Virtual Tours now Hugely Popular. We've Used them for Over a Decade

Realtyna, thanks for the comment. I don't hear competitors scoffing and snickering about our use of virtual tours and walk-through videos anymore. That's a welcome change.

Wayne Martin Good morning. I used to tell clients that virtual tours are not a subsitute for an in-person showing. But in this day and age, they do a pretty good job of helping buyers to save time by narrowing down choices.

Hi Nina! My history in the virtual tour arena is much like yours. I had an EGG 360 set-up before TourFactory. It was a football-shaped toroidal lens that you'd set up on a tripod and it would shoot a 360-degree image of a room (or outdoors panorama). And before that, I had an iPix apparatus and lens that did much the same thing, but it was smaller and more compact. So my efforts to use virtual tours really goes back to probably 2005, maybe earlier.

I just finished reading an online article about surviving compulsory social distancing by using Zoom and FaceTime to socialize. I was particularly drawn to a quote by a Stanford University professor, who commented, "Virtual is not the same, but I am convinced it's better than nothing". He's right, of course. We have the tools to reach out to our real estate clients and there's no excuse for not using those tools.