3D Realty - Virtual Tours - Virtual Reality

[John Lindemann]

We have been looking for properties to purchase for a while now and I've started to notice a new trend of taking "pictures" for listings.  More and more listings are showing 3D tours where you can click your way through a house and pivot from each point to look around.  I watched a cool video this morning on CNET: Using VR to Find a New Apartment and it made me wonder if this is a tool I could utilize for my rental listings.  Has anybody done this?

I have gotten good feedback from my current renters because I post an accurate floor plan for each house when I list it online along with many photos that are labeled corresponding to the floor plan.  That makes it easy for a prospective tenant to "walk-through" the house online without wasting my time to come look at it and then not liking the layout.

Our homes are in the $1,000/mo rent range so while a loft in NYC may warrant hiring a professional photographer our properties generally won't.  Does anybody know of a tool (software or hardware) that could utilize photo/video from a normal camera or iPhone/android?

I searched the forums and the only mention I could find is from @Kevin Loh's business.  (Can't figure out how to tag him...)

I think this could help set my properties apart from others in the area and potentially save me headache of showing people that would not be interested.

Thanks in advance!