What is Matterport?
At Scene3D we pride ourselves on being experts in all things ‘virtual tour’. So questions we’re often asked are: ‘What is Matterport?’, And more importantly: ‘How can it help my business?’.
Well, In this blog, we will be discussing exactly what (and who) Matterport is. We’ll also review the range of benefits that the Matterport platform offers. We’ll also discuss how you can use Matterport to develop your business or sell your property. Finally, we’ll compare how Matterport stacks up to other virtual tour and 3D scanning methodologies.
Who are Matterport?
First established in 2011 as a tech start-up. Matterport are an American company based out of Silicon Valley specialising in 3D spacial data capture. Shortly after its creation, Matterport grew in size due to multiple investments and collaborations with big name companies like Google. Matterport remained ahead of the competition partly due to their in house 3D cameras. The Matterport cameras can scan on average ’20 seconds faster than any other 3D camera, and for an 18th of the average cost’. Combine that with the high quality virtual tours produced by the Matterport software platform and you’ve got a winning combination.
13 years later, Matterport are still leading the industry with their range of 3D cameras and cloud software solutions. In 2024, Matterport were aquired by a company called CoStar. This acquisition hopes to boost thier digital services in the Real Estate market.
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What are Matterport virtual tours?
Matterport’s equipment and software are used to 3D scan a physical space, and convert this data into a virtual tour (sometimes also referred to as a digital twin). A digital twin is essentially a digital copy of a physical space, containing data such as visuals, measurements, and more. To learn more about digital twins, you can read our full breakdown here.
Matterport produce a range of 3D cameras that scan a space to obtain measurments and capture stunning panoramic images. At Scene3D, we use Matterport’s 3D cameras to scan a space. We then complete the post production using Matterport’s software tool kit.
We then combine this with some virtual tour overlay software, This software gives our team more options to ensure every virtual tour is completely bespoke.
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6 个月I used to be a matterport fans and I used matterport's service alot. Until recently, I had an extremely bad experience with the repair team. I scanned everything right and it took a long time to have my repair to be semi-done. The scanned site has been torn down and the repair team continuously asked me to do re-scan so that they don't need to spend extra effort to my space. I am extremely disappointed with the repair team. I really want to have my space fixed and I truly hope that my issue can be taken seriously. NO RESCAN can be made due to the collapse of the scanned site.