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