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Creating and Viewing a Virtual Tour

Creating and Viewing a Virtual Tour. EDTC-560 Dr. Eli Collins-Brown Michele L. Howard. What Is a Virtual Tour?. A Virtual Tour: Is a set of digital photographs stitched together to create a 360-degree image Is created by capturing from 6-18 images from the center point of view of the scene.

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Creating and Viewing a Virtual Tour

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  1. Creating and Viewing a Virtual Tour EDTC-560 Dr. Eli Collins-Brown Michele L. Howard

  2. What Is a Virtual Tour? A Virtual Tour: • Is a set of digital photographs stitched together to create a 360-degree image • Is created by capturing from 6-18 images from the center point of view of the scene. • Can be viewed over the internet or sent by e-mail

  3. A digital camera OR A film camera on a panoramic tripod Stitching software Internet access Java technology What Do We Need To Create a Tour?

  4. The intent of a virtual tour is to allow the viewer to get a feel for the location

  5. Steps to Creating a Virtual Tour • Place the camera in a central point of the location • Rotate the camera around the location on a 360° angle • Stitch the images together • Process and then retouch your stitched image. • Prepare the virtual tour for deployment on the Internet • Plug-in the tour on the web

  6. Computers Databases Software Internet access GUIs-Graphical User Interface What Do We Need To View It?

  7. Hotels, Motels, Resorts Restaurants Stores Museums Art Galleries Realtors Colleges and Universities Who Would Use it?

  8. A Virtual E-Tour allows the viewer to "immerse" themselves within a "virtual environment.” They can pan 360 degrees left, right, up or down while viewing a complete seamless spherical photographic panorama. What Can The Viewer See?

  9. In the next slide, we will see an example of a virtual house tour in process.

  10. Kitchen Living room Bedroom Bathroom

  11. Virtual tours are innovative tools that enable the viewers to visit places without leaving the comfort of their own home. Conclusion

  12. How to create a virtual tour. (n.d.). Retrieved Mar. 13, 2005, from Creating a virtual tour Web site: http://www.studio360.com/virtual- tour.htm. What is a virtual tour?. (n.d.). retrieved Dec. 11, 2004, from On-Line Residential Web site: http://www.olr.com/virtual%5Ftours/. References

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