WGAN-TV Podcast

By Tom Sparks | www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com | www.WGAN-TV.comBusiness Entrepreneurship Technology

WGAN-TV Podcast episodes

September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | 15,000 photographers using Panoskin to Publish to Google Street View
LCP360 (Panoskin) CTO Tom Chomiak at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in London.
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Hi All,

"15,000 photographers are using Panoskin to Publish to Google Street View," said LCP360 (Panoskin) CTO Tom Chomiak at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in an interview with WGAN-TV.

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Related We Get Around Network Forum Posts

✓ WGAN-TV: Panoskin to Street View for Newbies
✓ Video: Panoskin Presentation at the 2017 Google Sheet View Summit

We Get Around Network Forum posts tagged: Panoskin

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Are you using Panoskin Pro to clean-up the Matterport to Google Street View constellation?

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hi, so my name is Tom Chomiak. I'm the CTO of Panoskin.

We're here at the Google Street View Summit 2019, representing our company. So we're most known for our publisher for Google Street View.

So we've got about 15,000 photographers that are using our platform to basically take any 360 footage, whether it's from the Matterport camera, your DSLR, any one shot camera, you can use our platform and basically create a virtual tour of indoors and publish that to Google Maps.

So please check us out, we do have free accounts to their Panoskin that you can try us out with. And if you'd like our product, we do have a Pro account and you can sign up for as well.
1 min
September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | Pilot Era 360 Camera Skips Computer to Publish to Google Street View
Pisoftech’s Jeffrey Martin at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in London.
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Hi All,

"[In Pilot Era camera] Street View mode, all you do is press record. And after you're done recording, you can upload the files directly from the camera via Wi-Fi, Ethernet cable, or with a SIM card directly to Google Maps," said Pisoftech’s Jeffrey Martin at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in an interview with WGAN-TV.

"And you can get your "blue lines" published really quickly, without the files ever needing to touch your computer or anything else."

Pilot Era was released in May 2019 via the Indiegogo platform.

WGAN Forum discussions tagged: Pilot Era

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hi, I'm Jeffrey. I'm here at the Google Street View Summit to show the Pilot Era camera.

This camera has been designed specifically with [Google] Street View in mind. It's one of the best, easiest cameras for shooting virtual tours in Street View.

It runs Android, and it has a touch screen. And you can record 8K photos, 8K videos, and seven frames per second Google Street View.

This is in Street View mode, all you do is press record. And after you're done recording, you can upload the files directly from the camera via Wi-Fi, Ethernet cable, or with a SIM card directly to Google Maps.

And you can get your "blue lines" published really quickly, without the files ever needing to touch your computer or anything else.

So it's a really nice, easy camera.
1 min
September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | Remove or Replace the Tripod in a 360º Photo via Pano2VR Software
You can easily get rid of the tripod using the Pano2VR patch tool.
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Hi All,

"You can easily get rid of the tripod using our patch tool," said Caryn with Garden Gnome Software at the 2019 Google Street View Summit."

"[Plus,] If you've just gotten a one shot camera, a one shot 360 camera, you just add your images right into Pano2VR. And if they have GPS added to the images, you can quickly make a tour and then upload that to Google Street View. Or you can export the project and upload the tour to your own server."

What's your experience using Pano2VR either for either removing or replacing the tripod in your 360ºs or in using Pano2VR to publish to Google Street View?

WGAN Forum discussions tagged: Pano2VR

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hi, my name is Caryn and I'm with Garden Gnome Software. We make Pano2VR, which is a desktop tour building software, which is great for any kind of cameras.

If you've just gotten a one shot camera, a one shot 360 camera, you just add your images right into Pano2VR. And if they have GPS added to the images, you can quickly make a tour and then upload that to Google Street View. Or you can export the project and upload the tour to your own server.

You can easily get rid of the tripod using our patch tool. But you can add a skin or an overlay using either our builtin skins or you can create a completely new skin from scratch using your own icons, your own images. You can add videos. You can add photos. You can even use 360 videos.

