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Create better looking 360º photos than a 1-click 360º camera with the camera that's in your pocket.
 
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Hi All,Did you know that you can create awesome 360ºs with your smartphone with a rotator and wide-angle lens for under $100?On WGAN-TV Live at 5 this Thursday (19 July 2018), my guest is Dermandar (theVRkit) Founder Elie Gregoire Khoury (@egkhoury).In addition to a demo and a discussion, Elie will give us some (exciting) news.Even if you use a DSLR and a fish-eye lens to create 360ºs - you may not always be able to travel with your DSLR, fish-eye lens, tripod, etc. So, as the saying goes, the best camera is the camera that is always with you (and that would be your smartphone).Or, you may may be thinking about putting your toe in the 3D Tour water for less than a $100.Plus, you can use the 360ºs created with theVRkit with:✓ CUPIX 3D Tours (and also publish to Google Street View)✓ ThreeSixty Tours✓ Panoskin (to Google Street View)✓ iStagingI've know Elie for 5+ years. I look forward to visiting with him again and sharing theVRkit story.Thanks for joining the Virtual Studio Audience - or just tuning in.Best,DanP.S. WGAN Forum discussions tagged:✓ theVRkit✓ CUPIX✓ ThreeSixty Tours✓ Panoskin

Dan Smigrod Gives Running Commentary About His Answers (4+ Hours? Yup! 2018 New Features!

Essential Tool for Matterport Service Providers: Single Property Websites: Create a Gallery, SEO on Steroids

 
A surprising, radically different yet easier workflow for shooting (and post production) of photos.
 
Hi All,
Our guest on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) Wednesday, 18 July 2018 is PhotoAndVideoEdits.com Founder Colin Forte.If you want to offer photos, but do not want to learn how to edit photos; or, you are so busy editing that you are ready to outsource photo editing, this WGAN-TV Live at 5 show is for you.Colin will discuss:1. Best practices for shooting real estate photos 2. Best practices for editing real estate photos3. A discussion about how to make money offering photos for residential real estate4. A demo of how to upload photos to PhotoAndVideoEdits.comPhoto Editing✓ Use the default photo editing style preference (or your style preference)✓ Your preferences saved✓ 24 hour turnaround✓ Manually blended images✓ Window masking for superior window viewing✓ Replace overcast skies (where necessary)✓ Brown grass patches turned to green✓ TV’s and Monitors over-layered with images✓ Fire added to fireplaces✓ Vertical lines straightened✓ 24 Hour Turn-around Monday through FridaySpecial Offer for WGAN Forum Members✓ FREE! In addition to the 50 FREE Credits when you join, you will automatically receive an additional 50 FREE Credits in your 2nd full month of PhotoAndVideoEdits.com✓ WGAN Forum Welcome Message (as of 14 May 2018) includes how to receive this Membership Benefit (Join the WGAN Forum before 14 May 2018, simply Private Message @DanSmigrod for the how to receive. Please include in your Subject Line: WGAN Forum Benefit: PhotoAndVideoEdits.comSpecial Offer for WGAN Standard and Premium Members✓ FREE! 50 FREE Credits when you join and 35 FREE Credits each month for the following 11 months✓ Please see the WGAN Welcome Onboard Letter for the WGAN PhotoAndVideoEdits.com Order FormHow Much for Photo Editing?✓ 1 credit = 1 Photo edited✓ All unused credits rolloverOn a personal note, I have known Colin for years. Colin is super-passionate about creating PhotoAndVideoEdits.comto help you succeed faster.Best,DanPhotoAndVideoEdits.com | @Hometakes | @PhotoAndVideoEdits | LinkedIn | Twitter
The We Get Around Network Forum is a free, online Community of 10,000+ Matterport Service Providers and Google Street View Trusted Photographers in 100+ Countries.

