How to Matterport | Matterport Residential Property Scan | Start up business

[@adventureuav]

This is the video Matterport should have made themselves! Thank you for walking us through step by step and giving reasons why, this was immensely more helpful than anything Matterport put out.

[@illini360media]

Glad it was helpful!

[@CasillesBeeckman]

If you can wear high quality *gtdupe* . for 200-500 USD then why not. Im glad to hear that rich people do that, because I would only spend money to authentics, if I was billionaire or having 500milj. on my bank account. That´s never gonna happen.

[@rubabkarim8292]

I'm starting out in this business myself, and I have to say thank you Craig for taking the time and effort to elaborately give us a walkthrough of how you yourself would proceed to tackle a job similar to this. I'm almost certain this is beneficial to not only me, but a plethora of Matterport geeks out there. Cheers!

[@illini360media]

I appreciate the kind words and thank you for supporting!

[@DJIfootagelife]

How much can one charge to do the virtual tour for a client

[@CasillesBeeckman]

Mi neniam estis seniluziigita kun *gtdupe* . bags tote. ?iufoje kiam mi uzas mansakon, mi sentas, ke mi posedas arta.

[@jerrymerry1190]

Greetings from Germany! Thank you so much, this helped way more than anything on the Matterport website!

[@cihanyildiz9]

You’re a good dude. Wish you all the best with your business. Thank you for all the information.

[@illini360media]

Appreciate it!

[@CasillesBeeckman]

I used to think luxury could only be seen from a distance. It wasn’t until I met *gtdupe* that I discovered that beauty is so within reach.

[@nicholasfevelo3041]

This was so thorough! Thanks !

[@Aywhatyoudoing]

"im not being sneaky im just hiding!" had me laughing thanks for the video!

[@CasillesBeeckman]

pend $20,000 on a handbag instead of $200 on a Spend $20,000 on a handbag instead of $200 on a bag. Spending $20,000 on a handbag is worse than spending $200 on a replica *gtdupe* bag. Then invest the remaining $19,800. The obvious choice, since a $20,000 bag is unlikely to appreciate in value

[@davidalanmedia]

Awesome walkthrough. Thank you so much!

[@AndreaR-i6l]

As a new matter port owner not really knowing how and where to start this was extremely informative. It took a lot of the unknown out and I feel ready for my first scan. Thanks so much!

[@MayankBadhan]

May you get thousand and thousands of subscribers my friend! Great video and I learned a lot from this video.

[@illini360media]

Thank you my friend

[@sanviki1]

Such a great demonstration. Thank you. Can you walk in VR with Occulus and make a recording if you can. Just wish to visualize the quality and feel in VR.

[@marcomark8]

This video answered a lot of questions I had and some questions that I didn't know I needed to ask. Very well explained through each step visually and audibly. One of my take aways was, the camera should be looking the natural way you would be looking if you were to walk in the room. In my case the front lens would be pointing in that direction. I can see how that would visually make more sense when someone is using the tour. I will be much more prepared on my next job. Thank you!

[@illini360media]

Glad the video helped answer some questions! You can actually turn the camera any way you want as it takes perfect 360 images however, I always face the camera towards the subject and press scan so the camera starts scanning while I’m taking the 2-3 seconds to hide out of view!

[@apeshitclothing]

💯

[@theprospercompany2162]

Thanks so much for this video! We currently have a photography business and just branched into 360/3D images and your video helped SO MUCH! I just finished using the camera with Matterport and uploaded it. Will see what comes back. Thanks again :) Super helpful!

[@illini360media]

Let me know how it turns out and if you have any questions!

[@denisebyrum1260]

Thank you for sharing your valuable advice! I will be using to help scan a large facility, but there were lots of tidbits of wisdom.

[@illini360media]

You are so welcome!

[@mikeledger2614]

This was so awesome, the perfect tutorial, I’m ready to try my first job in a few days now. I just followed along step by step in my house to create a sample and boom, done! I appreciate all the little advices, like, running up the stairs to save however many seconds. I value my time. Also I’d hire someone like you in a second. Meticulous and professional. I hope to achieve the same, thanks for the help! You rock!

[@illini360media]

Hey Mike, I appreciate the kind words and support. When you do your first job, dont' over think it, just do it and everything will work out!

[@jadenmartinez8192]

how is the business going?