So your choices are limitless with Pano2VR. You can also view it on a web VR in an Oculus Rift or Go, Quest; whatever your choice is for an HMD.

And I think that covers about everything for Pano2VR.

Check us out. Pano2vr.com or, if you're also interested in Object2VR, object2vr.com.
2 min
September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | GoThru Adds Auto-Level Feature for 360ºs Published to Street View
GoThru Owner and CEO Alin Bugeag at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in London
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Hi All,

"For [Google Street View read-cameras] where the camera was not properly leveled, we have a piece of code that automatically levels your panoramas," said GoThru Owner and CEO Alin Bugeag at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in a WGAN-TV interview. The feature was first announced Wednesday (25 September 2019 at the Summit.)

GoThru also announced new tools "dedicated for the publishing of 'blue lines' on Google [Street View]," said Alin.

"For that we we have two approach: one where you can upload panoramas directly to GoThru and we will use the video pipeline on Google site, which pretty much means we convert the images into a video and we publish to Google and that turns into a blue line; or, you use a text or application, which is another new tool on GoThru, called the Street Builder, and you upload your 360s, you use the app to take out frames from your video, select whatever images you want, employ it to GoThru and then upload it to Google as a blue line."

WGAN Forum discussions tagged: GoThru

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hello, my name is Alan and I'm the owner of GoThru, gothru.co, and I'm here at the Street View Summit 2019.

We've launch a few, new tools for GoThru, especially dedicated for the publishing of "blue lines" on Google [Street View].

For that we we have two approach: one where you can upload panoramas directly to GoThru and we will use the video pipeline on Google site, which pretty much means we convert the images into a video and we publish to Google and that turns into a blue line; or, you use a text or application, which is another new tool on GoThru, called the Street Builder, and you upload your 360s, you use the app to take out frames from your video, select whatever images you want, employ it to GoThru and then upload it to Google as a blue line.

Sounds complicated but it's much more easier and it allows you...it gives you control of what is in that blue line.

Other feature that we have, especially for 360 ready cameras where the camera was not properly leveled, we have a piece of code that automatically levels your panoramas.

So yeah, that's a cool feature that we just launched today [Wednesday, 25 September 2019]
2 min
September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | GoThru Owner and CEO Alin Bugeag at the 2019 Google Street View Summit on Matterport to GSV Constellation Editing
"lots of Matterport photographers importing the tours and GoThru; cleaning up the links and then publishing back to Google"
Hi All,

Ever publish a Matterport tour to Google Street View and were not happy with the constellation (the links among the 360ºs)?

"... on [the] GoThru site, we have lots of Matterport photographers importing the tours and GoThru; cleaning up the links and then publishing back to Google," said GoThru Owner and CEO Alin Bugeag at the 2019 Google Street View Summit to WGAN-TV.

"Also, another scenario of using GoThru is importing, downloading the panoramas, fixing the stuff in the panorama, white balance and any other issues that you might have with the panoramas and then uploading them back to GoThru and publish the tour to Google."

WGAN Forum discussions tagged: GoThru

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hello, my name is Alin and I'm the owner of GoThru, - GoThru.co - and that's a website that allows you to create constellation and publish them to Google Street View.

Now, if you are a Matterport photographer, GoThru is very useful for you and the reason is Matterport auto-connects panoramas and actually over connects Panorama. And, on GoThru site we have lots of Matterport photographers importing the tours and GoThru; cleaning up the links and then publishing back to Google.

Also, another scenario of using GoThru is importing, downloading the panoramas, fixing the stuff in the panorama, white balance and any other issues that you might have with the panoramas and then uploading them back to GoThru and publish the tour to Google.

GoThru, come and visit us and go through and you're going to fall in love with us.
2 min
September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | After Residential Real Estate: Matterport Targets These Verticals...
UK-based Matterport Vice President James Morris-Manuel at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in London
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Hi All,

"Matterport is the industry leader for residential real estate and a very big percentage of our business is in that market," said UK-based Matterport Vice President James Morris-Manuel at the 2019 Google Street View Summit in a WGAN-TV interview.

