Creating Your Tour
You’ve captured your footage and are now ready to create your tour. Learn how to upload and host your tour online, and how to add some interactivity to the site.
There are various free to paid applications and software that can be used to create Panorama tours. BEL+T has investigated a few and have outlined their features and benefits below.
Image-Based Tour
Roundme is an online-based subscription application that allows you to create virtual tours. This easy to use drag-and-drop application allows you to add interactivity by means of portals and hotspots. Roundme has a range of pricing options, with paid accounts including the ability to customise privacy settings and add branding to tours.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
|---|---|
| Footage Supported | 360° images (equirectangular or stereoscopic) |
| Pricing | $0-$8.25 USD per month or $10-$15 USD per tour |
| Hotspot Features | Text description, images, videos, URLs, audio |
| Paid Extra Features | Floor plans (custom maps – $5 USD extra), custom branding, custom privacy settings, unlimited uploads, tour analytics |
{Video in here- Creating a Tour: Roundme}
The video below goes through the process of how to add interactivity to your RoundMe 360° tour through the addition of 4 different types of hotspots.
Kuula is an online-based drag-and-drop application. Kuula has three account options – Basic, Pro & Business. The free account does not allow images to be added to hotspots. Kuula's paid option is slightly more expensive than Roundme although it offers other customisation functionality, Including, changing the layout of your hotspot pop-up boxes, quick post-editing functions for images i.e.colour and level correction.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
|---|---|
| Footage Supported | 360° images (equirectangular) |
| Pricing | $0/$12/$36 per month |
| Hotspot Features | Text description, videos (web hosted), URLs, |
| Paid Extra Features | Image-based hotspots, floor plans, level corrections, audio, custom branding, custom privacy settings, unlimited uploads, tour analytics |
{Video in here- Creating a 3D Tour: Kuula}
{Video in here- Adding Interactivity: Kuula}
Video-Based Tour
3D Vista VT Pro is a stand-alone virtual tour creation software that allows you to create 360º photo and video tours. This program offers a highly customisable tour creation process in comparison to the online-based applications. 3D Vista VT Pro offers hotspots, clickable objects, time-based effects, such as "Live Panorama" (a day-to-night effect). Completed tours can be accessed via any computer, Android or iOS device.
BEL+T have purchased a licence for staff use. This can be used on the Microstudio post-processing computer.
| Level of Difficulty | Intermediate |
|---|---|
| Footage Supported | 360 Videos (equirectangular) |
| Pricing | €499. BEL+T have purchased a licence for staff use |
| Hotspot Features | Text description, images, videos, audio, URL |
{Video in here- Creating a 3D Tour: 3D Vista VT Pro}
{Video in here- Adding Interactivity: 3D Vista VT Pro}
Blend Studio is a web-based drag-and-drop application that supports video. Blend Studio is more straightforward to use than other applications but does not offer many customisable features. The app has upload size limits for each project.
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
|---|---|
| Footage Supported | 360 Videos (equirectangular) |
| Pricing | £0 - £60 per month |
| Hotspot Features | Text Description, Videos, |
| Paid Extra Features | Image-based hotspots, Floor Plans, Level corrections, Audio, Custom branding, Custom privacy settings, |
{Video in here- Creating a 3D Tour: Blend Studio}
{Video in here- Adding Interactivity: Blend Studio}