Mayor tests real estate firms new virtual reality service

Ottawa mayor Jim Watson dropped into an Ottawa real estate firm Wednesday morning to get a glimpse of the industry’s new virtual reality technology that is allowing potential buyers to “explore” available properties without leaving their home.
Watson told reporters he typically visits local business once every couple of weeks to “see new technology and new ideas that are helping to reinvent our city.”
On this day he was at Umber Realty Inc. and Brokerage, a boutique