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Alternative of 3D Tour (Realtors/Buyers/Sellers)
1 points by fe-volcanioo 2147 days ago
Hello, I'm a developer and I'm improving an idea for the last 2 weeks. I want to get more perspective from the realtors and the buyers in this thread.

Currently, when buyers interest in a property (from the photos) they are connecting with the realtors to visit that place. To make faster this process some third-party companies created a solution 10 years ago (maybe) as 3D Tour. Buyers can visit places online like they are inside of the home without going there. (e.g. https://www.vpix.net/754104)

The price of 3D Tours is quite expensive and needs lots of equipment. My results of the searches say "A video might be more effective than a 3D Image".

So, come back to 10 years ago;

What is the purpose? => The purpose was to make faster and understandable of home visits. What do we want? => We want to give more information about the property's rooms and the places.

How we do that?

3D Tour: We need to get some equipment and took some 3D photos with some professional people. We have to pay some money to a third-party company for all of them. That means we can't do this thing for every property because it's expensive.

Alternative of 3D Tour: 3D Photos? Why it's necessary? We can give to people a video for each room. So we don't need professional people. We only need someone who can use a photo machine to record all room videos. (Each room will be 1 minute)

What if the users can use a screen like that instead of 3D tours experience?

* My main purpose is to minimize all requirements of 3D Tours and ensure online tours as many people as possible.

* They can ask a question while they are doing their tours.

* They will be able to see all details of the room as a content while they are watching the video of the room.

* They can pass other rooms easily.

Guys - I'm a developer. You all are the experts of this sector and I want to hear your thoughts about it. What do you think about this solution?

Solution's Template: https://prnt.sc/tpk2d3

2 comments

I think the benefit of 3D tours is being interactive.

Zillow already has a technology to let you create a 3D tour similar to the example you share with just a phone https://www.zillow.com/z/3d-home/

You can use an Azure Kinect and one of the example programs to walk around and create a 3d model. This capability has gotten much cheaper, probably profitable while charging $1k per house, maybe less even.