This startup develops augmented reality home design software that utilizes three-dimensional and virtual reality modeling tools to provide immersive walkthroughs of homes before construction. By enabling residential construction companies to showcase designs through a mobile platform, the software enhances customer engagement and facilitates sales.
Funding
$750K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Residential construction companies face challenges in effectively showcasing designs to potential buyers before construction begins. Traditional methods often lack the immersive experience needed to inspire confidence and facilitate informed decision-making. This can lead to difficulties in managing buyer expectations, improving project profitability, and enhancing brand reputation.
Solution
homeAR provides an augmented reality (AR) platform that enables designers and builders to offer a pre-build experience by visualizing new homes in the context of the real world. By turning home plans into virtual model homes, the platform delivers an engaging buyer experience on phones or iPads. The "Always-On" feature allows saving a digital twin of house plans to any location, creating geo-located virtual model homes. This AR-powered platform allows clients to experience a full-scale view of their future home on-site or explore a "dolls house" view anytime, anywhere, enhancing clarity and confidence in the buying process.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes production builders/developers, semi-custom & custom builders, prefabricated & modular construction companies, and architects & designers looking to enhance their customer experience and streamline the sales process.
Features
- Full-scale AR view: Provides a 1:1 scale visualization of the home on the actual lot, utilizing LiDAR for precise positioning on compatible devices.
- Dolls House AR view: Offers a small-scale 3D view with cutaway options for detailed exploration of the home design.
- Webview 3D: Enables embedding interactive 3D models of plans on web pages for an engaging initial customer experience.
- Multi-user mode: Allows multiple users to simultaneously view and interact with the AR experience on their own devices.
- Sharing and publishing tools: Simplifies sharing plans via email, text, social media, and QR codes for integration into marketing materials.
- CAD/BIM Compatibility: Upload plans manually or via plugins from CAD/BIM software.
- Mobile AR apps: Available on iPhone, iPad, and Android.