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★ New Book: 101+ Use Cases for Creating a Digital Twin

TomSparks

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3 hoursMeidansha (1146): I will make a book review. Might take me awhile. I hope to get it to you after I get answer to your email template.

★ WGAN Forms Library is live — 6 months free for first 25 members

TomSparks

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16 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/cf7e7efb0418a9f90c074870f60d62a0.png Introducing the WGAN Forms Library — 32+ professional forms for capture pros Hey All! I'm excited to launch something I've been working on: the WGAN Forms Library — a curated library of contracts, releases, invoices, quotes, intake checklists, and operational templates built specifically for our industry. You know the drill. A new...

★ Imagen for Real Estate Joins WGAN as Marketing Partner

TomSparks

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27 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/8481ad0840aafa37977b0537c0e6ea98.png Imagen is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner Imagen for Real Estate Joins WGAN as Marketing Partner Published by: We Get Around Network | Marketing Partner Announcement I'm glad to share that Imagen is now a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner. Imagen has launched Imagen for Real Estate, a browser-based AI photo editing...

★ Realsee Joins We Get Around Network as Marketing Partner — Plus First Look

TomSparks

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1 monththreeninemedia (51): I have Realsee M2 camera for 3 years and am very satisfied with it as well as the features that Realsee offers - I do commercial and construction projects with it mostly and it never let me down.

★ Stop Guessing on Your Quotes: Free WGAN 3D Tour Price Calculator

TomSparks

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2 monthsTomSparks (1799): @vrephoto HA! lucky guess. thanks! anything you'd like to see added? any constructive criticism? tom

What's New in Prop Tech: June 30, 2026

TomSparks

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1 hourTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/0e6b6b3627b5efd2e28339dfcc195253.jpg What's New in Prop Tech: June 30, 2026 Good morning, All. Here is today's roundup of prop tech news for real estate photographers and 3D virtual tour pros. 3D Capture Hardware and Software DJI Officially Details Osmo Pocket 4P at Malta Launch Event, 17 Stops Dynamic Range, D-Log2, Dual Lenses Source: Engadget, June 29, 2026 (Malta...

Giraffe360 Camera Evolution

Amy

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3 hoursAmy (99): [url=www.WGAN.info/giraffe360-pro] Giraffe360[/url] is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner Hey all, thought you'd appreciate this quick look back we did on our previous models, and how we evolved with each generation of camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLbiWRpzbQ

Who Is Vibe Coding in Our Community? what are you making?

TomSparks

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23 hoursVREAgent (4): Tom — yes, guilty. I've gone all the way down this hole. Most of you here make the Matterport scans. What I've been building sits on top of them: a multilingual AI guide that lives inside the tour and walks a buyer through the home in their own language. An international buyer clicks in and, instead of a silent dollhouse, it feels like someone is actually showing them the place. I call it the VRE Agent; the conversational version is...

Using ChatGPT to make your professional headshot.

TomSparks

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4 daysGladsmuir (800): Hi Tom, What a splendid idea!!!! So glad I gave up supplying corporate portraits decades ago! In the spirit of sharing my version attached!!! Oliver https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/3bbbe74f063885c627b8ecd253046342.png https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/084798b2d910f9a44f7dca2eb73778d1.jpg

Realsee Galois P4: Field Demo Scanning Buildings and Point Clouds

TomSparks

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4 daysRealwalk3D (168): Hi, I'd like to see this scan as a product, as separate 360 ​​panoramas, and as a point cloud. Could you provide this data for me to review?

Insta360 Ace Pro: the best action cam and good for 3DGS and even 360

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5 daysWingman (4777): I have forgotten to give a link to SparkFun RTK Express plus receiver. If somebody wants it DigiKey has 1 left in stock Here is a link It is $610 in USD which is only about $11 more than RRP from SparkFun. Even though they may add your state/country sales tax. If you need a cable and an antenna please let me know and I will provide a link to what cable and antenna to buy.

Geo Week News "Field Reality" Survey — Closes June 26

TomSparks

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6 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/0b5443dfd1e642232a7dfdfb1f50540a.jpg Geo Week is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner Geo Week News "Field Reality" Survey to Capture Geospatial Industry Challenges Practitioners across the geospatial industry invited to share workflow experiences; survey incentive period closes June 26 PORTLAND, Maine, June 24, 2026 — Geo Week News announced a final call to...

Measured On-Site. Instantly Ready in 2020 Design.

InnoDraw

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6 daysInnoDraw (40): InnoDraw is a Third Party Service Marketing Partner. This space was captured in the field and instantly converted into a 2020 Design-ready file. Walls, dimensions, utilities, and room details are already in place—so it opens as though it was originally created in 2020 Design. No rebuilding. No redrawing. Just ready to design. www.innodraw.com https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/4752c204c634ea025c64947012af1fd2.jpg...