[@manuelrobaina6264]

Thank you very much for this excellent explanatory video. It is really helpful.

[@masonwebb2370]

You are a legend - nice work man!

[@illini360media]

lol thank you!

[@CasillesBeeckman]

Why would someone who has been buying from the brand for years or even decades suddenly have to pay 50-60% more for the exact same item? Inflation cannot justify this. It's like the brand is deceiving the consumer. On *gtdupe* , the bags sold are priced lower but of higher quality, so you might as well go there.

[@XavierJacome01]

Such a great information, when ever you can teach us how to shot outside the 360 and how to put them on the tour

[@stangardiner1829]

This is awesome thank you, I just bought my pro2

[@illini360media]

Congrats & good luck!!

[@TropicalIslandHomestead]

Great video! Thank you Craig. Any advise on connecting to the outside?

[@LdeJ412]

Thanks this was really informative and presented great.

[@illini360media]

Thank you !!

[@rushxgarcia3494]

I love the detailed lessons here. You did amazing with this video!! Subscribe guys! He went out and beyond free lessons here we owe him that much!

[@rinusheemskerk]

Did my first try in my home. Works really fast and precise. I am a Bim manager and the measurements are really close to when I measure with my leica laser

[@illini360media]

Nice, thanks for letting me know

[@jenweya]

He man, amazing video! Thank you so much. I really appreciate it, from Townsville QLD in Australia!

[@illini360media]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@psfphotography]

Thank you so much for your incredibly detailed and informative video!! I am working toward a second career after job loss & a health crisis and I think that 3D imaging is going to be it. I look forward to watching your other videos in the next days.

[@illini360media]

Thank you, Paul!

[@psfphotography]

@@illini360media Do you happen to know if a person purchases a Matterport camera, do they have to use Matterport to render tours & floorplans?

[@illini360media]

@@psfphotography great question- to make a true 3D Matterport tour, you do have to use a Matterport camera and Matterport platform. However, you can use your matterport camera to capture 360° images, export those from matterport download tab, and import those into other virtual tour platforms like KUULA to connect & create a 360° virtual tour. For the floor plans, you can use any 3rd party floor plan system / company as matterport doesn’t create them. Matterport uses the company “Cubicasa” to create floor plans - which anyone can use as well. Going a step further, If you have/get a newer iPhone or iPad with a LiDAR camera, you can actually scan the property and have a floor plan created from the LiDAR info.

[@kraven4444]

good video. What about doors? do you open them fully? even ones in the distance as you are getting closer and closer? I imagine it's strange if in one image it's closed. Then in a closer image it's now open. Speaking of doors. Closets. Do you take a scan point right in front of a closet? Again does having the closet doors closed in a further image, then open when you get close, cause confusion with the final stitching?

[@illini360media]

Great questions! I never scan closets unless I’m requested and if I do, I open up the closet doors in all the bedrooms before I start. A floor plan can still be drawn up without scanning closets. The only doors I scan doing the “open / closed” method would be basement stairs and garage entrances. An easy way to do that would be to scan the space with the doors closed and before you move to a different space, take a scan near the door with the door half open, then another closer with it fully open, then another inside that door way. The space will decide if you have to do additional scans to make it work but that’s generally how you do it. After you process the space, you can remove the extra scan points in front of the door, to keep only the “fully open door” scan visible. It actually looks great when a viewer is walking around a house, gets close to a garage door, it opens, and they walk in seamlessly. There are no stitching issues in the final product using the open/closed door method. matterport has that down!

[@lolabanky3305]

Thank you for taking the time to teach this valuable lesson. I am grateful for your time. I just bought Matterport Pro 2, can you please let me know where to buy the iPad carrier you have around your neck? is IPAD pro 11 inch or 12.9 inch the best for shooting Matterport? thank you so much for all you do.

[@illini360media]

Here is the link to some of the products I use: www.illini360.com/toolbox/ The case and strap for ipad is towards the middle of the page! I use a 11 inch iPad Pro. This is perfect for commercial / bigger jobs requiring a lot of scan points. For standard houses, I now use my iPhone 13 pro max. My iPhone works great with the matterport app and hasnt given me any issues. I now prefer to use my iPhone over my iPad!

[@NickPeitsch]

I'm curious how your business is performing using the Matterport camera over a year later!?

