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WGAN Forum Podcast

WGAN Forum Podcast

De: Tom Sparks | www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com | www.WGAN-TV.com
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WGAN-TV Forum Podcast covers Matterport (and related) digital twin creators and providers shaping the future of real estate today. Join us: www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com We help you connect the dots to succeed faster.

(Nearly) every Thursday at 5 pm ET, WGAN-TV Podcast (video) airs live (www.WGAN-TV.com) and by the following Wednesday, the the WGAN-TV Podcast and WGAN Forum Podcast are available free on popular podcast apps and YouTube.

We Get Around Network (www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com) Founder and Managing Editor Dan Smigrod interviews industry thought-leaders and content creators to provide insights and training. 200+ one hour, live interview podcasts since August 2016) on the WGAN-TV Podcast.

Unlike the WGAN-TV Podcast (video), the WGAN Forum Podcast (audio only) includes text-to-speech media releases from Matterport and related companies.

The We Get Around Network Forum (www.WGANForum.com) knowledge base includes 99,000 Matterport and related posts among 17,500 topics, as of December 2024. The WGAN Forum is read monthly by 14,000+ unique visitors and has 8,900 registered members in 147 countries.

We help you connect the dots to succeed faster.

Join the WGAN community and get connected to what matters. It is free to join the WGAN Forum (www.JoinWGAN.com) and instantly receive 50+ WGAN Membership benefits.

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Episodios
  • Roomio: iPhone Floor Plans for Real Estate Photographers

    Roomio: iPhone Floor Plans for Real Estate Photographers
    Mar 30 2026

    What if you could scan a property in 5 minutes with your iPhone and have a professional floor plan delivered within 24 hours, starting at $11? That's exactly what Roomio does. Tom Sparks sits down with Steven, co-founder of Phoria, the team behind Captur3d. For the first look at Roomio, their new smartphone floor plan tool built for real estate photographers, agents, and anyone who needs a professional floor plan fast. Steven walks through everything: how the LiDAR-based capture works, the step-by-step scanning process, accuracy benchmarks, pricing, delivery pipeline, ANSI compliance progress, and what's coming next including non-LiDAR and Android support. Tom puts it through its paces with real questions from a working photographer's perspective, branded templates, multi-user accounts, scan pausing, SVG delivery, commercial property support, and a feature request for a fake camera rig to fool skeptical agents. Steven also reveals that WGAN members get two free floor plans to test drive the platform via wgan.info/Roomio. For real estate photographers looking to add floor plans as a high-margin add-on service without expensive hardware, this conversation covers everything you need to know.

    🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES

    Try Roomio — 2 free floor plans for WGAN members: https://wgan.info/Roomio

    We Get Around Network: https://www.wegetaround.com

    Chapters

    0:00 Introduction & Roomio Elevator Pitch

    1:00 LiDAR vs. Non-LiDAR Capture

    1:48 The Aha Moment — How Roomio Was Built

    3:13 Floor Plans, Site Plans & 3D Floor Plans

    3:55 Scanning Outside for Site Plans

    4:17 Tom's First-Hand Experience With Roomio

    4:58 Floor Plan Amendment Tool — Coming Soon

    5:48 SVG Delivery & Format Options

    5:54 Step-by-Step Scanning a 3-Bedroom Home

    8:02 Scanning Speed & Technique

    9:36 Camera Angle & the Painting Method

    10:40 The Property Report Feature

    10:56 Pricing: 24-Hour vs. 10-Hour Turnaround

    11:18 AI + Human Delivery Pipeline

    12:27 Future Turnaround Time Goals

    13:59 ANSI Z765 Compliance

    15:36 Accuracy Benchmarks

    17:18 Delivery Formats

    17:43 Branded Templates & Logo Upload

    19:04 Platform Demo — Templates & Delivery

    20:27 Multi-User Account Management

    21:03 Property Report Deep Dive

    22:06 Roomio vs. Hardware Platforms

    23:25 Pricing Breakdown & Market Rates

    26:15 Pay-Per-Use Model & Volume Pricing

    31:28 Commercial Property & Size Limits

    33:53 Pausing & Resuming Scans

    35:27 Privacy & What Gets Captured

    36:46 Integrations & API Roadmap

    37:16 Floor Plan Template Gallery Walkthrough

    39:51 2 Free Floor Plans for WGAN Members

    40:21 What's Coming Next for Roomio

    41:12 Wrap-Up

    #Roomio #FloorPlan #RealEstateTech #RealEstatePhotography #WGAN #WeGetAroundNetwork #iPhoneFloorPlan #PropTech #PropertyMarketing #Phoria #Captur3d #VirtualTours #MSP #3DFloorPlan #SitePlan
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    42 m
  • 424.WGAN-TV | Urbanimmersive + Sûreté du Québec Police Service for 3D Crime Scene Documentation

