Enhanced Realty
Enhanced Realty
is one of
several fictitious companies
created by Prof. David Bernstein, now a member of the
Computer Science Department at James Madison University
.
1 About the Company
Enhanced Realty designs and develops advanced software tools
for the real estate industry.
Product mission statements exist for the following products:
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HomeBase
- a database
of real estate listings.
-
OpenHouse
- an open
source library of tools and products
that can be used to provide multimedia "virtual tours" of
houses/apartments/land.
Several other products are being considered, including:
-
Home-a-Loan - tools for evaluating and managing
home loans.
-
HomeWork - a system that allows real estate professionals
to track and communicate with contractors of various kinds (e.g.,
general contractors, plumbers, roofers, electricians).
-
InHouse - an enhanced/augmented reality system that provides
real-time information about houses/apartments/land during
"tours".
-
OutHouse - tools for the mobile real estate professional that
run on smal devices (e.g., smart phones).
2 About the Name
The name EnhancedRealty is a play on the term "enhanced reality".