[@illini360media]

I understand this is a late response, but business is going very well. Now have a full time photographer/tech on my team to handle the volume.

[@digitalsolutionsZA]

Thank you very much, this is a great tutorial!

[@illini360media]

Thank you for watching!

[@ivanconsulting6081]

Very helpful... also watched Meet Kevin some time back and want to build this biz.. Thanks for making this video... I see the Pro3 just came out, expensive but looks cool 😎.. Ime an expat living in Philippines and think I could make it work here.

[@Velibor55]

Great video, thank you so much!

[@RetroWolf_YT]

Fantastic video man this helped alot

[@illini360media]

Nice! Glad it helped & thanks for watching!

[@RichardFWilson]

Great Video but you did make me go all "queezy" when you had that camera at the top of the steps and you turned towards the filming camera to talk and you were arm gesticulating... So Q: I use a z1 on a microphone stand ( round heavy bottom weighted ) as preference to a tripod. But - I see that if I were to get a Pro2 that stand would not take the weight of the Pro2. So - if I were to get a Pro2 for higher quality scans - would you happen to know if it is possible to then switch out, when needed, to the Z1 such as when on stairs or to make easier to hide from bathroom mirrors etc and then switch back to the pro2 for the rest of the house???

[@illini360media]

ha! I now have 2 Matterport pro2 scanners, one has been dropped 2-3 times by techs on my team. So far, they are still working great! There are services to "re-calibrate" and fix scanners if they break when they fall (trust me, it happens!) To answer, YES you can use 2 cameras to scan 1 property however its not needed as much. However with this way, you can start and switch to any camera during the scan but only one can be connected at a time. As an example, If I wanted to scan a theatre with a tall ceiling, I would scan the space with my matterport, then put my theta on a tall tripod and do high scans to capture more of the ceilings. After 3 years of doing this, I only done that once. In houses, its easy to "Blur" the matterport from mirrors and tripods that support matterport cameras are very sturdy to use on stairs! I use Manfrotto tripods: This exact one: Manfrotto 290 Xtra

[@ikbenrogerbosch]

I wonder, can you do a scan with doors closed and one with doors open? The first one with the purpose of snapshots for listings...

[@illini360media]

Yes, absolutely!

[@ikbenrogerbosch]

@@illini360media thx for the quick reply. Love your channel!

[@tenemax7849]

Would you consider making a vid on what you think is the best strategy reg. how much to charge for making MP tours, this would be great.

[@benm.4517]

Where did you get the quick release with the bubble? I have the Matterport 2 Pro but it came with a different style quick release.

[@illini360media]

Hey Ben, the quick release is an aftermarket product, it didnt come from Matterport. You'd think they would include them by now! I have the link for the Quick Release and all other gear I use listed on my website --> www.illini360.com/toolox

[@davidcolmenero98]

Thank you!! Helped a lot!

[@jacemark2824]

Thanks you helped me out today

[@illini360media]

Glad I could help

[@glenhagerman3114]

Wow great video. I will definitely subscribe to your channel

[@NickPeitsch]

Hey awesome video man! Thinking of starting my own business for real estate photography. Do you charge by the square foot? Does the 3-D rendering give you the square footage at the end? Thanks!

[@illini360media]

GO FOR IT!!! For residential jobs, I charge using packages. Under 3,000 sq ft & 3,001-4000 sq ft & 4,001-5000 sq ft & and beyond: quote per job

[@meetsorathiya3343]

Hey Craig Thanks Man! I just have a doubt.. My client not only needs just scans of a house but also a walkthrough of the whole housing society he has constructed consisting around 20 houses. heres the catch.. how to scan open spaces that is lawns roads and all ? - this is my first client and i am yet to buy insta 360 one x2

[@meetsorathiya3343]

can i get your email or something

[@SuperKvlogs]

@50:34 how come you have the matterport facing us instead of towards the furthest room in the hallway like compared to way you started, you switched the camera view and why?

[@ErikFontes]

Thank you for so valuable content!

[@최동헌-d3w]

Really fantastic. Thanks a million.

[@illini360media]

Thank you for your support!

[@AndyHTu]

I'm only half way through the video right now, still watching it, but I didn't want to forget the question. I'm very forgetful. How does this camera handle veritcality? Can it see the ceilings or floor? If so, does it fix the perspective for you or do you have to change elevation and angles of the shots too? I'm wondering if I can take these matterport photos and bring them into Unreal5 as 3d assets.

