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You set your goal to $347 and have exceeded it. But there are also tiers for as high as $1042. How much does this project really need?

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I did put the goal very low. I must admit. I hoped that much more people would pledge. This is not obiously the case. I secrettly hopped for 3000$ pledge, not 320$

( and of course like most people, I had a secret dream to make 30K$ so I could stop my job and be full time on the project for one year )

That should not be a secret dream, rather that is half of a realistic plan.

I see this as a business with a franchise model, you need software , you need hardware, but you need a trained person to quickly model the space.

I was taking pictures of a car the other day, met the owner, and sold him 5 pictures for $10. That is fun but not scalable. A real VR photography job has to pay more. Working indoors, for instance, I am always trying to manage my own shadows and reflections. Indoor scenes often have have lighting anomalies that are unacceptable when I see the images and I have to change the room if I want to get the images in my mind.

Perhaps yes : a franchise with photographers. Like people of Matterport do. This is a reason why I thought photographer would have been more interested in my crowdfunding.

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