StreetEasy will let you scan buildings to find listings and amenities.
If you know anywhere in New York City , you have probably saunter past an amazing building before and enquire what it ’d be like to live in it . shortly , you wo n’t take to ideate what the building block look like any longer — you may just pull up your earphone , scan the building , and see it for yourself .
StreetEasy just announced its new augmented realness feature , called StreetScape , which will allow New Yorkers to see the interior of a building straightaway from the street . Just by using their iOS StreetEasy app , those looking to buy a home or even rent an flat will only need to scan the street they ’re walk , and floating icons in front of residential buildings that tender the fresh feature will pop up . When clicking on an ikon , item about the building — like its amenities , exposure , floor plans , and available whole — will seem , making for a unseamed apartment- and mansion - hunting experience .
" We ’ve all experience it : you walk by a building and immediately wonder what it would be like to hold out there and whether that ’s even a literal possibility , " Peter Lim , StreetEasy product manager , said in a command . " We are build StreetScape to conjoin the digital and physical experience of home shopping in New York , a crucial tone toward getting that story of confidence you need to make a move on a new domicile . Having that information now at your fingertip when you ’re in front of a building will help oneself dwelling shoppers act fast , which is especially key in today ’s free-enterprise grocery store . "
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The raw feature of speech will come up this summer , just in prison term for prime apartment- and home plate - hunt season . According toStreetEasy ’s depth psychology , NYC plate buying is on the rise two years after the start of the pandemic , and a StreetEasy Instagram poll show that 79 % of home shopper have already glint at and scrolled through their StreetEasy app while they ’re saunter around NYC .
For now , StreetScape will only be available to StreetEasy iOS app users , and it will include building across all five borough .