"... we're also moving into travel and hospitality, architecture, engineering, construction, insurance, and a number of other verticals because the application of Matterport is so broad, essentially any physical assets can be copied and we can make a digital twin and that can be represented online."

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hi, I'm James Morris-Manuel.

I'm the VP for Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Matterport. And just wanted to talk a little bit about some of the things that we're focusing on in EMEA at the moment.

So few different core focuses. Obviously, one is geographic expansion. At the moment we sell into four core territories.

The first is the United Kingdom and English-speaking Europe, so some of Northern Europe. The second is France and the French-speaking Western Europe. The third is the DAC territory, so Germany, Austria, Switzerland and some of Eastern Europe, and the last is a Southern Europe, so Spain, Italy, Portugal, are the four core markets that we sell into.

So that's the geographic expansion that we're looking at.

And then the other piece is the segment development or the new verticals that we're going into.

So as everybody knows, Matterport is the industry leader for residential real estate and a very big percentage of our business is in that market.

But we're also moving into travel and hospitality, architecture, engineering, construction, insurance, and a number of other verticals because the application of Matterport is so broad, essentially any physical assets can be copied and we can make a digital twin and that can be represented online.

Thank you very much.
2 min
September 30, 2019 GSV19 Special Episode-WGAN-TV | NCTech iSTAR Pulsar Backpack and Car Mount for GSV Blue-Line Capture
WGAN-TV Short Story: NCTech Technical Sales Director Andrew Baddeley at the 2019 Street View Summit
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Hi All,

For Google Street View 'Blue-Line' Capture, NCTech iSTAR Pulsar pairs with a Backpack and Roof Top car mount.

"[The photographer is] positioned underneath the camera so they're not in the shot. And with this system, you can go around trails, you could walk down streets, anywhere that a normal vehicle management system can't go ...," said NCTech Technical Sales Dr Andrew Baddeley at the 2019 Street View Summit in an interview with WGAN-TV.

"... we have a vehicle mount [that] attaches to the roof of the vehicle, very easy to set up. And this is a quick release system. So this could be in the vehicle and then you're capturing."

WGAN Forum discussions tagged: iSTAR Pulsar

[Note: All 2019 Google Street View news coverage will be tagged: GSV19 | More news coming through Friday, 4 October 2019]

Best,

Dan

Transcript of WGAN-TV Interview (Above)

Hi, my name is Andrew Baddeley. I'm the technical sales director at NCTech.

I'm here at the Google Street View Summit and we're here to talk about our iSTAR Pulsar camera and you can see here it's mounted on a backpack system which allows the wearer to walk around with the camera.

They're positioned underneath the camera so they're not in the shot. And with this system, you can go around trails, you could walk down streets, anywhere that a normal vehicle management system can't go, which leads me on to the next product.

[Dan Smigrod: (Off-Camera): Before you go on, what else do we see here?]

Oh yeah. So here we have the battery and then we have cable running up to the unit itself. And then this is our custom carbon fiber mount, the lock system, and that just allows that to be positioned directly above the wearer's head. So that's the backpack.

Over here, now we have a vehicle mount and this is magnetic feet. So this attaches to the roof of the vehicle, very easy to set up. And this is a quick release system. So this could be in the vehicle and then you're capturing.

And then when you're done, you just release that and off it comes. There it goes, take that off there, there we go. Pop that off and then when you're ready to continue capturing, just put it back on, lock it down.

So in addition to the magnetic feet, we also do clamps. So if you have roof bars with crossbars, you can clamp it to the vehicle. But this makes it a very swift and easy system to deploy.

So that's it. Two systems to use and transport iSTAR Pulsar; either vehicle mount for roads or backpack when you want to go off on the trails or on the street.

And that's it from NCTech and the [2019] Google Street View Summit.
2 min
August 28, 2019 44-WGAN-TV | Matterport Capture App and Matterport 3D Showcase App for Newbies | Getting Started | MSP
Want to know what is a"Matterport Sandwich"? How to do it? And, how to avoid the need to do it in the first place?
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Hi All,

✓ How do you duplicate a model in the Matterport Capture app?
✓ Can you switch cameras with the Matterport Capture app?
✓ How do you pair an Insta360 One X; Ricoh Theta Z1; Leica BLK360 to the Matterport Capture app?
✓ Can I use the Capture app on my iPhone?

