{"id":12684,"date":"2019-07-25T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T16:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealdaily.com\/?p=12684"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:36:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T22:36:04","slug":"vr-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-marketing\/vr-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone device plugs in to create 720 \u00b0 VR-ready home tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accuracy is an important aspect of any real estate listing, which is why an app called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istaging.com\/en\/livetour\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">VR Maker<\/a> may soon become your new best friend. <\/p>\n<p>VR Maker allows you to create a 360\u00b0 presentation right from your smartphone, creating a seamless virtual reality experience in minutes. Such a presentation allows your clients to view properties\u2019 interiors in crystal-clear detail, thereby removing some of the mystery from your real estate listings and bringing you closer to making a sale.<\/p>\n<p>The way that the VR Maker works is simple: after signing up at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istaging.com\/en\/livetour\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iStaging<\/a> website, you receive a 720\u00b0 camera attachment for your smartphone (both iOS and Android are supported) along with a rotator unit on which you mount your smartphone. With the VR Maker app installed, all you have to do is make sure that everything is connected and tap \u201cCapture\u201d\u2014VR Maker and the free equipment will do the rest of the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work\u201d in the above context is quite impressive. VR Maker creates distortion-free 360\u00b0 images of entire rooms with ease, allowing you to make a virtual house tour for which clients never have to leave the comfort of their homes. This footage also means that you don\u2019t have to worry about uploading 100 photos at a time to make sure that every angle is covered\u2014you can most likely cover the average house in one to two shots per room.<\/p>\n<p>Having 360\u00b0 footage of your properties isn\u2019t necessary, but it lends a degree of credibility to your listings; after all, it\u2019s hard to hide shortcomings in a home\u2019s guest bathroom when one can see the entirety of the room. Similarly, having a high-definition, comprehensive view of the property gives you a leg up on the competition, and it certainly doesn\u2019t dissuade clients from checking in.<\/p>\n<p>Your clients\u2019 comfort aside, using VR Maker will prove to be a huge time- and resource-saver for you as well, given that the app and equipment take little pre-existing knowledge to use and the shooting process is significantly more efficient than is traditional real estate photography. If you\u2019re interested, head over to the iStaging website today to check out their demo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(MARKETING) VR was once seen as a futuristic novelty, but with the rapid adoption rates, adding this to your toolbox could quickly set you ahead of your competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337375,"featured_media":12686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[194,1234,455,814],"class_list":["post-12684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-marketing","tag-marketing","tag-real-estate-news","tag-tech","tag-vr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/vr-maker-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337375"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12684"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14267,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684\/revisions\/14267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}