[@AndrewHorezga]

Great video. Thank you! Do you think a apple pen would help with the editing?

[@Pad13]

What if you have a small WC under the stair? I assume you can’t capture it if you include the whole staircase in the lower plan?

[@illini360media]

You can include any closets!

[@dantesandoval6197]

how you connect the head of the tripod with the clamp? theres no the same siz

[@illini360media]

My quick release clamp came with a base I screwed onto the tripod and then the quick release on the camera. Is that what you’re talking about?

[@SuperKvlogs]

What if you go to adjust some blinds and boom, somehow they break because you didn’t know they were stiff and old. Kinda what happened to you.. What do you do now? If they claim I broke it? Or what can I add to my contract to protect me?

[@Realworldty]

very useful video, way to go!

[@illini360media]

Thank you, Harry

[@PardonMe_MS]

Thanks for the share!

[@andrewcameron2788]

I was wondering how much storage space do you need on you iPad when you scan? would a 128GB iPad be enough?

[@illini360media]

Yes, that ipad will be enough. Each space is a 1-3gb i would say. I use a ipad pro 256GB and when space is low, I start deleting old / boring tours. After you upload your tour and it processes by Matterport, you actually don't need to keep the tour on your ipad. However if you plan on updating the tour or want to edit / make changes, dont delete it off your device.

[@jonathancandido4612]

Hello, I'm from Brazil and this technology entered the country recently and I'm consuming all types of content about it. I'm looking to start with the INSTA360 X3 or X2. Would you have any tips for me who is just starting out? Sorry if the English is wrong, I used google translate lol

[@illini360media]

The Insta360 cameras work great! I would also look at the Ricoh Theta 360 cameras as well!

[@alternative_ASMR]

Ok so question, if I start in the basement and work my way up, when do I create my 2nd floor? Thank you for this video!! I’m learning so much!

[@illini360media]

I switch floors once I’m at the very top - usually right outside of the door frame. Don’t worry, you can’t mess it up! Matterport actually determines what scan point divides the floor in processing. There’s been times I came up from a basement and scanned the entire living room on the main floor without switching floors. I just clicked each scan dot and moved them to the correct floor!

[@DGregster]

I learned about Matterport through MeetKevin too. Just used my liquidity I had in Robinhood and bought some Matterport stocks. I want to get a Matterport camera of my own, so I gotta start saving. Any tips on how I would go about acquiring my first customers?

[@norcal_inspector]

I learned a lot from this video thanks 🙏 I’m paranoid about testing blinds too the same thing happened to me lol

[@illini360media]

Great to hear! I just did a vacant house yesterday and all the blinds in the living room went up, i went to pull the ones in the dining room and I felt like I was forcing it out of the wall - I just left them alone !

[@youmarc11]

Thanks. How do you find customers?

[@illini360media]

Get involved with your community, chamber of commerce, network events, door to door, etc

[@youmarc11]

@@illini360media Thank you

[@palrobert3979]

Fantastic video!!. Hi, I have a question.How can i give clients a limited license release on all tours/pictures/etc. how do you do it?

[@Kennerunderground]

Do you create the customer a matterport account for your scans? How are they able to access their scan if they want to throw it up on their website? What happens when you fill up all the active spaces on matterport? If you cancel your subscriptions, can you still access the scans? If you already have a video covering all this technical stuff, can you please share? Great video, Thanks!!

[@illini360media]

ALL great questions, I understand this comment is old but i wanted to respond. 1) When I scan a property, the space is hosted under my account. 2) Once the space is processed, I simply send them a link to share and/or embed code for their website 3) When your ACTIVE space count runs out, you must place some spaces on "inactive" or upgrade your account. Under a paid account, a user can host unlimited spaces however can only have an allotted amount of "active" space under each packages 4) if you cancel your subscription, the next time you log into matterport, it will ask you to pay to access your previously scanned spaces. So in a way you can access (if you pay) but not if you dont pay.

[@Pad13]

Can you start moving your camera after it finishes its last turn but whilst it’s still transferring? I imagine it would save a lot of time.

