WGAN-TV Podcast

About WGAN-TV Podcast

WGAN-TV Podcast covers Matterport (and related) digital twin creators and providers shaping the future of real estate today. (Nearly) every Thursday at 5 pm ET, WGAN-TV Podcast airs live (www.WGAN-TV.com) and by the following Thursday, available free on popular podcast apps and YouTube. We Get Around Network (www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com) Founder and Managing Editor Dan Smigrod interviews industry thought-leaders and content creators to provide insights and training. (200+ one hour, live interview podcasts since August 2016). ’’ The We Get Around Network Forum (www.WGANForum.com) knowledge base includes 99,000 Matterport and related posts among 18,000 topics, as of February 2024. The WGAN Forum is read monthly by 14,000+ unique visitors and has 9,000 registered members in 147 countries. WGAN-TV Podcast helps you connect the dots to succeed faster. Join the We Get Around Network community and get connected to what matters to help you succeed faster. It is free to join the WGAN Forum (www.JoinWGAN.com) and instantly receive 50+ WGAN Membership benefits. Info for potential WGAN-TV Podcast guests: www.WGAN.INFO/guest | DanSmigrod@WeGetAroundNetwork.com

Publisher

Tom Sparks | www.WeGetAroundNetwork.com | www.WGAN-TV.com

Category

business · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2018

Latest episode

31 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

374 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Mar 2026

   Roomio: iPhone Floor Plans for Real Estate Photographers

   What if you could scan a property in 5 minutes with your iPhone and have a professional floor plan delivered within 24 hours, starting at $11? That's exactly what Roomio does.  Tom Sparks sits down with Steven, co-founder of Phoria, the team behind Captur3d.  For the first look at Roomio, their new smartphone floor plan tool built for real estate photographers, agents, and anyone who needs a professional floor plan fast. Steven walks through everything: how the LiDAR-based capture works, the step-by-step scanning process, accuracy benchmarks, pricing, delivery pipeline, ANSI compliance progress, and what's coming next including non-LiDAR and Android support.  Tom puts it through its paces with real questions from a working photographer's perspective, branded templates, multi-user accounts, scan pausing, SVG delivery, commercial property support, and a feature request for a fake camera rig to fool skeptical agents. Steven also reveals that WGAN members get two free floor plans to test drive the platform via wgan.info/Roomio.  For real estate photographers looking to add floor plans as a high-margin add-on service without expensive hardware, this conversation covers everything you need to know. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCESTry Roomio — 2 free floor plans for WGAN members: https://wgan.info/RoomioWe Get Around Network: https://www.wegetaround.com Chapters0:00 Introduction & Roomio Elevator Pitch1:00 LiDAR vs. Non-LiDAR Capture1:48 The Aha Moment — How Roomio Was Built3:13 Floor Plans, Site Plans & 3D Floor Plans3:55 Scanning Outside for Site Plans4:17 Tom's First-Hand Experience With Roomio4:58 Floor Plan Amendment Tool — Coming Soon5:48 SVG Delivery & Format Options5:54 Step-by-Step Scanning a 3-Bedroom Home8:02 Scanning Speed & Technique9:36 Camera Angle & the Painting Method10:40 The Property Report Feature10:56 Pricing: 24-Hour vs. 10-Hour Turnaround11:18 AI + Human Delivery Pipeline12:27 Future Turnaround Time Goals13:59 ANSI Z765 Compliance15:36 Accuracy Benchmarks17:18 Delivery Formats17:43 Branded Templates & Logo Upload19:04 Platform Demo — Templates & Delivery20:27 Multi-User Account Management21:03 Property Report Deep Dive22:06 Roomio vs. Hardware Platforms23:25 Pricing Breakdown & Market Rates26:15 Pay-Per-Use Model & Volume Pricing31:28 Commercial Property & Size Limits33:53 Pausing & Resuming Scans35:27 Privacy & What Gets Captured36:46 Integrations & API Roadmap37:16 Floor Plan Template Gallery Walkthrough39:51 2 Free Floor Plans for WGAN Members40:21 What's Coming Next for Roomio41:12 Wrap-Up #Roomio #FloorPlan #RealEstateTech #RealEstatePhotography #WGAN #WeGetAroundNetwork #iPhoneFloorPlan #PropTech #PropertyMarketing #Phoria #Captur3d #VirtualTours #MSP #3DFloorPlan #SitePlan