Case Study: Discover Africa Group Director Andre Van Kets did it. Learn how from a Jedi Master.
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Hi All,Find out how to make money publishing to Google Street View on WGAN-TV Live - at a special time 1 pm ET (GMT -4) for this show - on Tuesday, 10 July 2018.Our guest will be Discover Africa Group Director Andre Van Kets (whom presented at the 2018 Google Street View Summit in Mountain View, CA in May 2018.Discover Africa Group took the lead to map all 19 South Africa National Parks (170 trails) using the Google Trekker in 2016. Discover Africa Group worked closely with South African Tourism, South Africa's official tourism site.Now that there are many 360º 1-click camera solutions - including the NCTech iSTAR Pulsar - for easily capturing reality and publishing to Google Street View, it's time to seriously consider how to make money publishing to Google Street View.And, while Discover Africa Group did not make cash directly from publishing to Google Street View, there are at least a dozen different ways this project help lead to new business for this South Africa based agency.You can watch the two videos (below) to get an overview of exactly what Discover Africa Group championed in South Africa.On WGAN-TV, we will focus on how Discover Africa Group made/makes money publishing to Google Street View. Discover Africa Group capturing and publish South Africa to Google Street View is a great Case Study that will help inspire you to think big: how to charge by the mile instead of the square foot.There are so many ways to make money publishing to Google Street View and in this show we will focus on the benefits of capturing local, state and national parks (and more) - for free - and then publishing this content to Google Street View for free - to make money.About Discover Africa Services✓ Discover Africa - For the luxury traveler looking for the ultimate African experience. Discover Africa makes sure you don’t miss a thing and come back relaxed at the same time. Every traveler's dream.✓ Drive South Africa - For the adventure seeker eager to travel Africa on their own steam. Drive South Africa has 14 years of car, 4×4 and camper experience making sure you get there with experience and reliability at your back.✓ Overlanding Africa - Overlanding means activities and groups and a lot of fun. Perfect for the 20-35 year old looking to explore Africa the ground up. Packed with adventure, experiences and friends.Source: Discover Africa Group websiteAbout Andre Van KetsAndre is co-founder and IT Director of Discover Africa Group. Andre heads up Web Development, Search and Online Marketing. Andre has been working in the online travel industry since 2002.Source: Linkedin---Are you ready to be inspired?Best,Dan
The We Get Around Network Forum is a free, online Community of 10,000+ Matterport Service Providers and Google Street View Trusted Photographers in 100+ Countries.

A surprising, radically different - yet refreshing workflow - for shooting video to make more money.
 
Hi All,Our guest on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) Wednesday, 20 June 2018 is PhotoAndVideoEdits.com Founder Colin Forte.If you want to offer video, but do not want to learn how to edit; or, you are so busy editing that you are ready to outsource video editing, this WGAN-TV Live at 5 show is for you.Colin will demo and discuss PhotoAndVideoEdits.com service for video editing.Specifically:1. Best practices for shooting real estate video to be edited by PhotoAndVideoEdits.com2. A demo of how to upload video to PhotoAndVideoEdits.com3. A discussion about how to make money offering video for residential real estate
Special Offer for WGAN Forum Members✓ FREE! In addition to the 50 FREE Credits when you join, you will automatically receive an additional 50 FREE Credits in your 2nd full month of PhotoAndVideoEdits.com✓ WGAN Forum Welcome Message (as of 14 May 2018) includes how to receive this Membership Benefit (Join the WGAN Forum before 14 May 2018, simply Private Message @DanSmigrod for the how to receive. Please include in your Subject Line: WGAN Forum Benefit: PhotoAndVideoEdits.comSpecial Offer for WGAN Standard and Premium Members✓ FREE! 50 FREE Credits when you join and 35 FREE Credits each month for the following 11 months✓ Please see the WGAN Welcome Onboard Letter for the WGAN PhotoAndVideoEdits.com Order FormOn a personal note, I have known Colin for years. Colin is super-passionate about creating PhotoAndVideoEdits.comto help you succeed faster.So, I am thrilled that the We Get Around Network is able to provide the special offers above for WGAN Forum Members and WGAN Standard and Premium Members. Colin will be my guest on WGAN-TV Live at 5 on Wednesday, 20 June 2018 doing a deep-dive demo and discussion of PhotoAndVideoEdits.comBest,DanPhotoAndVideoEdits.com | @Hometakes | @PhotoAndVideoEdits | LinkedIn | Twitter

Make your competition irrelevant with this business plan that leverages the ThreeSixty Tours platform.
 
Hi All,What's new with ThreeSixty.Tours?ThreeSixty.Tours Co-founders Ross Peterson and Lorenzo Gangi will be my guest on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) this Friday, 15 June 2018.ThreeSixty Tours is a platform to view and share one or more 360º photo spheres and 360º videos (via embedding) and additional content such as:✓ 360º photo spheres (panoramas) via embedding ✓ 360º videos via embedding (host 360º videos on YouTube or Vimeo)✓ Matterport Spaces 3D Tours✓ Videos✓ Photos✓ Shopping (eCommerce)✓ Text✓ Annotate and connect 360º panoramasRelated WGAN Forum Discussions:✓ New! ThreeSixty Tours: 360º Hosting Platform✓ WGAN Forum discussions tagged: ThreeSixty.ToursBest,Dan

Why you will eventually buy this reality capture camera. Hint: charge by the mile: not by SQ FT.
 