Realsee: One Capture, Multiple Deliverables for Your Clients

TomSparks

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7 daysTomSparks (1799): Realsee is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner One of the questions I get most often from people (clients, other photographers) is whether a single capture session can serve more than one client need. Realsee is worth a look here, because the platform is built to support multiple deliverables from your scan data rather than locking you into one output format. That flexibility matters when the same property has to satisfy a listing...

Robots for 360 photographer to automate or semi automate capturing process

Wingman

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8 daysDanSmigrod (32546): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/b0ca0799abb8cff726a08a1150bebe19.png FX Navi, EAI Quadruped Robot for Companion, STEM Education and Personalized AI Experiences Wingman Another robot for a 360 camera. Dan

Drone Maintenance checklist

lilnitsch

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8 daysron0987 (3985): @lilnitsch I do the once over to see if the props are loose but now I guess a second check of the screws are needed. Not a good feeling, does not make for a good day, sorry to hear this, but thank you for sharing it may help others and save thousands.

What's New in Prop Tech: June 22, 2026

TomSparks

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8 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/8b57bdeb6de1b8ee501d936fdc0c1a6d.jpg What's New in Prop Tech: June 22, 2026 Hi All, Here is today's roundup of prop tech news for real estate photographers and 3D virtual tour pros. 3D Capture Hardware and Software Insta360 Luna Ultra Review: An Excellent Vlogging Camera With a Few Caveats Source: PetaPixel, June 18, 2026 PetaPixel's full review lands a week after...

What's the best next-step camera after the Matterport Pro2?

Casey_Clark

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9 daysCasey_Clark (7): Thanks Tom and Ron for taking the time to share your thoughts here — really appreciate it. Tom, your channel looks great, I’ll definitely spend some time going through the videos. Ron, really appreciate you sharing such detailed real-world experience. Coming from someone who’s used the Pro2, Pro3, and Realsee in both residential and commercial work, that kind of feedback carries a lot of weight. The part about getting help on a live...

Insta360 kinda sucks

sdubose99

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9 dayslilnitsch (6723): Honestly, I never liked insta360 in the Matterport ecosystem. Outside of an actual Matterport camera Ricoh’s z1 or theta x are the best 360 cameras to use ~ z1 can struggle with yellowing in some extreme lighting conditions of which I haven’t noticed as much on the theta X but the x is a newer piece of hardware

iPad M1 Pro still good enough?

JasonZ

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10 daysMeshImages (3320): Oliver, thanks for the AEC perspective - definitely one of the more demanding use cases. From my day-to-day Pro3 work on large projects (trade fair locations with sometimes 200.000 sqft + per model) I'd like to add the following remarks: 1| The 5GB per-app cap was true for the early M1 releases, but Apple expanded it since iPadOS 15+, so modern pro apps can request more on high-memory models. The 5GB limit is outdated. 2| Matterport...

Realsee Galois P4: My first scan, deliverable review, tour link.

TomSparks

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11 daysTomSparks (1799): Realsee is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner https://youtu.be/hBdQI0Lr5-Q In this video I run a complete start-to-finish workflow walkthrough of the Realsee Galois P4, captured against the Matterport Pro3 in the same hotel room for a true apples-to-apples comparison. If you shoot hotels, hospitality, or residential spaces and want to see how the P4 holds up against a go-to like Matterport, this covers the full capture process...

Backend and email marketing system?

JasonZ

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11 daysJasonZ (525): @TomSparks Yeah,I use Brevo too. Was helping my wife with her CRM, she's a Realtor, and I was kike why don't we have anything cool specific for our needs, lol. Would be awesome if it was combined with Rela HQ where there's a drip campaign for new clients requesting reviews. Or the platform scrapes your CRM and sends out templated emails for clients that don't order virtual tours or drone shots stating the benefits of them....

Questions for Realsee? P4 VS. Matterport Pro3 .e57 file conversation

TomSparks

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12 daysvrephoto (137): Beyond just the differences, I would be interested in how to easily communicate them to whoever is hiring me to capture the data. When I'm hired by a property or construction company there is often a huge disconnect between them (who are hiring me) and their architect who receives a matterport link and then asks, "what am I supposed to do with this?"

Matterport Pro Wanted: Wildwood, NJ

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12 daysIFTI_Lindsey (981): IFTI PROVision has Help Wanted Privileges in the WGAN Forum | Text Me When a Help Wanted Post Appears in the WGAN Forum --- https://e3effa51eee72fd900e3-2fb779bd12ec72d4612275342f2c9187.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/caa2a9be5d688037c5ac8e0695bc94d1.png IFTI/PROvision Solutions https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=yd2XRcCEh9AMatterport Digital Twin by IFTI/PROvision Solutions Hi All! IFTI/PROvision Solutions has a need for Matterport...

