![]() The tool doesn’t support video content yet. However, I wasn’t able to use a 360-degree video I had filmed earlier of the chickens in my back yard. It’s easy to add images and scenes - but not video - to Google’s Tour Creator GearBrainĬlick on the “Add scene” button, and either look for a Google Maps location or click on the “Upload” button to use your own photo. Now, Google has released its own take on virtual tours, Google’s Tour Creator, and it’s completely free, ridiculously easy to use, and works on all platforms - regular web browsers, all mobile phones and tablets and any of the major virtual reality headsets as long as they can open a web page. Or they could use virtual tour creation software such as that from Panotour, Pano2VR, EasyPano, 3DVista, VPix, Roundme and TheViewer. They could post their 360-degree photos online - on Facebook, say, or their own website - then share links to each one individually. When I last wrote about how to create virtual tours, a year ago, people had three basic options. Google’s Tour Creator has made it very simple to make VR tours at home. Doesn't automatically build a floorplan from your panoramas as does many of the other online editors.Do you run a small bed and breakfast and want to make it easy for prospective customers to take a virtual tour of your facility? Or create a virtual walking tour of your college campus or downtown historic district? And maybe you don’t want to spend any money, or sign up for any platform, or learn 3D development and design tools. Not something you could pickup and master in a day. I can usually pick up new software pretty fast, this took a little while of building maybe 3-4 tours before I really felt like I was mastering the software. The learning curve on this is pretty blunt, you kind of just have to immerse yourself and give it a crack. If you need to collaborate live on a 360 tour then this software isn't for you. While they have cloud storage this is just for hosting the end product, not for hosting the working files for joint editing access. that team member would have to do their work, then export back to you to re-import etc. You can export the and another member of your team import that file and work on it but you can't work on it at the same time. ![]() in 2020 this is a pretty important thing to have and it's one of the only let-downs of this software. Team Sharing, there is no ability to team share a project and work on it simultaneously. Comes with a stack of inbuilt icons and skins to get you up and going but allows you to import any content yourself if you wish. Works seamlessly and has been instrumental for our use. Has an in-built e-learning environment/addon which is amazing as this software alone can cost thousands of dollars Help videos and FAQ guides are very comprehensive the frequency of these updates is unlike anything i've experienced with a software company, this month (October 2020) they've released 7! And while some are bug fixes for the craziest little hidden bugs usually they consist of fantastic software upgrades. Constantly updating it with new functionality suggested by the community. Adding Analytics couldn't be easier and works well (have tracked several campaigns) The export functions are fantastic website, hosted cloud, exe, social or even street view direct! Also makes it easier for me to control content backups. Working offline on my computer rather than in browser makes for much faster editing, i've used various online software's and have always been limited in speed, constantly having to wait for uploads etc etc. I like the fact it's offline, although this is also a CON but I'll talk about the Pro element. The fact it's a one off payment for a lifetime license is fantastic! Customer support is fantastic, always fast and have always been able to answer my questions on how to do this or that. Would highly recommend this software if you're in the market. I'm so impressed by their support, their updates and the output from the software. Paying over 1.5 million for one piece all being told and it didn't come close to the depth thought that has gone into building this. I've worked with companies overseas to develop software for the companies i've worked at. ![]() For the price, this software has blown my mind.
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