Hi All,Will NCTech make news at GEO Business 2018 next week (22-23 May 2018)?UK-Based WGAN Member @@leonvanzweel - a frequent contributor on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT 04) - will be my guest Friday, 25 May 2018 to brief us on any news by NCTech that would be of interest to Matterport Service Providers and Google Street View Pros."all new iSTAR Pulsar, the most powerful, ultra high resolution, fully automatic, mobile 360° imaging system available today," says the NCTech eBlast promoting the NCTech participation at GEO Business 2018. "...find out how iSTAR Pulsar and our VR.World big data processing platform can help you and your business."Plus, Leon will visit with other exhibitors that might be of interest to the WGAN Forum Community.Attending GEO Business 2018? Take notes and join in the discussion with Leon.Related WGAN Network Forum Discussions Tagged:✓ NCTech✓ LASERiris VR✓ SPAR3D17✓ SPAR3D18Best,DanP.S. Plus, here's the news I am expecting at SPAR3D Expo & Conference in early June 2018:✓ Prediction: Matterport + NCTech LASiris VR
The We Get Around Network Forum is a free, online Community of 10,000+ Matterport Service Providers and Google Street View Trusted Photographers in 100+ Countries.

This Matterport trifecta is great news for AEC construction documentation to scale your business. 
Want to learn more about:✓ Leica Geosystems BLK360?✓ Multivista construction documentation services (include using Matterport and the BLK360)✓ BLK360 + Matterport + MultivistaLeica Geosystems and Multivista are both divisions of Hexagon AB.✓ Matterport and Hexagon’s Multivista Partner to Introduce Next Generation of Immersive 3D Media in Construction DocumentationAnd, On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm ET | GMT -4) on Friday, 27 April 2018, our guests are:✓ Brian K. Smith, a Subject Matter Expert on the BLK360 (Product Manager of Emerging Technologies for Multivista and Technologist of Leica Geosystem)✓ Zamon Kingi, Director of Franchise Sales for MultiVistaBrian will be speaking about the BLK360, Matterport and MultiVista integration. Zamon will be speaking about MultiVista.In August 2017, Matterport announced: ✓ Matterport and Hexagon’s Multivista Partner to Introduce Next Generation of Immersive 3D Media in Construction DocumentationAnd, just recently (April 2018), Matterport announced a public beta testing of Leica Geosystems and MatterportI encourage you to Join Virtual Studio Audience to ask your questions for Brian and Zamon directly.Best,Dan--About MultiVista (Source: MultiVista FAQ)Multivista provides visual documentation solutions for construction projects of any size, across all verticals. Our visual documentation specialists are expertly trained to capture construction progress through inspection-grade photos, facility videos, streaming webcams, drone and UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) flights, and 3D scanning.Multivista then preserves a perfect record of your project, at every stage of its lifecycle, by linking the visual records to an interactive set of the plans. Project stakeholders can review the inspection-grade imagery, streaming webcam feeds, and facility videos online for remote monitoring and inspection, QA&QC, training, or verification of as-built conditions.WGAN Forum discussions tagged: BLK360
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The mother of all kerfuffles, discussed by 12 unhappy, broadsided Matterport Service Providers
 
 
Anyone can join the WGAN-TV Mattreport Ecosystem Town Hall on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EST | GMT -5) today, Tuesday, 27 February using this link while the show is live. (In addition to the live broadcast, we are recording the show, so please do not join the show, if you do not want to be recorded.)WGAN-TV Ecosystem Town Hall Format1. A brief intro by me. Then ...2. Question #1: What was your reaction when you heard the news that Matterport was changing the TOS?3. Question #2: What was your reaction when you heard the news that Matterport was rolling back the TOS?4. Question #3: What do you feel that Matterport should do moving forward?4. Question #4: What is on your Matterport "Wish List"?5. Question #5: "Wish List" of how Matterport could turn ragging fans back into raving fans?--✓ Discussion is encouraged✓ Everyone will get an opportunity to speak✓ The first time you speak, please let us know your name, company name - or WGAN Forum Member name - and locationIf Matterport CEO Bill Brown joins the discussion, we invite him to go first and encourage Bill to answer questions.Other topics we should cover during this Matterport Ecosystem Town Hall on WGAN-TV?What to encourage others to watch? Give them the link: www.WGAN-TV.com
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How to scan 100,000 SQ FT before lunch and compare the CUPIX 3D Tour to a BIM model
 