LiDAR Scanners/Camera: Speed, Quality, Density, or Deliverables?

TomSparks

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14 days3DVirtuallyThere (117): Does it have an offline desktop viewer, for those clients that don't want the tour online.

Pixlmob AI+Human

JasonZ

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14 daysJasonZ (525): Anyone have any experience with Pixlmob AI+Human edits? Tried a AI editing provider the past couple months, but having to kick back a lot of edits for color correction. Have a feeling like everything else AI, it's best done in tandem with a actual person. Love the speed of the AI, and when it works it's great. But it seems to only work really well if the walls are white or gray. Had a lot of rooms where beige is just turned completely...

New to the WGAN Forum? Please introduce yourself

DanSmigrod

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15 daysCasey_Clark (7): Hey all, Casey here, a real estate photographer. Been shooting residential and some higher-end properties for a while now.Saying hello and glad to join the forum. Looking forward to learning from everyone here. Cheers.

Recommend affordable 360 camera for Matterport

sdubose99

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15 dayssdubose99 (173): Thanks everyone, I just ordered the Insta360 x5

From onsite measure to 2020 Design-ready — Instantly!

InnoDraw

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16 daysInnoDraw (40): InnoDraw is a Third Party Service Marketing Partner. This InnoDraw job turned one field visit into a complete kitchen and small bath project, including CAD drawings, 3D views, and production visuals. No redraws. No missing dimensions. No slow handoff. Just accurate field data transformed into usable design files right away. That means faster starts, cleaner projects, and fewer surprises for kitchen and bath teams. This is...

What's your job?

TomSparks

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17 daysMeidansha (1146): @seeit360 nice to see all 3 hands on the job!

What's New in Prop Tech: June 12, 2026

TomSparks

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17 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/6db0e13ad11e516e84716064957e88a4.jpg What's New in Prop Tech: June 12, 2026 Hi All! Here is today's roundup of prop tech news for real estate photographers and 3D virtual tour pros. 3D Capture Hardware and Software Insta360 Luna Ultra Lands in the US, 8K Dual-Cam Pocket Gimbal With a Leica Summicron Lens, $770 Source: Digital Camera World, June 10, 2026 Insta360's...

Historic 1/2 Billion in Real Estate Presold with VR

Hopscotch

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18 daysinmerso3D (154): @Hopscotch Great!

Mike at Matterfix.io saved the day for me!

TomSparks

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18 daysMatterFix (678): Thanks for the kind words @gamelLarry, @Home3D & @TomSparks!

Video: Realsee Galois P4: 16-Second LiDAR Scans Field Tested

TomSparks

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19 daysTomSparks (1799): Matterport Pro3 tour https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=5XMLJCo39P7

Matterport Publicly Challenges Zillow Over Tour Ban

TomSparks

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19 daysHome3D (4361): My two cents. All platforms that injest MLS data, photos, and more should be REQUIRED to display all the visual marketing that is placed on the MLS. They should be prohibited from picking and choosing what to show (photos?) and what not to show (this tour or that tour). You want the MLS media? Then you have to display it all.

How To Price 360 Tours

JayInLA

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19 daysTomSparks (1799): Take a look at: https://calc.wgan.info/ Free pricing tool for Matterport, iGUIDE (PLANIX Pro and R1), Giraffe360 Pro Camera, and Realsee Galois (M2 and P4) photographers. Pick a scanner, enter property details, set your rate — get an instant quote. No signup.

Do 3D Tour Clients Now Want Floor Plans, CAD Files, Point Clouds & Panos?

TomSparks

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20 daysTomSparks (1799): @rhelling. I agree you do scan a space different for marketing vs aec.

From Kitchen/Bath Field Measure to 2020 Design — Instantly

InnoDraw

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20 daysInnoDraw (40): InnoDraw is a Third Party Service Marketing Partner. A recent InnoDraw job: kitchen plus small bathroom, measured onsite and converted instantly into a 2020 Design-ready project. From one field visit, the customer received: Kitchen layout Small bathroom layout 2020 Design file CAD drawings 3D views Visual files for review, design, and production No redraws. No waiting for measurements to be interpreted later. No back-and-forth...

What's New in Prop Tech: June 4, 2026

TomSparks

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26 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/ed91094a917111a01e602cbc2ba91653.jpg What's New in Prop Tech: June 4, 2026 Hi All. Here is today's roundup of prop tech news for real estate photographers and 3D virtual tour pros. Busy stretch on the AI side and on state-level pushback against private listing networks. AI in Real Estate Photography and Tours Realtor.com Launches RealAssist AI Built on Google...

