Virtual Tours
in the News
Real
Times February 22, 1999
"... What does a virtual tour on the Internet mean to an agent?" ... "It
means the listing agent can provide the most competitive listing tool possible for
sellers. It means eliminating most walk-throughs for buyers who can use the virtual tours
to select or eliminate homes. It drives value to everyone involved - the agent, the
seller, and the buyer....."
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 10, 1999
Touring Homes is Now As Easy as Logging On
"...The advent of virtual tours... should give participating realty agents a
distinct leg up on their competition...."
San Francisco Chronicle and Examiner - December 20, 1998
The Era of Virtual Open Houses is Dawning
"....
The virtual tours are likely to revolutionize the way vast numbers of potential
buyers do their shopping. Buyers will be able to sit at their computers and check
out the yards and interiors of homes they're interested nationally and internationally..."
Los Angeles Times - February 14, 1999
Web Sites Offer 360-degree Views of Homes on Virtual Tours, Saving Buyers
Time and Effort
"...At last, a pastime for open-house junkies that
doesn't involve wear and tear on the car or excessive pavement pounding: Introducing the
virtual home tour, now available to the mouse-wielding, home-shopping public over the
Internet
"
New York Newsday -
December 18, 1998
Virtual Tours Open Up Market To Home Buyers, Sellers, and Agents
"..."Once
you see it," said Sherry Chris, a vice president and regional manager in Toronto for
Royal LePage, "it really sets an entirely new standard" for real estate listings
and marketing..."
Chicago
Sun-Times - December 1998
Virtual Tours Of Homes On Computer Just Around The Corner
"...American home buyers, sellers, and real estate
agents are on the verge of the next big step in marketing technology: The transformation
of what are now millions of static, non-interactive photographic home listings on the
Internet into "virtual home tours," allowing visitors to walk around rooms, peer
through windows and meander through backyards, online..."
Fortune - October 28, 1998
Digital Photography Gets Groovy
"...Want
a sense of just how completely digital imaging will change photography? ... Ipix image,
which will give you a good sense of what you would be looking at if you were suddenly
teleported to the front of the Time & Life Building on the corner of 50th Street and
Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. You'll be able to zoom in and out on the image, crane your neck
at the clear, blue sky, or direct your gaze across the street to Radio City Music
Hall--just by guiding your mouse..."
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