The day many tech lovers have been looking forward to is here: Google Daydream View is currently available in stores. The new virtual reality headset connects with a smartphone (specifically, Google Pixel) to immerse users in their favorite games, movies or even the latest news story. And at just $79, Daydream is making VR technology more accessible to consumers than any other time.
But the uses of virtual reality technology exceed entertainment. Here are a few ways VR is making its way into real estate.
Virtual Reality in the Real Estate Market
1. Open houses
Virtual reality headsets, around the size of a scuba mask, can provide 360-degree virtual reality property tours of homes. The headsets completely fill the user’s field of vision with a view of the home, allowing them to look up, down and from side to side. Developers are working on adding more tactile features to the experience, so users can do things like see their own hand opening a door, reports the New York Times. They’re even developing smells. One day Realtors might be able to add the aroma of virtually baking cookies to their virtual open house.
2. Long-distance shopping
Virtual reality home tours give out-of-town buyers (and local buyers, too) another tool to help narrow down their selections of homes they’d prefer to physically visit in a limited length of time.
3. Staging
More affordable than employing a pro to stage your property, several virtual options allow you to add furniture and decorations to vacant rooms using software. It may help buyers envision a property with different furniture and paint.
There’s a lot more to the real estate transaction than VR goggles can replace. When you’re ready to purchase or sell your own home, work with experienced RE/MAX agents like Nick & Cindy Davis with RE/MAX Premier Group, we have assisted hundreds of our clients here in the Tampa Bay and Surrounding areas, find the home of their dreams, or sell their current house for top dollar. If you are ready to get started, we are always just a click here or call to 813-300-7116 away.
