After beautiful pictures and attractive captions, virtual tours make a significant impact on potential buyer’s minds. Busy schedules may not allow people to visit a property in person but real estate agents can provide virtual tours facility that allows potential buyers to have a look at the property without actually visiting the site.

Like any technology, a virtual tour also comes with several features and you should be able to make the most out of it. Here are functions you should include in your virtual tour of a real estate project.

Pop-Up Informational Windows

Pop-up windows are a helpful feature that makes a virtual tour of the property exceptionally informative. For example, if you are taking an interior tour and approach a bed or sofa, a pop-up window will appear. Clicking on this pop-up window can give you information about the model, brand, and specifications of the furniture. This feature can be important to highlight important nearby amenities like parks, schools, and so on. This feature can help the buyer to understand the full value of the location.

Special Viewing Functions

A virtual tour is three-dimensional and a special viewing function allows potential customers to view the property from any angle. Here are special viewing functions you can use.

  • Auto-Rotate

Many people are new to virtual tour technology and it can take some time to get used to this new technology. Auto-rotate allows the panorama to rotate automatically without user input. It makes virtual tours more dynamic and engaging and can be useful in showing large and complex spaces.

  • Zoom-In/Out Mode

This feature allows customers to examine and view a specific space in more detail. If customers don’t want to use this feature, they can always go back to comprehensive viewing mode.

  • Fisheye Lens Mode

This feature creates a wide panoramic or hemispherical image. It generates more than 130º of HFoV (horizontal field of view) and helps create an immersive experience. When your customer uses this mode, they will get a feel of standing in the middle of the space.

  • Stereographic View

This feature offers a wide-angle view with some distortion. In this view mode, objects near the center appear more natural while the ones at the edges appear a little distorted.

  • Rectilinear Mode

It offers a natural view without any distorted lines. It can be used to convey dimensions, and space layout and help the viewer get a closer view of the design.

VR Compatibility

A VR-compatible real estate tour can elevate virtual tours to the next level. It allows potential buyers to explore the virtual space/property like they are physically present there. This function allows agents to provide interactive 360-degree tours that allow buyers to get a sense of space and layout. There is no doubt that VR-compatible tours go beyond traditional tours and photos.

Design Customization

Most people like to customize their homes before buying. It saves them from renovation costs to make living space match their lifestyle. Virtual tours offering design customization allow buyers to navigate through interiors and exteriors and customize design elements. For example, they can change the lighting or upgrade existing amenities like changing granite countertops to marble

Real-Life Environment Integration

If you look at the sketches of real estate projects, you can see beautiful green spaces around that make the project more attractive. When designing virtual tours, you need to integrate real-life context. For example, you can show the property on Google Maps or how your building fits in the neighborhood. The combination of 3D modeling with real footage of the location can provide buyers with unmatched realism that will surely impress.

Conclusion:

These are some of the useful functions that can take your real estate virtual tour to the next level and impress buyers.  Talk to your CGI expert about the inclusion of these functions when creating a virtual tour of your next real estate project to deliver an immersive experience.