    424.WGAN-TV | Urbanimmersive + Sûreté du Québec Police Service for 3D Crime Scene Documentation
    Jan 9 2026
    ► https://www.Urbanimmersive.com ► https://www.urbanimmersive.com/contact --- How a major Canadian police service uses forensic-grade 3D digital twins to document crime scenes In this episode of WGAN-TV Live at 5 (aired on Wednesday, 7 January 2026), we take a deep dive into how Urbanimmersive partnered with the Sûreté du Québec Police Service, Canada’s largest provincial police force, to modernize crime scene documentation using forensic-grade 3D digital twin technology. Joining the conversation is François-Hugues Liberge (Executive Vice President, Urbanimmersive), along with WGAN-TV Podcast Co-Host Tom Sparks. Together, we explore how a platform best known to real estate photographers was adapted to meet the strict technical, security, privacy, and courtroom-defensibility requirements of law enforcement. The discussion begins with context. The Sûreté du Québec covers more than 1,000 municipalities, employs over 8,600 people, and investigates everything from local incidents to major provincial crimes. Their legacy crime scene documentation system was expensive, difficult to operate, slow to deploy, and limited to only a few regions of the province. Investigators were still relying heavily on static photography and manual sketches, often discovering years later in court that crucial context had been missed. That challenge triggered a detailed public Request for Proposal (RFP). Among the non-negotiable requirements were offline processing, local data control, rapid capture, HDR imaging, accurate measurements, and a solution that could be deployed broadly without extensive technical training. Urbanimmersive ultimately became the only company to respond to the RFP, largely because it was able to deliver something unique in the market: a fully immersive 3D walkthrough experience that can be captured, processed, hosted, and viewed entirely offline. During the episode, François explains how Urbanimmersive’s platform—originally designed for real estate—was already capable of offline workflows due to earlier work in sensitive environments such as nuclear plants, tunnels, and other critical infrastructure. That legacy allowed Urbanimmersive to meet police requirements without fundamentally changing the platform itself. We walk through a live demo showing how investigators can: ✓ Capture an entire crime scene using inexpensive, off-the-shelf 360 cameras ✓ Navigate the space virtually using immersive walkthroughs, dollhouse views, and floor plans ✓ Annotate evidence directly inside the 3D environment ✓ Take measurements after the fact ✓ Embed photos, videos, and other forensic assets ✓ Maintain a complete audit trail showing when and how any modification is made Equally important, the episode details what does not happen. Crime scene data never touches the cloud. Processing occurs on police-controlled hardware. Files remain local. Nothing is publicly hosted. Nothing is accessible to Urbanimmersive after delivery. For law enforcement, that distinction is critical. From an operational standpoint, the solution dramatically reduces friction. Capture times drop to seconds per scan. Equipment costs fall under $1,000 per camera. Training time is measured in hours or days rather than weeks. As a result, the Sûreté du Québec can deploy multiple capture kits across the province instead of concentrating expensive equipment in only major cities. Beyond policing, the conversation broadens to other high-security and institutional use cases where traditional cloud-hosted digital twins are not viable. These include fire departments, transportation accidents, power utilities, water treatment plants, hospitals, government facilities, manufacturing sites, and any environment where privacy, security, or long-term hosting costs are a concern. For real estate photographers and media professionals, this episode highlights a powerful takeaway: There is a growing market for offline and ultra-secure 3D digital twin services that many providers cannot currently serve. Urbanimmersive’s approach opens doors to new verticals, new clients, and new revenue streams—especially in commercial, industrial, and government sectors. The episode also touches on partnership opportunities, lead sharing, and how service providers can position themselves not just as photographers, but as visual documentation experts capable of handling sensitive environments. If you work with: ✓ Commercial or industrial clients ✓ Government or municipal organizations ✓ Secure facilities ✓ Asset management, training, or compliance use cases ► https://www.Urbanimmersive.com
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    1 h y 3 m
  • 423. WGAN-TV | We Get Around Network Acquired by Tom Sparks from Founder Dan Smigrod

    423. WGAN-TV | We Get Around Network Acquired by Tom Sparks from Founder Dan Smigrod
    Jan 1 2026

    ► We Get Around Network Forum (https://www.WGANForum.com)

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    We Get Around Network Acquired by Tom Sparks from Founder Dan Smigrod

    After more than a decade as founder, managing editor, and publisher of the We Get Around Network, Dan Smigrod announces the next chapter in WGAN’s history.

    Effective January 1, 2026, ownership of We Get Around Network has transitioned to long-time WGAN member and contributor Tom Sparks, Principal of Sparks Media Group, through WGAN Holdings Inc.

    Tom is now the owner, managing editor, and publisher of We Get Around Network—and the new host of the WGAN-TV Podcast.

    This is a change in leadership, not a change in DNA.

    Everything the community relies on remains in place:

    ► The WGAN Forum and its 100,000+ posts

    ► WGAN-TV Podcast and WGAN-TV Training U

    ► WGAN MarketPlace and Marketing Partner programs

    ► Find a Service Provider Map

    ► Existing memberships, subscriptions, logins, and content

    WGAN continues to be the trusted, cross-platform knowledge base for digital twins, 3D/360 cameras, real estate media, and the tools and services professionals use every day.

    Why Tom Sparks

    Tom is a working real estate photographer and media business owner who actively uses Matterport, iGUIDE, Giraffe360, InnoDraw, SIMLAB, InsideMaps, and related platforms in the field. He brings hands-on experience, editorial credibility, and operational leadership—combined with a clear vision to expand education, deepen technical coverage, and grow vendor partnerships.

    What’s Next

    Under Tom’s leadership, WGAN will:

    ► Expand practical, field-tested content

    ► Strengthen marketing partner programs

    ► Go deeper into digital twins and AI-driven workflows

    ► Continue delivering trusted insights that help members succeed faster

    Dan Smigrod’s Next Chapter

    Dan transitions into an advisor role to support a smooth handoff and knowledge transfer. While stepping back from daily publishing, he will continue to appear for select projects, special episodes, and deep dives—while finally reclaiming time for travel, creativity, and exploration in AI and robotics.

    Join the Conversation

    Please welcome Tom Sparks as the new publisher of We Get Around Network.

    Introduce yourself in the WGAN Forum. Share what topics, tools, and technologies you want covered next.

    The mission remains the same:

    Give help. Get help. Build the future of digital twins and real estate media—together.

    Happy New Year,

    Dan Smigrod

    Founder and Advisor

    We Get Around Network

    Atlanta
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    10 m
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