4D digital reality solutions specialist FARO has announced their acquisition of SiteScape, innovator of LiDAR 3D scanning solutions software for the AEC (Architectural Engineering and Construction) and O&M (Operations & Maintenance) markets.
The acquisition follows only a few months after FARO acquired GeoSLAM, a UK-based provider of mobile scanning solutions. SiteScape's software enables mobile devices to easily capture indoor spaces digitally, opening up a broad range of applications.
"Integrating SiteScape's iOS-enabled low-resolution LiDAR capture capability into the FARO Sphere Platform is a further step in streamlining multiple capture methods into a centralised environment to be accessed in a single environment on a single coordinate system," says FARO, which promises to offer the widest portfolio of reality capture methods in the market, ranging from Lidar, 360 degree photo, video, mobile mapping and terrestrial laser scanning.
"We are pleased to add SiteScape and its ground-breaking 3D LiDAR scanning software to our portfolio of reality capture solutions," says Michael Burger, FARO President and CEO. "With millions of LiDAR enabled mobile devices already in the market, the addition of SiteScape opens up a significant population of users to the benefits of FARO's reality capture solutions."
"I'm excited to add SiteScape's proprietary software to the FARO family of cloud-based offerings. FARO accelerates our vision of enabling a broad set of customers with the ability to gain critical insights from their digital reality environments," added Andy Putch, SiteScape CEO.