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Re: Virtual Tours
Andy Anderson 2008-Jul-17 20:12:00
John,
The work I do is able to be marketed relatively inexpensive, but has become valued by my customers. We have a market of people moving to and from our area on a wholesale basis. We are located next door to Ft Hood, a very large Army base.
Our fellow members have stimulated me to look into the craft a bit deeper. I must say in the future, I plan to get involved with 3D Virtual tours. This sofar has been a hobby that is paying for itself. I myself also sell Real Estate, so do not have all the time in the world. But, soon plan on retireing and then will have more time doing something that I love.
Andy Anderson
Killeen, TX
Where the Stars Shine Big and Bright
"No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive"
----- Original Message -----
From: johndlvo
To: #removed#
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Virtual Tours
Hi Andy, welcome to the WWPano Group. Your intro 'virtual reality' -
real estate presentation seems to be a viable way to present real
estate. The question then becomes...is it working?
Personally, I find that most people, including many who get excited
about QTVR or Immersive Imaging when they first experience it, and who
then develop the passion to learn how to do it, fail to recognize the
subtle underlying value of what this kind of visual communication is
all about.
In a phrase, it is about "Pull versus Push". When you watch a
television show, a video presentation, a linear slide show or in most
cases go into a gallery and look at flat 2D images, you are
experiencing "Push" - the content is designed to have you see it the
way the author, art director, or creative director saw it and put it
together.
Immersive Images or QuickTime VR panoramas, cylindrical or spherical
panoramas, 360? or otherwise, that are displayed by whatever player,
are "Pull" communication. They invite and motivate the viewer to
interact with the content on their own terms, thereby deriving more
from the content, or something more personal from the content than
flat or video, flash presentation images that are pushed at them.
Interaction is the key to what drives the excitement, value, and
experience from interactive media such as QTVR or Immersive Images.
If "a picture is worth a thousand words", a fully immersive 360?
interactive image is certainly 'worth' exponentially much more, as it
involves the viewers own vision and motivation to look farther,
deeper, and in all directions.
Cheers,
John Dobbins
N4m Design & Immersive Imaging
http://www.n4mdesign.com/
--- In #removed#, "Andy Anderson" <andyanderson179@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Just joined, my panorama's usually are in the form of Realestate
> virtual tours. Am learning the basics of Real Estate photography, if
> there are others of this bent, I would like to hear from you.
>
> http://vt.realbiz360.com/MLS-54493.html here is an example of my work.
>
> Andy Anderson
> Killeen, TX
> Where the stars shine big and bright
>
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