Are you looking for a Matterport alternative?CUPIX enables you to create 3D Tours with any 360º Camera and processing the images using computer vision technology to create a 3D walking experience like a Matterport 3D Tour.It's free while it is in Beta.On WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EST | GMT -5) on Monday, Tuesday, 26 February 2018, CUPIX Director of Sales Scott Anderson will us an update on CUPIX since his last appearance on the show 21 November 2017.Scott will cover the following topics:✓ 3D BIM Support✓ Videogrammetry and 360 Video Support for tour creation.✓ Levels (Floors) Management✓ Animation Programming for a Guided Tour ✓ Customizable Banners for Social Media Posts✓ In Browser Blur Tool✓ Ability to Embed YouTube Videos into Cupix Tour✓ Workspace Collaboration Feature Watch: CUPIX: a Matterport Alternative - an Update Since Our Last Show on WGAN-TV Live at 5 ...
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Zillow is testing the Zillow 3D Home tour service for a nation-wide release by December 2018
 
Zillow is testing the Zillow 3D Home tour service in one market: Phoenix (as of 5 February 2018)"3D Home is a free mobile app that allows homeowners and real estate professionals to capture 3D tours of homes with their iPhones. These 3D Homes are published to a listing’s home details page on Zillow, letting potential buyers virtually walk through the home’s layout and giving agents and sellers a powerful tool to market their listings online," according to the Zillow 3D Home FAQs.Zillow is likely to roll-out Zillow 3D Home Tour nationwide in 2018.Watch WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EST | GMT -5) on Thursday, 22 February 2018 - Zillow 3D Home Tour for Newbies with Steve Lake with the Zillow Photography Program. And, Join the Virtual Studio Audience to ask Steve questions.By the end of the show, you will know everything you need to know to get started with Zillow 3D Home tours, including:✓ How to make money marketing this add-on Zillow and Trulia service to agents and brokers ✓ How to to create a Zillow 3D Home tour using the Zillow 3D Home iOS app using an iPhone✓ How to edit your Zillow 3D Home tour; publish it to a listing to help an agent attract buyers✓ How to embed the Zillow 3D Home tour on your website and/or agent's website✓ How the Zillow 3D Home fits into the existing 3D tour landscape✓ How to use the Zillow 3D Home Dashboard to edit and publish your tour (including linking between 360ºs)✓ How Zillow Cloud processing works✓ Suggested gear/accessories (Tripod, Rotating Head and iPhone mount) (free hosting / free storage)✓ Why Zillow moves 3D Home tours to the top of Zillow search results✓ Why Zillow notifies hundreds of potential buyers via email when your 3D Home tour is published✓ How Zillow will help your real estate agents win new clients (and how that works)✓ How home buyers can search for listings that include 3D Home Tours✓ While agents could DIY Home 3D Tours, why Zillow is reaching out to photographers✓ How long does it take to capture a 3,000 SQ FT home✓ How to become a Zillow Certified Photographer✓ How to create a photographer profile on Zillow✓ Best practices for shooting 360ºs (including some "do not's"✓ Check list before shooting✓ Tips for capturing 360º in different size rooms✓ How to connect 360ºs into a tour✓ How you will know that your Zillow 3D Home Tour is ready to review✓ How to edit label names✓ How to change the directional arrows✓ How to make the Zillow 3D Tour live on Zillow✓ How to add a collaborator for post production✓ The difference between a Zillow Certified Pro and Zillow Select ProZillow 3D Home Links✓ Zillow 3D Home✓ Zillow 3D Home Instructional Guide✓ Zillow 3D Home FAQs✓ Zillow 3D Home Guidelines
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Real Estate Agents and Brokers care about getting and winning (and bigger) listing presentations.
 
You bought a Matterport Camera without any experience in residential real estate.
So, how do you pitch residential real estate agents?
We Get Around Network Forum Founder Dan Smigrod takes you through the pitch, including:
Get more listings
Win more listing presentations
Get bigger, premium listings
Win more and bigger premium listings more often
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Real Estate Photographer? Real Estate Agent? Techie? The answers may surprise (and save you).
 
We Get Around Network Forum Founder Dan Smigrod takes you through five scenarios to help you decide.
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