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How to Make a 360 Virtual Tour

Are you looking to create Virtual Tours and Expeditions? Do you need to view tours in Virtual Reality mode? ThingLink is the perfect solution for the task. This post provides you with an overview of ThingLink’s virtual tour creator.  We provide some helpful tips and tricks to create your own immersive experiences.

ThingLink has become one of the world’s most popular rich media tech tools for creating visual learning materials and experiences. Over 8 million people have registered a creator account, and over 350 million people learn with ThingLink every year. In 2016, ThingLink was the first company to make it accessible and affordable for teachers and students to create virtual tours and expeditions.

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If you’d like to learn more about what ThingLink can offer to your company, you can schedule an online meeting with one of our product experts below.

The popularity of the platform’s success is down to ever-improving functionality and simplicity. As digital media usage becomes more sophisticated, ThingLink has responded with rich media tags, in-tag controls, enhanced VR technology player controls, accessibility features and improvements to tour transitions .

Since the start of the Covid19 pandemic we saw soaring demand in education for both virtual environment visits and online learning, from K12, through higher education and beyond to professional development. Educators are using ThingLink to create some outstanding examples which show how interactive virtual experiences and tours can help meet and go beyond the challenges.

Putting content into context in virtual tours

At every level, context visualization is key when creating content that keeps your learners engaged. Using ThingLink with 360 degree images to create Virtual Tours and Expeditions immediately creates an immersive experience which enhances and reinforces the learning journey. This is all the more important when students are joining the classroom from diverse locations. Adding in their ‘social presence’ to tours, educators have been able to remain connected to their learners.

Lessons from Lockdown: In-context learning with the University of Central Lancashire

When Covid-19 canceled a medical school’s in-person workshop, ThingLink provided the solution for a realistic scenario to immerse students in the experience. Students then pieced together individual data within the simulation to diagnose and create a patient management plan.

Read more about this fantastic example of interactive teaching material – which enabled students to relate to the realistic content but also developed their observational skills within standalone virtual environments.

The built-in security, sharing and simple functionality of ThingLink means that it can also become a collaborative tool for your learners. Students can create their own ThingLink content as a way to present research and information. The clone function easily allows them to edit your example with their own content.

See below and hear how Stirling High School’s pupil-led team introduced students to the school’s new one way system, part of their response to Covid-19.

Where you could use a virtual tour

• Realtors and other real estate professionals can use them to provide a walkthrough of a home, retail or office space to potential buyers, tenants or investors.
• Museums and galleries can create a brand new tour between displays or items that wouldn’t normally be linked, or even taken out of the archives. These two case studies from the Petofi Museum in Budapest and the Highland Folk Museum in Scotland are great examples of this in practice. 
• In any sector you can use virtual tours to introduce and guide new starters around a new environment, or a familiar environment where routes or protocols have changed. You can h ear directly from Student Leader Emily how Stirling High School’s pupil-led team introduced students to the school’s new one way system during Covid-19. 
• Multidisciplinary teams working on large projects can create virtual tours and virtual staging of buildings or rooms even when in the design stage. ThingLink’s Unity plugin is the ideal tool for this function.

What extra functionality does ThingLink bring?

• Collaborate on ThingLink creations with shared folders in your organizational account
• Increase accessibility – text in hotspots can be opened in Microsoft’s Immersive Reader
• Explore and use high quality royalty-free panoramic photos with our library of 360 images from around the world 
• Embed a huge variety of content types in tags – including videos, GIFS and carousels of images, as well as external apps such as Google Maps, Forms, Flipgrid, and YouTube
• Add virtual 3d objects to your immersive experience with tools such as Sketchfab
• Share to your Google for Education Google Classrooms or Microsoft Teams seamlessly
• Add your own custom icons for branded or personalized tours
• Add your voice or other audio directly to other content in the tags in the browser – no need to record on another app
• Check comprehension or add an additional level of security with conditional transitions between scenes – users can only progress through the tour with the correct answer or password
• Select your tours to be Private or Unlisted tours – keep sensitive content private or share it with your group, class or organization or make it public and searchable
• Use your 360-degree tours with Virtual Reality VR Headsets such as Google Cardboard, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Gear VR.
• Share to your Google Classrooms for VR viewing with Google Cardboard with our designated feature.