[@illini360media]

Yes, you can move the camera when it stops spinning and the app displays "Okay to Move camera" in a real life situation, the scanner scans for 20 seconds and I immediately move it and typically the camera is in its new spot before its done processing, so super quick

[@ufozweden]

Hi Craig , Robert here from Sweden who is almost to invest i a PRO2 and start with making tours. Fantastic video, very much to learn from it. (just look in the kamera next time;)) How does it work when its dark outside with the windows?

[@illini360media]

if you are scanning the interior and its dark outside, it will be noticeable dark in the final version

[@RetroWolf_YT]

So I have a question for you. I am wanting to get into real estate photography and videography but I want to start by offering virtual tours and then expand to indoor videography and outdoor drone videography and later photography. So my question is this...is it viable and possible to start out ONLY offering the Virtual Tour service?

[@illini360media]

Great question, when I started, I only offered virtual tours with the option for a floor plan in my main market. I quickly realized realtors in my market cared less about the matterport tour and cared more about the measured floor plan and listing photos. I quickly changed my plan up and now offer packages that include “3D virtual tour, measured floor plan and listing photos” on every shoot. I operate in another RE market as well and realtors in that market only call me for the matterport virtual tour. Look at your competitors and see what they are offering. If they offer it, chances are clients in your area want it.

[@RetroWolf_YT]

@@illini360media Thanks man! So do you actually use the Matterport captures to get listing photos? It seems to me that with such high Megapixels it would be a viable option with some light photo editing

[@illini360media]

@@RetroWolf_YT yes! I use a Pro2 and edit stills in Lightroom!

[@RetroWolf_YT]

@@illini360media I would love to have a Zoom call with you soon I have so many questions and I would be willing to even pay you for your time. If your interested what would be the best way for me to get in touch outside of KZbin?

[@illini360media]

@@RetroWolf_YT you can email me at: Craig @ illini360 . Com and we can set something up

[@rezanikouseresht4581]

Thanks for video, Could you pleas write the model of camera which works with that system, Does it work with Insta360 one X or Theta ?

[@illini360media]

Matterport system works with all the leading one click cameras like Insta360 and the Theta cameras. I use a Matterport Pro2 camera and sometimes a Insta360 camera with my Matterport system.

[@dripnature931]

What kind of portable external light do you recommend when the only option is to get one?

[@illini360media]

Google “Milwaukee 300 Lumens LED Magnetic Flood Light” and you can use any light like that. I use something similar - but not this one. Just put it on top of your camera and you can scan in the dark!

[@christianpalacios170]

@@illini360media Cool thanks for the tip. Lighting was a concern of mine. How often do you need additional lighting? Do you use it in all your shoots?

[@illini360media]

@@christianpalacios170 I only use an external light in basements without lights or properties without power.

[@chingyaochang4341]

would you suggest people start with matterport or Ricoh360 tour as the host?

[@michaelrezendes4542]

Hey man, love the video. How would you recommend taking payments from your clients?

[@illini360media]

I use STRIPE for all billing! I have STRIPE integrated with my scheduling/ delivery system (HDphotohub) so when clients book an appointment, they are automatically charged

[@ing.fredylanda2136]

Hi where did u buy the nylon for shoes

[@illini360media]

I listed all my gear & accessories I use on my website www.illini360.com/toolbox a pack of 100 shoe covers are around $12 on Amazon.

[@spliveris]

That was a really good video. I wanted to ask you about the level of accuracy in creating floor plans with this little beast....

[@illini360media]

matterport says its accurate up to 1%. I find its about 20 sq ft off per level in a house which isnt bad at all for marking purposes

[@benjaminkoch6778]

Very well done sir. A video describing the process of what you do after making the tour would be awesome! I’m also interested in how you offer the floor plan, mattertags, highlight reels/listing photos, and publishing to google maps. Your video is the best I have seen and I have been researching this for a month now. I just bought my camera. I am in PA. I hope we aren’t competing! Thanks for this video. I’de love to be able to pick your brain. Are you on any other online platforms? Thanks again :)

[@illini360media]

Hey Benjamin, thanks for watching! Yes, my next video will be about my "after flow" to show how I put it all together! I meant to already do it, so I will look into creating that maybe this weekend! I created this video because I had a million and one questions before I bought my camera and no one to ask so I'm trying to give back! I do have a video on how to upload / publish Google Tours using the system "GoThru(dot)co. My email is under my channel info, send me an email and I will send it to you

[@benjaminkoch6778]

@@illini360media Wonderful, thank you so much for replying. I’ll send you an email right now. I also have a million questions. I’ve already figured out the matter tags and the photos. Thank you again sir.🙂

[@coryd8679]

Thank you for the informative video. Do you offer standard photography when you do a real estate scan? Not of the inside, but the home's exterior. Or do you strictly do the 3D scan? I am looking to start a part time scanning business and I have experience in 3D scanning and photography. I just don't want to take on to much at once.

