Carlos Hernandez from www.touritnow.com did a 3D home tour of my new listing, using his Matterport camera. Here’s how it turned out:
http://www.touritnow.com/3d-model/7249-ocotillo-street/skinned/
This technology will be the next step in selling houses from afar – do busy people really need to visit in person after seeing these video presentations? It helps to screen out the actual showings too, because there is no hiding anything – if a viewer sees something they don’t like, they can save themselves a trip.
Big picture? Eventually, the Matterport company will have a library of every house in America….but wait, it’s my listing, and I paid for the tour!
Here is Carlos describing what he does:
Wow. Seamless user experience. Excellent lighting and post work.
Nice pad, too. Not that you asked, but I prefer a rambling single story like this to lot-line pushing mock-Tuscans. Courtyard, view, pool, and a quick-ish jet down 52 to La Jolla Shores–this is going to make someone happy.
Jim,
It’s the future.
JtR:
That is some fantastic sales-generating technology for well-appointed houses. Crisp, clean images that really gives a person a flavor of actually walking through the house. Now if they could only add real-time sound and smell (especially for beach homes).
For not so well-appointed houses, I have to think this technology would show far more than most realtors would like to disclose or have on record.
As for the house, definitely not my style. That interior layout is clumsy (way too many hallways and doors) and looks far older than 2009 (maybe it is the furnishings). At over 4,000 Sq/ft. the architect was only able to allot approximately 40 sq/ft., shared with the pass-through hallway, for the laundry room? I would trade the entire gaming room for a decent laundry room.
From a buyer’s perspective, I hope this technology catches on. I am not so sure, though, how I would feel about having all this data archived somewhere online if I were to purchase this house. Security comes to mind.
Best of luck with 7249 Ocotillo.
a quick-ish jet down 52 to La Jolla Shores…
Yes, and look how much more you get for your money in exchange for a 20-30 min drive. In La Jolla this same money gets you a used 2br, 1,200sf townhouse!
For not so well-appointed houses, I have to think this technology would show far more than most realtors would like to disclose or have on record.
Agreed, and buyers aren’t going to demand that listing agents furnish a 3D tour on every house. The sellers have to want this much exposure, and some will think it is somewhat intruding.
There is a second part coming though.
Carlos has a set of the virtual-reality goggles which we are going to demo another time.
It will get to the point where the 3D tours are common enough that you’ll be able to use goggles in a real estate office, or the comfort of your own home and experience a series of homes for sale and feel like you are actually inside the houses.
Once buyers get used to that convenience, driving around to see non-previewed homes and finding duds 9 out of 10 times will get old quickly.
I would be happy if listing simply included floorplans, which they rarely seem to, and which are much more helpful to me.