Corporate India is warming up to the idea of virtual tours/ 3D walkthroughs as they finalize new office spaces while looking forward to expanding operations. The trend is fast visible in various metros as more and more companies are keen on getting back their employees to an office work environment.
In the aftermath of the pandemic, investors and stakeholders from across the world are now preferring to avail of the ‘look and feel’ experience of commercial properties through virtual tours or 3D walkthroughs before an organization closed an office deal.
While virtual marketing had already begun to proliferate in the realty sector, but Covid-19 proved to be a game-changer, especially in the commercial real estate segment. Several commercial property owners have now deployed tech-enabled innovations while offering their prospective clients 360-degree virtual tours and refurbished floor plans.
A virtual tour/ 3D walkthrough experience brings the office space to life by giving a three-dimensional, 360-degree outlook. Unlike a video tour, through a virtual tour, the viewer can turn around, open up doors, walk down meeting rooms, zoom in on particular areas, and get a much better feel for the shape and size of the commercial space overall. This way, a client can gain real-time experience of the office space. Using virtual reality’s high-definition display, an individual gets a hands-on feel of the entire project with complete transparency. With virtual reality headgear or special 3D glasses, a client can view a particular commercial property without consuming much time.
In recent research from CBRE, individual employees are overwhelmingly looking forward to the flexibility to work virtually in the future. On the other hand, companies are looking forward to leasing or investing in office space while taking into account the health and safety aspects. So, the demand for commercial real estate will no doubt continue to remain robust.
It has been stated that the post-pandemic world would be an era of digital irreversibility. The present crisis has worked as a catalyst in promoting cutting-edge technologies like virtual tours/ 3D walkthroughs, thus marking a change from the conventional way of how companies would normally lease or purchase a commercial property earlier. It is anticipated that the trend is likely to grow further as technological advancements in various commercial real estate (CRE) tools and applications are likely to give fillip to this trend.
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