Using virtual reality can be easy! How to go Further with ThingLink

One of the challenges with Virtual Tours and Trips is the viewer’s understanding of the layout. The solution is to use a combination of images and 360 media to take the viewer on a virtual walkthrough , from start to finish. 

For example start with a video, floor plan or map with a legend as your introduction to the tour – helping users to visualize their location and journey. Below is a great example of this in action at the Royal Ontario Museum.

ThingLink creations can be made from flat images (jpg. and png.), video, 360 images and even 360 video. With the Tour Tag you can link any combination of ThingLinks, no matter what base media you use. This means that unlike other virtual tour platforms, you can also include video tours for your viewers.

You can now also add a floorplan to your Virtual Tour, with no additional virtual tour software required. Read this article for more information on this great new feature.

Select a scene within the virtual tour

All virtual trips in ThingLink also enable the viewer to hop from scene to scene as they wish, as well as following the linear tour. Clicking on the square icons bottom right of screen brings up the scene selection from where users can move about the scenes freely. Example here from Midlothian Council in Scotland .

How to Create a ThingLink

Go to thinglink.com and create your free trial account. Watch this 11 minute video for a complete introduction tutorial to the creation process from uploading your first media to sharing it with your customers, learners or colleagues.

Capturing 360 images for ThingLink

You can read about how to convert your photos taken with 360 cameras such as Insta360, Ricoh theta v or theta z1 here . 

NEW! The easy way to create 360 images: Pano to 360

Creating virtual tours, exhibitions, escape rooms and other immersive content just got even easier! ThingLink has now launched Pano to 360 by ThingLink : an easy way to create a 360 photosphere from a panoramic image using any smartphone. For more information, including step-by-step instructions see this helpful support article.

Try the free Pano to 360 converter

The Pano to 360 photosphere converter is free to use for anyone, no ThingLink account required! Upload a panoramic image to see it in action.

For a fully immersive sensory experience – ThingLink and Virtual reality headsets (VR)

As well as viewing ThingLinks across devices such as Chromebooks, PCs, mobile devices and iPads, ThingLink 360 degree images and videos can be viewed in Virtual Reality (VR) mode for a different type of sensory experience. This article provides an overview of virtual technology controls, limitations and certain specifics of creating and viewing ThingLink with a VR Headset such as Oculus, HTC Vive and Google Cardboard (with Mobile devices with an accelerometer).

Further questions about Virtual Tours or ThingLink in general?

Get in touch with us at [email protected]. As well as contacting us if you have any questions, please join our communities on social media to connect with ThingLinkers. We are incredibly proud of our groups, how they embrace ideas and share their demos, they will only be too pleased to welcome you.

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View our Past Webinars on our YouTube Channel or click below to view:

• K12 – Return to Learn Lessons from lockdown
• Higher Education – Creating engaging content
• ThingLink on Tour! Creating Tours and Expeditions – creating and exploring the virtual reality experience with ThingLink
• Read more about CEO and Founder Ulla Koivula’s ThingLink Journey from inception to 10 years old
• Featured Image from Penybont Primary School Transition Tours, read more and watch demos in our Microsoft Blog Post
• Read more about our ThingLink Certifications for Educators and eLearning Specialists

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These Virtual Travel Experiences Are Going To Be What Gets You Through Quarantine, I Promise

Staycations have never been so thrilling.

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Let's face it, traveling is an irreplaceable experience, and while stay at home orders mean we can't go exploring just yet, we can bring the world to our homes in the meantime.

From celebrity chef-led cooking classes on Instagram to live streams of concerts to virtual tours of museums — the world has responded quickly to "social distancing" orders , making it easier than ever to "travel" without leaving your home . So add these virtual experiences to your quarantine bucket list for the ultimate staycation.

From China to Peru, you can experience the world's most epic landmarks without the epic crowds, thanks to livestreams, virtual tours, and 360-degree videos.

Great Wall of China : Mentally climb one of the seven wonders of the world with a virtual tour.

