Hi all, I'm trying to help a friend by setting up a virtual tour of his store to be posted on his website. I have absolutely no idea where to begin here. It looks as if it basically comes down to shooting shots of the location and running a software program to create the "tour". Has anyone had experience in doing this and perhaps can recommend a software package along with any tips you would care to offer?
Hi Kevin,
Don't underestimate the effort it takes, but with a good panostitching software, e.g.
PTGUI, and a Virtual Reality Tour editor, e.g.
Pano2VR, it is possible to do an amazing job. There are also other software solutions that can achieve similar results, but may be harder to learn, or more limited.
But there will be a learning curve, e.g. depending on what you already know about shooting Panos. A great example of what can be achieved is the
http://www.airpano.com/ website, but that's advanced stuff on many levels.
Cheers,
Bart
P.S. One can also string together a series of single images, with hot-spots for info or the next image. 360 degree VR shots are not absolutely necessary, but they do add to the sensation of 'being there'.
