For years, AEC professionals and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) teams faced a difficult tradeoff when capturing reality data on job sites:
Go fast with Mobile SLAM, but sacrifice the dense, millimeter-level accuracy required for tight-tolerance structural or MEP validation.
Go precise with Terrestrial Scanning but watch your project timeline stretch as the scan count grows to fully capture all the space details.
It was a rigid “either/or” choice. If you chose speed, you risked missing critical deviations. If you chose accuracy, you choked your field schedule.
FARO Orbis™ eliminates this compromise. It is the industry’s premier hybrid reality capture system, combining the rapid data collection of mobile SLAM with the survey-grade precision of terrestrial scanning in a single, lightweight device.
The Secret Weapon: Stationary Flash™
You no longer need to haul multiple scanning units and tripods to the job site. With Orbis, your field workflow becomes completely fluid.
You simply walk the site to map the general geometry of corridors and shell spaces using advanced SLAM algorithms. When you reach a complex area that requires ultra-high detail—like an intricate mechanical room, or a tight structural steel connection, you don’t switch tools. You just pause.
Selecting the Stationary Flash option from the Stream menu and standing still for just 15 seconds is all it takes to capture a high-density scan:
- Local Hyper-Density: The scanner instantly transitions to capture a high-resolution, 360-degree laser scan and vivid imagery exactly where you need it.
- Native Data Anchoring: The high-accuracy static scan is automatically anchored directly into the global SLAM trajectory in real time.
- Zero-Friction Registration: Because the stationary data is natively baked into the mobile walk, there is no manual cloud-to-cloud stitching or target matching required back at the office.
Why Hybrid Mapping Wins:
Stop forcing your field teams to choose between the speed your schedules require and the accuracy your VDC team needs. With FARO Orbis, you get both.
See how hybrid mapping can redefine your field operations, reduce data processing bottlenecks, and protect your project margins.
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