Hi All,

A "must read" from a year ago:

✓ Why Google Will Acquire Matterport

Highlights

What is not so obvious is the value over time of Matterport Service Providers scanning the world of indoor spaces. In x years from now, Matterport will reach sufficient critical mass to license an API to its Matterport Spaces library. Imagine for example, Realtor.com – a Matterport alliance partner – including with all listings:

✓ Matterport Spaces 3D Tour
✓ 2D Floor Plans
✓ 3D Floor Plans
✓ Video (from the Matterport Spaces 3D Tour)
✓ Virtual Staging Tool
✓ Including eCommerce links within a Matterport Space

And, as a Matterport Service Provider, you only get compensated by your client (once): not the licensing of “your” content by Matterport. That’s my interpretation of the Matterport Terms and Conditions.

And, this ...

While I know that Matterport reads every word of the We Get Around Forum, it’s unlikely that they will respond to these three questions:

1. Do you plan to offer an API that uses “our” content without compensation to us?
2. What are you planning to do with “our” content?
3. If we delete a Matterport Space, do you really delete it? Or, do you still keep it? (And, reserving the right to use it?