| You know a picture tells a thousand words. Add | | | | click-and-enter various mappings of the tour. |
| to this line - a virtual tour (3D tour) tells it all! | | | | Compatibility and compression are the major |
| Plainly speaking words never speak better than a | | | | issues in creating 3D tours for web. Because one |
| virtual tour. As internet has become the mainstay | | | | is exposed to the world at a click. A slow |
| in media, 3D tours, the new kid on the block, is | | | | rendering graphics is worse enough to ward off |
| breaking the clutter of web graphics. High-end | | | | the busy traffic. |
| virtual tours takes the visibility of a business levels | | | | Broadly, virtually tours can be divided into: |
| up. | | | | · Fixed format (do-yourself) virtual tours: |
| Have it, flaunt it! Virtual tours authenticate a | | | | One can create virtual tours by using software. All |
| companies/organizations worth. It presents the big | | | | one needs is but to enter some images, texts |
| picture interactively making way for easy | | | | and sounds (if required) to the program and |
| decisions. Virtual tours prove to be complete | | | | choose the options of panning, size and time |
| makeover for sagging web presence of a | | | | parameters. If the budget is pinching this can be |
| company into hospitality. | | | | well-to-do for small enterprises. |
| Virtual Tours - the Big Picture | | | | · Professional (full-service) virtual tours: |
| Virtual tour (3D tour) is but the all-round view of a | | | | Professional photographers, illustrators and |
| venue, location, machinery or system, composed | | | | programmers together can build a virtual tour as |
| of a varying degree of images. It can also | | | | you specify. This can be expensive but one get |
| accompany texts and audio so as to make the | | | | the dream-results. One can also add/remove |
| walkthrough interesting. | | | | certain features as required. It is suitable for |
| 360 degree virtual tours are highly advantageous | | | | corporates. |
| for real estate industries. Prospective clients | | | | Virtual Tours - the Benefits |
| browsing these tours get rid of the pain of | | | | · Over 50% of online viewers prefer to |
| physically inspecting the places and systems. As | | | | visit a real location after having viewed its virtual |
| an educational aid, they are unparallel. | | | | tour. |
| Besides, 3D tour is used more or less in product | | | | · It stimulates the buying decision of |
| advertisements. | | | | potential clients. |
| Virtual Tours - the Technology | | | | · Increases traffic and increases the |
| Bluntly saying, this is a visual media. Technicians | | | | recall-value in prospective clients. |
| optimize a series of photographs or a video | | | | · Increases retail businesses looking to |
| panaroma to the web standards. Panographers | | | | show off their showrooms. |
| can add hotspots to allow the users | | | | |