Using Virtual Tours To Target Overseas Clients

There are a wealth of buyers for properties in the UK, particularly in major cities such as London and Manchester, from overseas. Research from Knight Frank found that in 2014, 49% of buyers in London were from overseas.  Investment in UK property continues to remain strong, despite the uncertainties of Brexit.

Why Virtual Resort Tours Are The Future of Travel and Tourism Marketing

The property industry is experiencing a revolution in the way properties are marketed to clients. However, property is not limited to that which is purchased, or even rented. Virtual resort tours are also revolutionising resort marketing in the Travel and Tourism industry.

How To Create A Virtual Reality Property Marketing Strategy

The property world is changing. Just as technology continues to grow in capability and pervasiveness, so too do the ways that real estate agents can harness its power. This is no more true than in the use of virtual reality.

US Schoolchildren Take A Virtual Tour of Mars

We need to get more children into STEM subjects. We are advancing into an increasingly technologically focused future, and we are going to need an enthusiastic and dedicated new generation of scientists, technicians, engineers and mathematicians to take the baton and run with it. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a shortage of new recruits coming through the education system in the West, particularly young women, who face numerous institutional and cultural barriers to establishing themselves within these industries. In North America, there could be as many as 2.4 million unfilled STEM positions by 2018.

How Police Are Using 360° Photography and Virtual Reality in Crime Scenes

Technology has long played a significant role in law enforcement, from Internet monitoring of chat rooms online to CCTV and other surveillance equipment. And now, with the maturing of 360° photography and virtual reality, crime scene reconstruction is now more accurate than ever.

Bringing Accessibility To The Disabled With Virtual Reality Tours

Virtual reality tours have been hailed as a kind of Holy Grail for the disabled. For moments at a time, a disabled VR user can forget their disability and have experiences they may never have had the opportunity to do before. Virtual reality tours of faraway places, places that are difficult to travel to, can free the disabled user to experience these places as though they were actually there. However, virtual reality tours work at much closer range than this, and beyond entertainment, the experiences the technology offers can have very practical applications for disabled users.

How 360 Virtual Tours Are Transforming Property Marketing

The real estate agent’s task of taking a property from listing to sale (or let) is rife with time-wastage. Whether it’s showing people around properties that they clearly have no interest in, negotiating infuriating city traffic to reach one property after another for viewings, or any of the myriad niggling tasks in between, there is a chasm in efficiency. So, too, is the journey of the buyer or tenant, who currently views an average of between 12 and 15 properties before finding their next home. There really must be a better way to market property.