✓ How do I download my Matterport 3D tour to my iPad?
✓ How does my client download my Matterport 3D tour to their iPad?
✓ How do you recommend using the Matterport Showcase app for business development?

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 on Tuesday, 27 August 2019 the topic of our show is:

✓ Matterport Capture and Matterport 3D Showcase Apps for Newbies (Demo Show)

And, I will ask those questions (and many more) ...

My guest will be:

✓ Matterport Marketing Manager Amir Frank

I will ask Amir to assume that I am just getting started with Matterport and to demo both:

✓ Matterport Capture (iOS) app
✓ Matterport Showcase (iOS) app

Amir will cover:

Intro to Matterport Capture (iOS) App

Home Screen Overview

✓ Settings menu => Login/Profile => Organization
✓ Settings & Privacy
✓ Help & Support
✓ Storage & Firmware
✓ Select & Sort
✓ Help
✓ 3dot menu

Create New Model

✓ 3D/360
✓ Scan button
✓ 360 View Gallery
✓ Markings
✓ Floors
✓ Upload

Intro to Matterport 3D Showcase (iOS) App

✓ Featured
✓ Downloaded
✓ Edit
✓ Cloud

What questions do you want me to ask? (Or, better yet, join the show and ask your questions.)

Best,

Dan
1 hr 43 min
August 23, 2019 43-WGAN-TV | Pro Photographer? Should I Buy a Matterport Camera? How do I Get Started? | Getting Started | MSP
Matterport 101 for a Pro Photographer Considering Buying a Matterport Camera
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Hi All,

If you are a professional photographer thinking about adding Matterport 3D Tours to your service offering, you likely have a lot of questions about if and how to get started with Matterport.

On WGAN-TV Live at 5 on Tuesday, 20 August 2019 the topic of our show is:

✓ Intro 101 to Matterport for Pro Photographers

My guests will be:

✓ Matterport Marketing Manager Amir Frank
✓ Matterport Representative Jonathan Buckley ( @Jwbuckl )

I will ask my guests to assume that I am a Pro photographer (photos, video, drone); I just heard about Matterport and I am wondering:

1. what's Matterport
1. why should I add Matterport to my visual storytelling services?
2. (and if they convince me) how I should get started with Matterport; including ...
3. should I buy a 360 1-click camera or a Matterport Pro2 3D Camera?
4. how will you help me succeed?

What questions do you want me to ask? (Or, better yet, join the show and ask your questions.)

Best,

Dan

P.S. Just getting started with Matterport?

✓ WGAN-TV: Matterport Workshop 3.0 Training - All 5 Episodes with Matterport Marketing Manager Amir Frank
✓ WGAN-TV Training Academy
✓ WGAN-TV CAPTUR3D Training Week for Matterport Pros | 12-16 August 2019
1 hr 6 min
August 16, 2019 42-WGAN-TV | CAPTUR3D Training Week for Matterport Pros | Day 5 of 5 | Matterport Partner | MSP
PHORIA Co-Founder and COO Steven Kounnas. (CAPTUR3D is a PHORIA brand.)
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WGAN-TV CAPTUR3D Training for Matterport Pros | Friday, 16 August 2019

Hi All,

CAPTUR3D Training Week for Matterport Pros is Monday, 12 August through Friday, 16 August 2019 on WGAN-TV Live at 5 (5 pm EDT | GMT -5).

My guest will be Melbourne, Australia-based PHORIA Co-Founder and COO Steven Kounnas. (CAPTUR3D is a PHORIA brand.)

The more you become successful with Matterport, the more difficult it becomes to manage all the tasks (and continue to grow your business).

CAPTUR3D is an end-to-end Content Management Systems for Matterport Pros like you.

