If this great preview of the new 360cities interactive panoramas is anything to go by then we are looking at a very user friendly experience. The use of Googlemaps flash API compliments the tour greatly. Maps embedded within a tour rather than visa versa will give the panoramas the credit they deserve. It uses the new kid on the Flash Pano block , KRPano. Which seems to be the best performing FlashVR player yet - certainly in performance anyway and the interactive elements certainly seem to be at least on a par to Flashpanoramas.
It took a while to load and I didn’t understand it (this is my downfall - not the tour’s) but this is a great example of what can be done to turn a series of simple panoramas into a truly interactive experience. I believe a well executed voice over can create an enormous impact.
Extract from the developers:
Virtual Tour Country Estate “Wolfslaar” Breda, The Netherlands
One year ago we were asked to make a virtual tour by the country estate Wolfslaar in our hometown Breda.
Wolfslaar is a 1* Michelin restaurant which is located in the former stalls of the estate. In the country house there are possibilities to do a variety of activities for private and business.
Meetings, cook experiences, wine tasting in the wine cellar and complete weddings in the big wedding-room.
The estate is located south of Breda in the woods and was build in 1862 by a duchess who spent her summers on the estate.
Near the pond is a ice cellar where they kept their for cooling food in the summer.
Our assignment was to create a tour showing the complete estate and tell in spoken words something about the location. The tour had to be easy to manage and very user-friendly and possible on almost any computer. The panorama’s should also be available in full screen.
To create the tour I asked Marnix van de Vijver to help me create it. He asked his companion, 2Hatch, for technical support. It took 10 months to create it like it is today and was made from scratch. The tours will be replaced with better ones all the time and a English version will follow in time.
If you take a close look to the project you can find a lot of visible and some almost not visible features, like the text in the panorama that says how to manage in the panorama and disappears as soon as you start.
Our customer is very satisfied for now he can show all the possibilities he has to offer. Results made it clear that he was right.
We will continue doing assignment like this and have several things going. This should be our target market because these companies are willing to pay and have the money. They don’t do it because they like you, the reason is that they will profit from the tour!
Regards,
Ronald Weddepohl
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I`ve added this Virtual tour by ommatidia.be because it shows what can be done with no knowledge of Flash, completely done using the FFP and xml - the panos are clear and the white colour scheme is professional and crisp.
Panedia is a large project taking place in Australia - incorporating over 3000 hi quality panos. One of the newest and most interesting/clever features is the site’s ability to automatically create hotspots with each panorama using GPS data other algorithms from nearby views. The hotspot window also contains the distance & bearing to that panorama from the one you are in.
View an example here - the guys at Panedia are not stopping here so expect big announcements in the future.
Just to show automation is not always the answer! - The millions Google invested in streetmaps was foiled by a plastic bag for a few streets, I wonder if it was sabotage by a local resident!
This Great Virtual tour uses fairly standard FPP (thanks Pete!!) techniques to bring this tour together - the feature zoom is used well and the control buttons are simple and well designed. A unique loader would have customised this tour nicely. The actual panos are great quality.
Original Starbucks Virtual tour is a great use of Flash Pano Player within a website. The Panos are well staged with people, the sort of thing I’d like to see more of.
Again a tour by Cheathamlane…..
This tour was an early use of FPP - however the quality of element (buttons and loaders etc) design set a standard that would inspire tours of the future.
The use of the JW MP3 player was a great idea and it is incorporated well.
The drop down box has become a standard plugin from http://flashpanos.com/
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