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   9 Jan 2026

   414. WGAN-TV | Urbanimmersive + Sûreté du Québec Police Service for 3D Crime Scene Documentation

   ► https://www.Urbanimmersive.com ► https://www.urbanimmersive.com/contact --- How a major Canadian police service uses forensic-grade 3D digital twins to document crime scenes In this episode of WGAN-TV Live at 5 (aired on Wednesday, 7 January 2026), we take a deep dive into how Urbanimmersive partnered with the Sûreté du Québec Police Service, Canada’s largest provincial police force, to modernize crime scene documentation using forensic-grade 3D digital twin technology. Joining the conversation is François-Hugues Liberge (Executive Vice President, Urbanimmersive), along with WGAN-TV Podcast Co-Host Tom Sparks. Together, we explore how a platform best known to real estate photographers was adapted to meet the strict technical, security, privacy, and courtroom-defensibility requirements of law enforcement. The discussion begins with context. The Sûreté du Québec covers more than 1,000 municipalities, employs over 8,600 people, and investigates everything from local incidents to major provincial crimes. Their legacy crime scene documentation system was expensive, difficult to operate, slow to deploy, and limited to only a few regions of the province. Investigators were still relying heavily on static photography and manual sketches, often discovering years later in court that crucial context had been missed. That challenge triggered a detailed public Request for Proposal (RFP). Among the non-negotiable requirements were offline processing, local data control, rapid capture, HDR imaging, accurate measurements, and a solution that could be deployed broadly without extensive technical training. Urbanimmersive ultimately became the only company to respond to the RFP, largely because it was able to deliver something unique in the market: a fully immersive 3D walkthrough experience that can be captured, processed, hosted, and viewed entirely offline. During the episode, François explains how Urbanimmersive’s platform—originally designed for real estate—was already capable of offline workflows due to earlier work in sensitive environments such as nuclear plants, tunnels, and other critical infrastructure. That legacy allowed Urbanimmersive to meet police requirements without fundamentally changing the platform itself. We walk through a live demo showing how investigators can: ✓ Capture an entire crime scene using inexpensive, off-the-shelf 360 cameras ✓ Navigate the space virtually using immersive walkthroughs, dollhouse views, and floor plans ✓ Annotate evidence directly inside the 3D environment ✓ Take measurements after the fact ✓ Embed photos, videos, and other forensic assets ✓ Maintain a complete audit trail showing when and how any modification is made Equally important, the episode details what does not happen. Crime scene data never touches the cloud. Processing occurs on police-controlled hardware. Files remain local. Nothing is publicly hosted. Nothing is accessible to Urbanimmersive after delivery. For law enforcement, that distinction is critical. From an operational standpoint, the solution dramatically reduces friction. Capture times drop to seconds per scan. Equipment costs fall under $1,000 per camera. Training time is measured in hours or days rather than weeks. As a result, the Sûreté du Québec can deploy multiple capture kits across the province instead of concentrating expensive equipment in only major cities. Beyond policing, the conversation broadens to other high-security and institutional use cases where traditional cloud-hosted digital twins are not viable. These include fire departments, transportation accidents, power utilities, water treatment plants, hospitals, government facilities, manufacturing sites, and any environment where privacy, security, or long-term hosting costs are a concern. Continues in the We Get Around Network Forum https://www.wegetaroundnetwork.com/topic/21416/page/1/transcript-wgan-tv--urbanimmersive-for-3d-crime-scene-documentation/ ► https://www.Urbanimmersive.com

3. 

   1 Jan 2026

   413. We Get Around Network Acquired by Tom Sparks from Dan Smigrod

   ► We Get Around Network Forum (https://www.WGANForum.com) --- We Get Around Network Acquired by Tom Sparks from Founder Dan Smigrod After more than a decade as founder, managing editor, and publisher of the We Get Around Network, Dan Smigrod announces the next chapter in WGAN’s history. Effective January 1, 2026, ownership of We Get Around Network has transitioned to long-time WGAN member and contributor Tom Sparks, Principal of Sparks Media Group, through WGAN Holdings Inc. Tom is now the owner, managing editor, and publisher of We Get Around Network—and the new host of the WGAN-TV Podcast. This is a change in leadership, not a change in DNA. Everything the community relies on remains in place: ► The WGAN Forum and its 100,000+ posts ► WGAN-TV Podcast and WGAN-TV Training U ► WGAN MarketPlace and Marketing Partner programs ► Find a Service Provider Map ► Existing memberships, subscriptions, logins, and content WGAN continues to be the trusted, cross-platform knowledge base for digital twins, 3D/360 cameras, real estate media, and the tools and services professionals use every day. Why Tom Sparks Tom is a working real estate photographer and media business owner who actively uses Matterport, iGUIDE, Giraffe360, InnoDraw, SIMLAB, InsideMaps, and related platforms in the field. He brings hands-on experience, editorial credibility, and operational leadership—combined with a clear vision to expand education, deepen technical coverage, and grow vendor partnerships. What’s Next Under Tom’s leadership, WGAN will: ► Expand practical, field-tested content ► Strengthen marketing partner programs ► Go deeper into digital twins and AI-driven workflows ► Continue delivering trusted insights that help members succeed faster Dan Smigrod’s Next Chapter Dan transitions into an advisor role to support a smooth handoff and knowledge transfer. While stepping back from daily publishing, he will continue to appear for select projects, special episodes, and deep dives—while finally reclaiming time for travel, creativity, and exploration in AI and robotics. Join the Conversation Please welcome Tom Sparks as the new publisher of We Get Around Network. Introduce yourself in the WGAN Forum. Share what topics, tools, and technologies you want covered next. The mission remains the same: Give help. Get help. Build the future of digital twins and real estate media—together. Happy New Year, Dan Smigrod Founder and Advisor We Get Around Network Atlanta

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• Mikus Opelts
• Samy Jeffries
• Janis Beinerts
• Bruno Versaci
• Tom Sparks

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Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

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YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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