[@illini360media]

Hey Cory, I do interior & exterior! Exteriors can be shot with an iPhone in a tripod and tweaked in Lightroom. I used to use a DSLR camera but stopped when I realized my iPhone on a tripod produced outstanding images once tweaked a bit on Lightroom

[@m.kaufman]

Hello. I have a problem and I cannot find the answer: I scanned a house, an entrance and an apartment. I can enter the entrance from the street, but I can no longer enter the apartment from the entrance. What should I do? (apartment door closed) Please help!

[@illini360media]

I have my email listed on my youtube profile, send me an email! craig (@) illini360 . com and I can help out

[@illini360media]

When scanning open & closed doors, you have to be careful. most likely you have an alignment issue. This can be fixed if you still have the scan on your iPad! Reach out by email if you still need help

[@KeesTravelinspirator]

Thank you it was great!!!

[@RealTourSolutionsnet]

Superb video.

[@Chris_Sells]

Hey man, thank you for the content. I’m also from Illinois. More so close to Naperville Illinois. For someone who wants to become a Real Estate Broker, would you recommend 360 tours with a Matterport Camera as a side hustle? I am in nursing school right now so I’d like to get some extra income doing my own virtual tours.

[@illini360media]

You sound busy! For anyone wanting to create virtual tours as a business, I recommend using the Matterport Pro2 camera. If you’re a broker wanting to shoot your own listings, you can get by with using a one-click camera like a Theta however there are major quality differences between the 2 cameras and depending on what market you’re in, may not be the best choice.

[@ElijahPrivetteRealEstateVlogs]

Do you also offer still photography? I assume people want a one stop shop and it wouldn’t take much for a good photographer to just add this.

[@illini360media]

Yes I do! When I first started, my plan was to just provide the matterport tour to real estate clients. However, I QUICKLY learned, they want the listing photos and floor plans as well

[@ElijahPrivetteRealEstateVlogs]

@@illini360media how do you learn how to do that? There’s a lot more to that than the scans lol. Any simple ways?

[@ElijahPrivetteRealEstateVlogs]

@@illini360media do you do the photos with a separate camera? Or do you do Matterport pictures and then maybe just a photo on a regular camera of the outside. Just worried a DSLR is complicated

[@illini360media]

@@ElijahPrivetteRealEstateVlogs Matterport all the way! Few things 1) I have a video titled something like “How to take pictures without a DSLR” check that out, also 2) look at my most recent uploaded videos. Those “videos” are pictures from the matterport camera on sliding transitions. 3) floor plans are easy because matterport provides them for a fee. You should see a floor plan button with each scanned space.

[@illini360media]

Here’s the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3rJhKFnjM2cZ7M

[@imjustcurious7485]

Great videos, How are you doing now, how's your business doing? I'm planning on buying one, I don't know if I should, is it hard to get clients? During this hot market, they can sell the house within minutes, do they really need the service? Based on your experience, how would you scale the demand? 0 (they don't need it) - 10 (They're looking to get a virtual tour service badly, or 5 (they don't care at all, either have it or not)?

[@illini360media]

When I first started my business, I *assumed* every realtor wanted a 3D tour. I quickly learned in my area, realtors would rather have measured floor plans and wide view interior pictures - which the matterport provides both very well and for some of my clients, the 3D tour is just an “added bonus” All markets are different. I would see what your competition is doing, scan Zillow to see what realtors want, and start planning from there. If you scan zillow agent listings and see no realtors using 3D tours, or the majority of realtor listings are shot with an iPhone, you may want to figure out why.

[@jogreen42]

Where did you get your case from please for your ipad, with the clips... looks great! Thanks for the hints and tips!