Wonders of the World : While you're at it, why not cross all the new seven wonders off your bucket list (like Machu Picchu, Petra, and the Taj Mahal) with these 360-degree tours.

Sistine Chapel : Marvel at the intricate ceilings of this treasured religious landmark in Vatican City with seven virtual tours.

CN Tower : Peer over Downtown Toronto with a live stream from the top of this 1,815 foot (553 meter) architectural wonder.

Buckingham Palace : You'll have four rooms of the Queen's official residence all to yourself with these virtual tours.

Jerusalem's Old City : Learn about this holy pilgrimage site with a 360-degree tour that packs a full day of exploring into a few minutes.

Museums around the world are offering virtual tours , online collections, and interactive experiences, aka endless entertainment for history buffs and art lovers.

The Louvre : Journey from ancient Egypt to the Victorian era with four virtual tours at this Parisian museum.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art : The Met Gala may be canceled but you can still get your costume fix with the online collection at The Costume Institute . They've got 26 other online exhibits for you to explore too.

The British Museum : Take a virtual tour of the Oceania or Prints and Drawings galleries, or browse their online collection, home to over one million objects.

Grammy Museum : Take a music education lesson or listen to a curated Spotify playlist while browsing the newly released archival content — the Museum at Home program has you covered.

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History : Current and permanent exhibitions, research stations, the Smithsonian Castle... You can cover a lot of ground at this museum with their virtual tours.

International Center of Photography : The Visual History of Hip-Hop exhibit at this newly opened museum is a must for hip-hop fans. Thankfully you can sneak a peek via their virtual tour; check out their audio guide and Spotify playlist to complete the experience.

The Dalí Museum : Browse the four online exhibits, or for something more interactive download the Dreams of Dalí virtual reality experience.

The National Palace Museum : Go treasure hunting for Chinese artefacts that date back as far as the Neolithic age through their 720-degree virtual tour, complete with audio and animated stories.

If the view from your window is starting to get old, consider virtually exploring the great outdoors instead — many of our planet's best national parks, hiking trails, and natural wonders can be ~experienced~ online.

Yosemite National Park : From the epic views atop the Diving Board to the jaw-dropping Nevada Fall, the 360-footage of California's Sierra Nevada mountains is breathtaking.

Inca Trail : The long trek to Peru's iconic Machu Picchu can be condensed into one hour with this virtual journey (best part — you won't be sore after!).

Northern lights : Tune into a live stream from Northern Canada and you might just be able to cross this natural phenomenon off your bucket list.

Carlsbad Caverns : Carlsbad Caverns National Park's 119 caves are yours to explore with a park ranger on this virtual tour. Don't miss The Big Room, it's the largest single cave chamber in North America.

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park : Escape to Australia's Northern Territory with this virtual tour that includes stories and songs from Anangu, the traditional owners of the land.

If your idea of the ideal evening on vacation is a night out on the town, you're in luck — comedy clubs, Broadway, and even local bars are bringing the entertainment to you.

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BroadwayHD : From Broadway to Shakespeare, this streaming service has upwards of 300 theater productions for you to binge during your free seven-day trial.

Virtual comedy shows : Laugh away your quarantine stress with a live stream of a comedy show in New York City or by following one of these comedians on social media.

Marie's Crisis Café : Belt out your favorite show tunes at a virtual sing-a-long — this historic piano bar in New York City is live-streaming piano sets in their Facebook group every day

Cuddling with furry friends at home not making up for forgone safari or diving plans? Thankfully you can be a fly on the wall at top-notch zoos and aquariums via live stream cameras.

San Diego Zoo : Peek inside the enclosures at this world-famous zoo via one of their 10 live-streaming cameras. Heartwarming pandas and koalas? Yes please.

Houston Zoo : Six live camera streams lets you watch gorillas, giraffes, and even leafcutter ants in their habitats.

Cincinnati Zoo : Check out this zoo's Facebook page for their educational "Home Safari" live stream that highlights one animal each day and includes an activity to do at home (perfect for the kids!). Don't miss the heartwarming video series about Fiona, a prematurely born baby hippopotamus.

