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by linsomniac 403 days ago
The virtual staging is tricky, my company has been keeping an eye on the various options for it for a while and they tend to make what we consider "surprising" changes. Buyers are used to staging where there is furniture and art brought in, but the structure of the property they expect to be what they see in the photo. The example on this page has changed the window and flooring, and made what look like some painting and drywalling changes from what you'd get if you purchased the property. Another thing that often happens is that outside scenery changes, what you see through the windows.
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Virtual staging is sometimes a hit and miss for us, especially for small, constricted spaces - the AI would just blatantly changes the structural integrity of the room and show something else.

Outside scenery is even worse with different seasons, it's ridiculous some times. But we've found for the most part, it tends to get it right. The other good thing is it's not a one shot thing, you get to keep revising it until it looks exactly as you'd want it. You can even target specific areas of the image you'd like to see and edit that part.