Inman’s guide to creating video content during quarantine

In the era of social distancing, safely creating video content to connect with clients is more important than ever. Continue reading

The Essential Guide to luxury marketing

The luxury real estate market is highly competitive, but agents who harness technology, the media and their own social networks for marketing can make fortunes. Continue reading

GeoCV winding down operations, tech team joining Russian firm

The 3D imaging company’s business staffers will likely be ‘looking for new opportunities,’ its CEO said, while software engineers are headed to Occipital in Moscow. Continue reading

Online retailer Wayfair to sell pre-designed sets of home furnishings

The company believes the prospect of buying a room’s worth of furnishings and fixtures will appeal to property managers and short-term rental owners. Continue reading

GeoCV embarks on virtual staging partnership with BoxBrownie

The partnership will allow homeowners and their agents to place photo-realistic furnishings in 3D spaces for as little as $64. Continue reading

Matterport to acquire AI-driven imaging company Arraiy

Arraiy, which uses machine learning to blend virtual and real environments, will see its engineering team and technology integrated with Matterport. Continue reading

3D imaging companies say Zillow’s app is not true 3D

Inman has interacted with imagery from all of these providers, and the three dimensional spaces created by Matterport and GeoCV do have more features and are more immersive than those produced by Zillow’s 3D Home. Continue reading

Zillow’s free 3D home tours launch nationwide

In a move to upend the world of real estate imagery, Zillow announced Monday it will let people across the U.S. and Canada use a free app to snap photos and create online 3D home tours. Continue reading

New drone rules could pave way for listing photos that truly ‘pop’

The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing new rules that would allow drones to be flown at night and over people without waivers. Continue reading

Do 3D home tours matter?

Although the overwhelming consensus is that the technology offers real benefits to agents, many users told Inman this week that it’s also limited by high costs, concerns about privacy and a rapidly evolving technology market. Continue reading