Beekman 1802's farm : The super adorable baby goats at this farm are perfect if you just need a quick hit of visual comfort.

Monterey Bay Aquarium : Watch waddling African penguins or get up close and personal with sharks — this world-renowned aquarium has 10 live streams for you to choose from. Don't miss the Moon Jelly Cam — it's exactly the kind of ASMR video we need right now.

Great Barrier Reef : Whether you're an avid or aspirational diver, this virtual tour with David Attenborough will cure any deep-sea wanderlust.

If there's one silver lining to all the music festival cancellations , it's that you can now have that intimate one-on-one concert you've always dreamed of — musicians around the world are offering free live online performances to encourage people to stay home.

Virtual concerts : The number of free online concerts is continuously growing — you could easily fill your day with an at-home festival circuit. We're especially loving the Together at Home Campaign , where big-name artists offer free intimate performances on social media promote social distancing. Fans can make requests and preview new songs, plus there's even been fun cameos, like when Chrissy Teigen and her son joined John Legend on the piano.

The Metropolitan Opera : If you're craving a night at the opera, you'll love that this New York institution is sharing a performance every night for free.

Seattle Symphony : Into classical music? This esteemed symphony is posting free broadcasts on social media.

Tired of staring at your houseplants? Get your nature fix with a virtual visit to some of the country's top greenhouses.

Garfield Park Conservatory : Chicago's stunning indoor green oasis offers digital tours that are as pretty as they are educational.

Volunteer Park Conservatory : This historic Seattle landmark went live every day for a week to support Washington's "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order — check out the recordings on their Facebook page for a quick hit of relaxation.

National Cherry Blossom Festival : Catch the cherry blossoms before they're gone with the live bloom cam and a virtual tour of the Tidal Basin.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens : Take a relaxing tour of this European-inspired estate overlooking Miami's Biscayne Bay.

With several food and wine experts dishing out their tips and tricks online (for free!), now's your chance to take that once-in-a-lifetime cooking class you've always dreamed of.

Cooking tutorials with celebrity chefs: Join Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura's "Kitchen Quarantine" class on Instagram or Iron Chef Michael Symon on the Food Network Kitchen Facebook page every day. You'll also find Antoni Porowski cooking up pantry staples for his “Quar Eye: Cooking Lessons in Quarantine” series on Instagram .

Borough Market cooking classes : Join a cooking class live streamed on this beloved London market's Instagram . They've also set up the Borough Market Community on Facebook for foodies to share recipes and cooking tips.

Pasta-making with Nonna Neria : This 84-year-old Italian grandma is combating a decline in business by live-streaming her cooking classes direct from Italy.

Virtual winery experiences : Upgrade your virtual happy hour with an online wine tasting and tour of California's Tolosa Winery .

Just because you swapped your spring break wellness retreat for a socially distanced "retreat" home, doesn't mean you can't recreate the R&R vacay vibe.

Virtual yoga : If you had to cancel a yoga retreat, you'll love that Corepower Yoga recently made their online classes free. They're just one of countless fitness studios that are offering free virtual classes .

The Dojo Upstate Sound Bath : Grab that eye mask and find a cozy resting spot for the ultimate sensory escape — a sound bath live streamed from this listening room in New York's Hudson Valley.

Well-being workshops: If you've ever been curious about breath work, now's your chance — wellness guru Maryam Ajayi will be leading several sliding-scale sessions this Spring. Or sign up for one of Holisticism's virtual well-being workshops to dive into topics like chakra healing.

And if our planet just isn't that appealing to you right now, take your social distancing to a whole new level by traveling to outer space .

NASA offices : Before blasting off, you'll want to know what you're getting yourself into. To train like an astronaut, take an online tour of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and check out the Kennedy Space Center 's educational live streams on Facebook.

The Houston Space Center : Download their special app to journey into space via their Location-Aware Audio Tour (with fun facts along the way). If you have a VR headset, you'll love their virtual reality experience of the Moon.

Access Mars : Round out your space expedition with a 360-degree virtual tour of the red planet with Google.