[@illini360media]

I bought that off of eBay! Search “iPad pro case with strap”

[@zane-bo8go]

Hey mate, I work for a company doing virtual tours and have a pro2 camera. How do you market yourself to get clients, as I want to start doing them myself

[@AJ-on-youtube]

Another reason to avoid extending the pedestal is that it will make the top of your tripod less stable and more prone to wobbling (especially since the camera moves), which could blur your shots.

[@illini360media]

This is outstanding !! You're right

[@markhutchison1509]

what do I do if there is no power> I need to scan a fire damaged house

[@illini360media]

You can actually put a light weight light right on top! I have a light from auto zone that I use double sided tape to mount on top. You could also use Velcro - I just wouldn’t use one with magnets

[@str8gamer964]

Could you use your hotspot for this ? And how do you handle payments do you do half up front ?

[@illini360media]

You can add links to hotspots so that would work. For clients to book an appointment, they have to input their credit card so I have it on file before I arrive but I don’t charge it until I deliver the tour

[@TheRealLink]

Hey Craig, excellent video and tutorial! I just onboarded with a real estate media company and this was one of the things that I might be learning to do in the near future. You covered so many good things! I had a few questions though: 1. I know they prefer iPad devices. Can you use an Android-based tablet or smartphone instead? 2. I am pretty sure you have to subscribe to Matterport for their processing and cloud storage. No way to process it yourself, right? 3. I had a question about blocking off all mirrors or partial ones that'd affect the scan but you covered that ;). 4. Aside from some (probably) proprietary file formats, are you able to extract Jpegs / RAWs or other data from the camera when connected to a PC or Mac? Do you know how much internal storage there is? I'd imagine like, 1 TB or a sufficient amount for multiple high resolution scans. 5. If you were handling still photos on this property of your home, do you think using the Matterport camera would be sufficient or would you still-shoot regular or HDR photos as well? 6. Obviously there are some big price differences between the Insta-360 and the MC250. While I don't mind sinking the money into the big boy, do you feel it's worth it getting the small one to start out or just pull the trigger on the professional one? Obviously volume of properties scanned for sale and housing market, depending. 7. I noticed you said you were using Wi-Fi to connect the camera and iPad. What if for example, you have a client who's stopped net service and wouldn't have Wi-Fi at their home or the signals are weak? Is there any tethered way to handle this? Thanks again for an awesome video!

[@illini360media]

1. Yes, Matterport started to allow Android devices in October 2021. I don’t have experience with android however its compatible. 2. With Matterport, there is no way to process yourself. You *could* process the scan and screen shot panos (using the camera tool within the matterport tour), once you screen shot panos, you can download them and upload them to a moderator/editor like GoThru(dot)co to create a 360 tour. Most likely not worth the effort. 3. The rule of thumb I live by with the market tools is this. “Mirror Markers: ‘Don’t measure here’” “Window Makers: ‘Show outside here’” 4. I don’t think you can hook up the matterport camera to a computer to extract files. I could be wrong but thats above my pay grade! 5. I officially started my Matterport biz in April 2020. I ONLY used the Matterport pro2 camera for ALL images until April 2022. The images produced by matterport are fine when you edit them in lightroom however since using my new mirrorless camera, its hard going back. In my market, the majority of homes sell for under $200k, so the images produced by matterport & edited in Lightroom are perfectly acceptable for that. 6. Great question. I started with a Ricoh Theta, upgraded to insta360 OneX and then Matterport pro1/MC200 and now have 3 Matterport pro2/MC250 camera. I say it depends on your operation and market. If you primarily offer real estate photography and virtual tours as a simple add on, I would go with the new Theta 360 camera. If you are looking to do Matterport as a service primarily, I would start with the Matterport pro2/MC250. Before buying my pro2/MC250 camera, I bought a pro1/MC200 off of eBay and used that to learn. The quality is much less than the pro2 camera - especially around windows. The pro1 was struggled to “see outside” often creating a washed out window that couldn’t be fixed in lightroom. however the pro2 camera is higher quality so the windows are much less blown out. If you are looking to do commercial jobs, you must have a pro2. 7. In Matterport terms, connecting via wi-fi is like connecting to bluetooth. No internet required to scan a space! I use a wifi only iPad and upload/process the tour once i get home at the end of the day

[@sergebelair7577]

Thank,s for very good vidéo

[@illini360media]

thanks for watching & supporting!

