COLDWELL BANKER AGAIN IS LEADING THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY NOW WITH INNOVATIVE USE OF MICROSOFT SURFACE TO ENHANCE THE HOME SEARCH EXPERIENCE
(If you aren't familiar with Microsoft Surface, I've included a sample video of how it works for you.)
http://www.microsoft.com/SURFACE/videos.html#gid=demos&vid=d2
Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC today announced the launch of their customized real estate application developed for Microsoft Surface™, unveiled at the Coldwell Banker® International Business Conference being held this week in San Antonio, Texas. It’s new Microsoft Surface home search application allows users to interact with home listings, mapping and other www.coldwellbanker.com features in a way that is familiar, by using simple hand gestures. Similar to the intuitive technology featured in the futuristic film, “Minority Report,” this exploration on the use of Microsoft Surface represents yet another way in which Coldwell Banker is working to harness innovative technologies to benefit home buyers and sellers.
The first commercially available surface computing platform from Microsoft, Microsoft Surface turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface. Its 30-inch diagonal, table-like display provides effortless access to digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects placed on the display.
Coldwell Banker leveraged the unique interface and capabilities of Microsoft Surface to develop a home search application that will provide a new interactive and intuitive way to explore real estate listings and neighborhoods. Over the course of the roll-out, the following features are scheduled to be released:
- Explore. Home listings can be viewed via area maps, specific search criteria such as city, state and price, and by standard number of bedrooms and bathrooms. With a simple touch of the screen, users expand or contract the search area and locate listings, Coldwell Banker offices and area amenities including restaurants, hospitals, schools – gauging the distance between them.
- Learn. Details of a particular property listing are displayed and arranged by screen touches. Images of the home are easily accessed, enlarged and moved by hand movements.
- Interact. File listings by "grabbing" content with their hands from the display and "dropping" it into the appropriate folder, thus creating an itinerary that they can email to their favorite Coldwell Banker Associate
Last year Coldwell Banker became the first national real estate brand to put its listings on in-car GPS devices through an exclusive feed to Dash Navigation launch and launch a customized online platform for iPhoneTM and BlackBerry users.
Dynamic, Interactive Interface Allows for ‘Hands-On’ Engagement in
All Aspects of Home Search Process
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