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Is this really something the real estate market wants though? The point of using styled and meticulously chosen images is to entice people to visit the property in person. I think it’s hard to fall for a home because you saw it through virtual reality.

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It is, yes. If you browse zillow you'll find many homes have 3D views attached. These are often image-sphere captures that you can painfully move through by clicking. While I agree that full res photos can be more appealing, the user experience with SMERF is so much better it might leave end users with a more positive feeling about a property and thus increase the chances of a sale.

> I think it’s hard to fall for a home because you saw it through virtual reality.

I think if you take this 1-2 steps further and combine this with halucinating already owned furniture, or furniture that matches the prospective buyers taste into the property, this will make it a lot easier to fall for a home.

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