{"id":103517,"date":"2019-01-31T14:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T07:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/propertyguru-unveils-new-visual-search-solution-for-home-seekers-first-for-southeast-asia\/"},"modified":"2019-01-31T15:03:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T08:03:48","slug":"propertyguru-unveils-new-visual-search-solution-for-home-seekers-first-for-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/propertyguru-unveils-new-visual-search-solution-for-home-seekers-first-for-southeast-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"PropertyGuru unveils new visual search solution for home seekers, first for Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nVery soon, home seekers will be able to use their smartphone camera to simply point, tap and discover homes on-the-go.<br \/>\nYou\u2019re walking down the street and happen to see a condominium you may be interested in renting or buying. Unfortunately, you don\u2019t know the name or spelling of the property which makes it tough to find out more details.<br \/>\nSo, imagine being able to use your smartphone camera to simply point, tap and discover homes while you\u2019re on-the-go.<br \/>\nThe technology, currently being developed on iOS as a beta feature, will soon be available to home seekers in Singapore after PropertyGuru Group unveiled Southeast Asia\u2019s first visual search solution for the property sector on Wednesday (31 Jan).<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBlRulILYZ0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Called PropertyGuru Lens, the technology \u201cwill effectively turn your smartphone camera into a real-world search device\u201d, said Hari V. Krishnan, Chief Executive Officer at PropertyGuru Group.<br \/>\nHe noted that the company has been making big bets on technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI).<br \/>\nPowered by AR and AI, PropertyGuru Lens works by first analysing the visual data of a building image before using geo-location technology to perform different tasks based on the contents of the image.<br \/>\n\u201cFocus the camera on any residential building and the underlying technology analyses and interprets residential building images in your line of sight and brings up property listings of units that are available for purchase and rent \u2013 all in real-time,\u201d explained Krishnan.<br \/>\nPropertyGuru\u2019s Chief Technology Officer Manav Kamboj called it \u201ca highly ambitious idea\u201d, adding that \u201cPropertyGuru Lens is learning and will become better over time\u201d.<br \/>\nPropertyGuru will conduct an invite-only closed beta testing of this feature to a select group of users after Chinese New Year to obtain their feedback and recommendations before expanding it to a wider community later this year.<br \/>\n\u201cThis feedback will help us identify potential issues and more importantly, shape our product roadmap for continual improvement,\u201d said Kamboj.<br \/>\nInitial user feedback has been encouraging. First-time home buyer Andrew Cheah said: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing that I can just point my smartphone camera at a building and all the details like property name, agents, asking price and so on are made available to me, instantly!\u201d<br \/>\nProperty consultant Khalil Adis said: \u201cThis is like the Pok\u00e9mon GO of property! The AR-driven feature is so cool\u2026makes property hunting really fun and nifty.\u201d<br \/>\nLooking ahead, PropertyGuru will consider rolling out the new feature to its Android users in Singapore as well as expand the feature to its other core markets \u2013 Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.<br \/>\nUsers who are keen to test out this innovation can register their interest here when it opens on 7 February.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRomesh Navaratnarajah, Senior Editor at PropertyGuru, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories, email\u00a0romesh@propertyguru.com.sg&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : proppertyguru.com.sg\/Property Market&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertyguru.com.sg\/property-management-news\/2019\/1\/177852\/propertyguru-unveils-new-visual-search-solution-for-home-seekers-first-for-southeast-asia\" target=\"_blank\">PropertyGuru unveils new visual search solution for home seekers, first for Southeast Asia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Very soon, home seekers will be able to use their smartphone camera to simply point,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qVD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89008,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/propertyguru-appoints-genevieve-godwin-as-hr-director\/","url_meta":{"origin":103517,"position":0},"title":"PropertyGuru appoints Genevieve Godwin as HR director","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Genevieve Godwin, HR director at PropertyGuru Group. 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