Virtual Tours are online simulations of a space or location that let users explore environments remotely in a highly interactive manner. These tours offer a 360-degree view and immersive experience, allowing potential customers or interested individuals to virtually “walk through” the area at their own pace. Accessible via computers, tablets, smartphones, and even virtual reality headsets, these tours adapt seamlessly to different devices, ensuring that everyone can experience the location without the constraints of time or distance. This technology is ideal for showcasing your business, whether it’s providing a detailed view of a property for sale, hosting open houses for new developments, or giving tourists a preview of local hotels and attractions. Additionally, Virtual Tours can significantly enhance engagement and customer satisfaction by offering an authentic feel of the environment, ultimately helping to build trust and interest before a physical visit.
What Are Virtual Tours?
Virtual Tours use advanced technology to create an interactive experience, allowing viewers to navigate through a series of images as if they were walking through the actual space.
They are a great way to:
Showcase a Business
Reach potential customers who cannot visit in person by offering realistic, engaging virtual access to your location anytime, anywhere.
Promote Open Houses
Give visitors a virtual look at hotels, attractions, or neighborhoods with immersive, interactive 360-degree experiences.
Enhance Engagement
Provide an interactive and immersive viewing experience that captivates users and brings spaces to life in stunning visual detail and clarity.
How Virtual Tours Are Created
Our process involves several steps to ensure a smooth and interactive tour:
Our photographers take numerous 360° (panorama) images a few meters apart to cover the key interior or exterior areas of interest. This method gives users the freedom to look in any direction.
The individual images are combined using specialized software to create a seamless virtual tour. Overlaid “hotspots” serve as navigation tools, allowing users to click through the tour as if they were physically moving through the space.
- Navigation: Hotspots placed on the floor enable users to move in the direction they want.
- Additional Content: They can also trigger pop-ups with more information, showcase products, or even play a series of videos within the tour.
The 360°/Panorama Image Experience
Explore Every Angle
Click and hold to pan up, down, left, and right.
Control Their Experience
Click and drag or swipe on a mobile to change the viewpoint.
Zoom In for Details
Use the scroll wheel or two fingers to zoom in or zoom out.
Demo and Examples
Explore some of our Virtual Tours to see the technology in action:
SAP Virtual Tour
University of Pretoria Virtual Tour
Equipment We Use
We leverage a diverse array of specialized equipment to guarantee top-notch quality and immersive experiences:
Matterport Virtual Tours
Matterport Virtual Tours offer an immersive and interactive way to explore spaces remotely, combining high-quality photography with advanced 3D scanning technology. Using a lower-end Lidar system, Matterport captures spatial data to create a realistic digital twin of any environment, allowing users to virtually walk through properties with accurate depth and perspective. This makes it an ideal solution for real estate, architecture, retail, and hospitality. The tours are secure, easy to share, and accessible from any device, enhancing engagement and convenience. With intuitive navigation and detailed visuals, Matterport helps clients experience spaces as if they were there.
DSLR Virtual Tours
DSLR Virtual Tours deliver an exceptionally high-quality visual experience, capturing images with superior detail and clarity. Using professional-grade DSLR cameras, these tours provide crisp, vibrant visuals that showcase spaces in their best light. Ideal for luxury real estate, architecture, and commercial projects, DSLR tours emphasize visual storytelling and precision. While they don’t offer true 3D navigation like Lidar-based systems, they excel in photographic quality and atmosphere. The images can be stitched into panoramic or guided virtual tours, offering smooth transitions and immersive exploration. DSLR Virtual Tours are perfect when visual impact is the priority.
INSTAPro2 360° Virtual Tour
INSTAPro2 360° Virtual Tours capture panoramic images in a single shot, allowing for fast and efficient documentation of spaces. This makes them particularly effective in dynamic environments where movement is present, such as events, construction sites, or active public areas. The camera’s wide-angle capabilities and high-resolution output ensure full scene coverage with minimal setup time. While not as detailed as DSLR photography or as spatially rich as Lidar scans, INSTAPro2 balances speed and quality for rapid virtual tour creation. It’s a practical solution for industries needing quick turnarounds and immersive 360° visuals without compromising ease of use.