[@kasperbugge3967]

Great video, thank you. I am thinking of starting a matterport service here in Denmark. I can't figure out the pricing system and the ownership of the tours. tryed reaching out to matterport, but they havent returned yet. I am an engenier in a company that build and sells appartments and houses b2b and b2c. I think there would be interest and customers. But who owns the 3d models, can they be downloaded, or are they stuck on my account on matterport? and will the count as active spaces on my account.

[@illini360media]

Hey Kasper, Matterport the WORLD!! Pricing in the US will be much different than in Denmark. Some people price per square foot, some do packages like "houses under 3,000 square foot = $xxx" "houses over 3,000 square foot = $xxx" I recommend looking up 2-3 competitors close to your area to see how they price tours. Remember, dont over think it! My pricing is based more on my time then it is how large the space is. In addition, when creating tours using Matterport technology, you must remember you are not able to download the tour to save for off line viewing. You must have an active Matterport subscription to save/view tours. All matterport plans allows for 'virtually' unlimited "inactive" tours but only a certain number of "active" tours. In simple form, active means viewable on the web. Inactive means not viewable on the web. Also, i am not entirely sure, but I believe Matterport owns the tour. As a photographer, I give clients a limited license release on all tours/pictures/etc. If I were you, i would do the same.

[@Pad13]

How decent does your iPad have to be? Do you need loads of data?

[@illini360media]

You can actually just use your phone! I use my iPhone 14 Max for 95% of jobs! I now only use my iPad for large commercial jobs

[@lt6717]

Ok, you did not put a link to the complete tour

[@harryherman608]

Could you please provide a link where i could buy this quick release with the bubble level

[@illini360media]

I listed all the gear & accessories I use on my website, www.illini360.com/toolbox I will also provide a direct link to the bubble level. I just bought one 1.5 weeks ago for $56. They appear to be around $70 right now (Jan 2022) www.amazon.com/dp/B000KZCEYK/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_til?tag=illini360-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=393baee41345dc48e30e2af92ae1987c&creativeASIN=B000KZCEYK

[@sparty278]

Do you pay for matter port to put the 3D tour togheter? Thanks, nice video, easy to understand! Wish you the best man!!

[@illini360media]

No extra fees for that. Matterport “stitches” the 3D Matterport Tour together for you. You just have to have an active matterport account

[@spatialox]

well this will bring a new chnage in the property bussiness

[@skyshotdroneservices3D]

Wowow tnx men u awsome

[@illini360media]

Enjoy

[@douglasking3793]

I would add- remove the camera case from your shots- which I’m sure you do

[@kyletru7346]

How do you get clients?

[@illini360media]

I think my early success was looking professional day 1. I created a website, business cards, created a Google business listing, Facebook page, joined my local chamber, local business networking groups, volunteered around town, BEFORE I approached my first client. Understand the benefits of matterport and it’s easy to “sell” your service

[@albanfe2782]

@@illini360media what type of volunteer work did you do? Great advice. Thanks!!!

[@ChicagoRealEstateVideos]

Would love to collaborate with you!

[@illini360media]

lets set it up sometime!

[@CasillesBeeckman]

People who spend big bucks on bags usually don't care about quality. They care about status. If you have $10,000-100,000 to spend on a quality bag, why not get one custom made at *gtdupe* ? Choose your materials, thread, stitch pattern, design, and hardware. Imagine you have a $10,000 bag that's made from $7,000 of quality materials and $3,000 of labor. Currently, you're not paying for the materials, you're paying for the marketing.

[@visioncue7870]

result??

[@sky1977and]

This little guy , bigger then you )

[@rintokatili2484]

how much this device and where i can buy?

[@illini360media]

This is called a Matterport M250 / Pro2 camera. Right now (Jan 2022), you can buy the pro2 camera, tripod and case from ADORAMA for $2700 + shipping

[@aquapoleby3pv]

Please define 'a bunch of money' at the beginning of the vid!!

[@illini360media]

Your market will dictate “a bunch of money” - I drive a Porsche in mine!

[@aquapoleby3pv]

@@illini360media That's awesome I'm jealous! Tx so much for taking the time to make them tuts, it's very helpful.

[@JaccobbRomero]

how the bloody hell are you gonna call that a "little guy"?

[@aquapoleby3pv]

You strike me like a guy who likes white Porsche's. Can this be true?

[@illini360media]

Ha! Thats possible !