If you visit MyTechOpinon often you’ll know that we stick very closely to our niche—Technology for Real Estate. So when we recently learned of Microsoft’s new “Surface” device, we automatically started thinking how this revolutionary new “coffee table computer” could affect real estate agents. With this device comes a change from the way we have historically done computing through standard keyboard and mouse. Surface allows the users to navigate the computer by figure touch. It has a similar look to the iPhone screen but in a full table computer. Amazing! The unit will wirelessly sync devices, thumb through media, zoom and view photos; the list goes on and on. Since we focus on Real Estate Technology lets take a few guesses at how this could help real estate agents:
- Dynamically zoom in and out of neighborhoods using your finger tips to point out neighborhoods and close parks for interested buyers
- Video home tours navigated with the touch and drag of a finger. Want to zoom-in and stretch a room to see it in a bigger scale? The consumer will interact with the home.
- With Surface integrated into a conference room table, an agent could set their camera on the screen and have their new listing photos effortlessly appear. The real estate agent could stretch and zoom the photos for impact while he/she highlights the properties for fellow agents.
The list goes on and on…how do you think real estate agents will utilize the Surface?
Take a look at this video from Popular Mechanics on the Microsoft Surface:
…William Gibson said the future arrives unevenly…Linda Ellerbee said, "and so it goes…"Redmond has obviously been playing with the future-our future-long before we saw this vlog piece. The guy running Perceptive Pixel was obviously ahead of them in this roughly paralell universe.While all of this has been going on-where have We been? Waiting – the single most monastic task in a compressed generation. We all wait alone; plugged into where everyone else is-or so we think. There are more people doing Something Else in our Here than we realize.A short answer for Realtor apps – virtual tours, sticky-still photos, anyway, fit this to the smack. Imagine a virtual tour holodeck style – Duh. Wear it. Open the cupboard doors or stroll onto the deck overlooking the waterfont. Check out the schools. Scratch and sniff.The balance – well, where is the fulcrum?I gotta go.Obeoman
Did you see that movie Minority Report? I swear this is science-fiction-come-to-life…but I guess that's what technology is.Sure I can imagine standing in a conference room conducting an interactive map search of available listings with my hands on a wall – I just didn't think it was reality.Tell "NikNik" I'm looking for her at Starbucks.
Wow, we just did virtually the same post. (you beat us though). I guess great minds think alike