushing the agenda to integrate high
value VR capability and compatibility into our reality capture
products," stated Andreas Gerster,
Vice President, Global Construction BIM-CIM. "This is the third
major introduction in this area from FARO over the past year and we
are confident that facilitating the way our customers interact in a
virtual project environment with access to real time, simulated
real world information makes the planning processes more tangible
and less error prone."
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-CIM - 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 also has
a technology center and manufacturing facility consisting of
approximately 8400 m2 located in Exton, Pennsylvania containing research and
development, manufacturing and service operations of our FARO Laser
TrackerTM and FARO Cobalt Array Imager product
lines. 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, 2016 and Form 10-Q for
the quarters ended March 31, 2017 and
June 30, 2017.
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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