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4/10/2000 BeThereNow's Revolutionary 3D Virtual Reality Technology To Be Showcased on LoopNet
BeThereNow's Revolutionary 3D Virtual Reality Technology To Be Showcased on LoopNet
Seattle, WA - April 10, 2000 - Be There Now, Inc., offering the Internet's first fully interactive Virtual Reality experience, today announced an agreement to showcase its Viewset technology on LoopNet, the Internet's leading commercial real estate marketplace. By utilizing BeThereNow® Viewsets, LoopNet's brokers can maximize their listing's impact by providing the closest thing to being there for prospective buyers.
BeThereNow® Viewsets are high-resolution, photo-realistic, fully interactive 3D models that are designed to run on a standard PC and offer total freedom of movement. Current "virtual" technologies are based on 360° "bubble-world" views or full-motion videos that restrict the user experience to rotating left/right or zooming in/out. BeThereNow's Viewsets, created from standard photographs or digital images using a patented conversion process, create a truly virtual experience. A user has the option of looking down on a space from above, rotating and changing the viewing angle at will, or moving down into the space and walking freely from room to room-all while maintaining a spatially accurate perspective.
"The demand for virtual experiences has already been established, but currently available technologies are visually unrealistic and restrict the viewer's movement," said Sean Seago, CEO of BeThereNow. "Our technology will enable a future where you can discover New York City, explore Egypt's Pyramids, or, in the case of LoopNet, tour an investment property-all from the comfort of your home/office."
BeThereNow's scalable technology has numerous applications for LoopNet's commercial brokers. Not only will they find Viewsets helpful for enabling clients to take their own virtual tours, but also for leading guided tours of several clients at once. Because multiple viewers from different locations can access the same Viewset via the Internet, an agent in San Francisco could lead buyers in Tokyo, Hawaii and Florida on a guided tour of a property in New York.
To see this technology in action for commercial real estate buyers, go to www.loopnet.com and select the Virtual Tour Center.