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Its been around for a little while but for inspiration then you can’t do much better than this tour of the Edison in Los Angeles by eyerevolution.

Makes you want to jump on a plane and check the place out! (unless you can drive of course)

Thanks to Ren Yifei who pointed out this virtual tour of a Brazilian Hotel using FFP and a host of plugins. One cool feature is the Day and night options. Shame it makes you view it fullscreen – I don`t like being made to do anything

This is a great tour by Tom Mills at VRwebdesign.

For a long time I have thought that when a virtual tour can stand on its own as an interactive website, then it is this aspect alone that will increase the popularity of virtual tours and panoramas. This tour stands up on its own, it doesn’t need more information.

The music defiantly adds to the ambiance of the subject and the Googlemap api (although a little hidden) is great. This is a true example that today – panoramas alone are not enough.

I did find the navigation a little strange and couldn`t understand why the next pano was loading at times, but the photography is great.

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/