Don't forget to check out Bring Me! for all of BuzzFeed's best travel tips and hacks, vacation inspiration, and more!

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Animated hotspots (apng's).

I t goes without saying that image quality is critical for determining whether your virtual tour will be conceived as professional or not. But equally as decisive is the design around it, the design of your skin. Subconsciously, a visitor will judge your professionalism by factors such as the level of personalization of a tour, how the skin design supports the aesthetics of the object etc. It's fair to say you can almost consider yourself an architect in this regard.

All the more important then, that we keep providing you with great bases. About a week ago, we launched 10 new skin designs , which you can take the elements of and adapt them to your (or your customer's) taste, tour and logo. Today, we want to present to you an entirely new format for hotspots: Animated PNGs.

Animations make your hotspots more apparent, more inviting to be clicked on and instantly separate what is the clickable layer from the underlying media. They also give your tour a little bit of liveliness and movement, which is great especially when you base your tour on panoramas, rather than 360º videos.

Control the animation

Not only do your animated hotspots "move", you can also control the animation. You can stop it after one cycle, make it stop and stay in the first frame etc. Give it a try and play around with it.

Animated Hotspots in library & Create your own ones

We implemented a bunch of animated PNGs in the hotspot library inside VT PRO, but you can also go ahead and create your own ones. There's a few programs out there that let you create your own APNGs. Here's a free one (and we will also keep introducing new ones): http://apngasm.sourceforge.net/

In order for the apng's to work inside VT PRO, make sure you untick the following options in the apng's "compression settings" and select the method "zlib":

After having created your animated PNG, you can simply import and save it into your 3DVista VT PRO library and use it inside your tours.

Why not GIFs?

Animated PNGs are comparable to GIFs in the aspect that they're moving. However, APNGs give much better quality than GIFs, which is why we decided to implement this format.

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My360 is always evolving and we have made our virtual tour software even more interesting by allowing you to add moving images to your virtual tour!

Make your walkthrough tours even more interactive with this new feature!. Your walkthrough virtual tour will come to life if you use this easy and quick tutorial.

You can literally add anything you like with just a few easy steps.

Have a look at the below image…

Pretty cool right?

Here’s the quick tutorial for those who already know our software:.

• Sign into your My360 platform (or sign up for a FREE trial here)
• Go to the property virtual tour of your choice
• Click on “edit” or “create new tour”
• Add a hotspot – but choose the “info” hotspot instead of the arrow
• Click on the camera
• Browse your images or upload a new GIF file (we have added some cool GIF’s to get you started)
• Make sure you click the “original” size. Especially if the GIF has a transparent background.
• Now adjust the image (smaller / larger / 3D Effect etc)
• Save & Publish… and you’re done!

Here’s the full video tutorial in English:

Please note since a recent upgrade instead of choosing the text hotspot you have to choose the “i” hotspot

Can’t be bother to watch the video? See the step by step instructions with images below.

In the below tutorial we assume you already uploaded your virtual tour images and have already created your walkthrough virtual tour.Go to the image where you want to add the moving item, and click on the blue hotspot- Add an image hotspot. And click on the camera.

(UPDATE, the below video is of a previous version of the software but the actions are the same. Instead of the text hotspot, you choose the “i” hotspot)

Now click on the image icon to add an image- Then click “browse” and upload or choose a new GIF image. (you can upload by simply dragging and dropping your image). Click here to find some interesting GIF images & learn how to make your own.

Make sure you choose the “original” size, especially when you have a transparent background.

Once the image is uploaded, determine the right size (don’t worry, you can adjust this again later)

Now you have to edit the image so it fits seamlessly in your virtual tour.

• To give the image a 3D effect (recommended) – put 3D on
• When you put on the 3D function, you will find 2 more tools (RX & RY) that can help you put the image more into perspective.
• You can also resize the image and add some transparency to make it really fit into your tour.

And there you have it!! You can Add moving images to your virtual tour, but keep in mind that every GIF adds to the weight of a virtual tour so make sure your GIF images are not too heavy as it will affect the loading time of your virtual tour!

Need some inspiration? Click here to find 10 great GIF images you can use in your virtual tours. 

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. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

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