NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementIn a world filled with news about seemingly endless types of emerging technology, virtual-reality, or VR, tech has become a tool that many businesses are leveraging. Research from Goldman Sachs estimated that 130,000 real-estate agents used VR to show homes in 2020, per Encora. Indeed, virtual tours were key to keeping the real-estate market alive while COVID-19 restrictions were in place. For properties that have a Matterport virtual tour available, people can "enter VR" and move within the virtual space online, Bowerman told BI.

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