Think of CAPTUR3D as your personal concierge that deeply understands your Matterport needs and handles everything for you in the background ... enabling:

✓ more time for creating content for your Clients
✓ more time for business development
✓ more time with your family and friends

You can manage nearly everything associated with your Matterport scanning within a simple-to-use dashboard created by a super-successful team of Matterport Service Providers (that initially created the CAPTUR3D platform to manage their business.)

There is so much that CAPTUR3D can do for you that we are devoting an entire week of WGAN-TV shows to CAPTUR3D Virtual Concierge Platform for Matterport Pros.

Day 5 Friday, August 16, 2019 | Analytics

==>Demo: Analytics Dashboard
==>Demo: Virtual tour and One Page Website
✓ Analytic Reports - print PDF and CSV reports
✓ Schedule Analytics Reports
✓ How to get SEO/Custom Domain
✓ URL Reroute
✓ Getting Started with CAPTUR3D
✓ Pricing
✓ Questions and Answers
✓ WGAN Special Offers | Signup - 6 free property packs for WGAN members

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Day 1 | Monday, August 12, 2019 | CAPTUR3D Overview

===> Demo: what the consumer sees (different skins, Measurement Tool)
✓ CAPTUR3D Overview – discussion of all things that you can do with CAPTUR3D
✓ Background
✓ Purpose
✓ Benefit to user? (Outsource your post production)
✓ Saving / Cost
✓ Efficiency - quick turnaround times
✓ Value (offer more), support / business, act as a dedicated Virtual Assistant
✓ Problems that CAPTUR3D Solves and the benefits to MSP
✓ Why Outsource (more time developing business, scanning and time with friends/family, sleep)
✓ WGAN Special Offers | Signup - 6 free property packs for WGAN
✓ Q&A
Day 2 | Tuesday, August 13, 2019 | CAPTUR3D Features and Services 1
--> Demo: Dashboard Features
-->Virtual Tour Skin Demo
-->One Page Website Demo (two templates)
✓ Property Website: Various Player Skins: Map, Floor Plans, Site Plan, Edited Photos, Social Media Videos, 360ºs
✓ Multiple Tours in one Property Site
✓ Measurement Tool
✓ Real Estate One Page Website (OPW)
✓ Industrial One Page Website (OPW)
✓ WGAN Special Offers | Signup - 6 free property packs for WGAN
✓ Q&A
Day 3 | Wednesday, August 14, 2019 | CAPTUR3D Features and Services 2
--> Demo: Services
✓ Post Production - Highlight Reels, SnapShots, Hiding Scans
✓ Floor Plans / Site Plans / Custom Templates
✓ Photo retouching
✓ Delivery/Analytics recurring
✓ 24 hour support team
✓ WGAN Special Offers | Signup - 6 free property packs for WGAN
✓ Q&A
Day 4 | Thursday, August 15, 2019 | CAPTUR3D Booking and Scheduling
-->Demo: Booking and Scheduling
✓ Notice to Agent and Photographer (Confirmation, Reminders and Cancellations)
✓ Notice to Photographer
✓ Calendar
✓ Updating
✓ Delivery
✓ Coming soon: sync calendar
✓ Coming soon: embedding booking form
✓ Coming soon: adding services
✓ Coming soon: MPEmbed Integration
✓ Coming soon: customer/client portal
✓ WGAN Special Offers | Signup - 6 free property packs for WGAN
✓ Q&A
Two Easy Steps to Join the Show Live
1. Now: Download the Zoom Cloud Meetings app (Mac, Windows, iOS, Android)
2. When the show is live, Click Here (Automatically Launches the Zoom Meetings app and you will be in the WGAN-TV Virtual Green Room. I will bring you on the show when we begin Q&A with the WGAN Community)
How to Watch WGAN-TV Live at 5 (Three Options)
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3. We'll record the show and add the episode to our WGAN-TV Podcast in the Apple iTunes Podcasts App and post to this WGAN Forum discussion. (Within a week of broadcast, you will be able to watch this WGAN-TV episode on Roku TV and Amazon Fire TV.)
Best,
Dan
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