Realsee Galois P4 Review - From a 3-Year Galois M2 User

threeninemedia

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26 daysthreeninemedia (51): Realsee is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner I've been using the Realsee Galois M2 for about 3 years now. It successfully replaced Matterport for me and I've used it across all kinds of projects - residential, commercial, industrial spaces, and more. Recently got a chance to test the new Galois P4 and put together a full video covering the unboxing, M2 vs P4 comparison, real scan footage, Console walkthrough, and...

Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2027

TomSparks

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26 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/43149e0127ebd2c7a61f328871556c10.jpg Geo Week is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2027 The organizers of Geo Week — the premier conference and tradeshow for geospatial and mapping professionals — have announced the influential industry leaders joining the 2027 Advisory Board. The board recommends conference topics and speakers, consults...

Matterport Pro3 owners: what would make you switch LiDAR scanners?

TomSparks

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27 daysFathom3D (177): So far the Pro3 is unbeatable when I combine price, ease, and output. I would consider switching if another product met two of those and significantly improved the third.

A kitchen measure is no longer just a measure.

InnoDraw

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27 daysInnoDraw (40): InnoDraw is a Third Party Service Marketing Partner. With InnoDraw, onsite measurements can be converted instantly into a complete 2020 Design-ready project. This project went from field measurements to: ✅ 2020 Design layout ✅ Electrical plan ✅ CAD drawings ✅ 3D model ✅ Visual files for design and production No redraws. No delays. No guessing. Just accurate field data turned directly into a working design...

What's New in Prop Tech: June 1, 2026

TomSparks

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29 daysTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/a503659142dea7dbf3d092f542b2ee44.jpg What's New in Prop Tech: June 1, 2026 Hi All! Here is today's roundup of prop tech news for real estate photographers and 3D virtual tour pros. Quiet stretch on the hardware side, but a busy few days for M&A and funding. Industry News, Funding, and M&A CoStar Officially Strikes $800M Deal to Acquire Zonda Source: Inman, May 29,...

From Field Measurements to 2020 Design — Instantly, Onsite

InnoDraw

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30 daysInnoDraw (40): InnoDraw is a Third Party Service Marketing Partner. Most kitchen projects still require measurements to be redrawn back at the office before design work can begin. This project shows a different approach. Using InnoDraw, the kitchen was measured onsite and converted directly into a complete 2020 Design file—right at the job site. No manual redraws. No CAD reconstruction. No delays. From a single measurement session,...

The new Realsee Galois P4

ron0987

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1 monthron0987 (3985): Realsee is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner I recently had the opportunity to test the new Realsee P4 camera after closely following its development and the technical upgrades from the M2. When Realsee reached out and asked me to evaluate the P4, I was both surprised and genuinely excited. I conducted a full comparison test, which I’ll share in a separate post. From the start, the P4 was extremely easy to use. The new capture...

What's New in Prop Tech: May 28, 2026

TomSparks

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1 monthTomSparks (1799): https://ninja-post-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/24cac6efdf0e78aabe7929f4a453e1ba.jpg What's New in Prop Tech: May 28, 2026 Hi All! Here is today's roundup of prop tech news for real estate photographers and 3D virtual tour pros. 3D Capture Hardware and Software DJI Releases Independent OnDefend Security Assessment as FCC Ban Decision Looms Source: DroneDJ, May 28, 2026 DJI published the findings of what it calls the most...

From Field Measurement to 2020 Design — Right at the Job Site

InnoDraw

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1 monthInnoDraw (40): InnoDraw is a Third Party Service Marketing Partner. Most kitchen measurements still end with someone going back to the office to rebuild everything manually in 2020. This project shows a different workflow. Using InnoDraw, the kitchen was digitally measured onsite and converted directly into a fully usable 2020 Design file — right at the job site. Not later. Not after CAD cleanup. Not after a redraw. Immediately...

Video: Realsee Galois P4 Unboxing → First Look at the New 24K LiDAR Camera

TomSparks

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1 monthTomSparks (1799): Video: Realsee Galois P4 Unboxing → First Look at the New 24K LiDAR Camera Realsee is a We Get Around Network Marketing Partner TL;DR: The Realsee Galois P4 just landed on my doorstep, and I unboxed every piece of the kit on camera. This is part one of a multi-video Galois P4 field-test series on the WGAN-TV YouTube channel — powered-on walkthrough, first capture, and head-to-head comparisons all coming next. Watch the video:...

Wall Thickness and Elevations drawings from Matterport Scan - Residential

fakharimran

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1 monthfakharimran (43): @Wingman Thanks a lot. I was having some performance issues with cloudcompare besides my 16G vram and in the end I got e57 file working in Recap (trial version) and it worked like a breeze. The auto register process was quick and also trimming was very fast. I exported the file with 10mm point difference which dramatically reduced the pointcloud file size. Thanks a lot for all helping me out and stay blessed.