The virtual tour is enjoying increasing success in the real estate sector. Indeed, it has multiple advantages for both the client and the real estate agency.
What is a virtual tour?
VR technology has grown a lot in recent years, in many sectors, including real estate.
Thus, the virtual tour allows you to reproduce the visit of a place, by being immersed in a 360-degree visual experience. The image evolves dynamically according to the user’s request. As part of a real estate visit, allows the potential buyer to virtually visit several homes without having to travel. It is a kind of pre-visit that allows you to check that the property corresponds to the desired criteria.
What are the advantages of a remote visit?
For the future buyer, in addition to the practical side, especially in times of health crisis such as we have just experienced, the advantage of the virtual visit is the time saved in the search for a house or apartment. It is also the opportunity to show the accommodation to your loved ones after a physical visit. In addition, people with reduced mobility will appreciate this facility.
For real estate agents, it is also a valuable time saver that allows them to better organize their schedule. This avoids unnecessary visits by offering clients the opportunity to visit the property from home. The physical visits carried out subsequently will be much more effective, because the client will have been able to see beforehand that they like the property. This service is a plus that will make a difference in the choices of the real estate agency. The virtual visit will also increase the visibility of the property thanks to sharing on social networks and ease of access on the web.
How does it work?
To set up a remote visit, we can take the example of Prévisite.
This company offers a virtual tour service for real estate. Its Virtual Visit tool makes it easy to create virtual tours. Simply take photos of the property using a 360° camera or a smartphone. These photos are then transferred to the online site my.Previsite.com via a PC or smartphone application. It is then possible to create a tour in a few clicks by adding music, hot spots, and a form for user contact details if necessary. Then, simply broadcast it on the agency’s website. The client can use a virtual reality headset, their PC, tablet or smartphone to access the virtual tour.
Prévisite can provide the real estate agent with the following equipment :
- A Ricoh Theta camera for taking 360° shots;
- A tripod to stabilize the camera;
- A virtual reality headset
It is also possible to choose to purchase a 360° camera independently of the hardware pack. A list is available on the Prévisite website.
The virtual tour applied to real estate is therefore advantageous for the client and the real estate agent. Companies like Prévisite make it easy to create remote tours.
