Virtual Tours of Cultural & Heritage Centres
Suitable for marketing Museums, Castles, Country Houses and Art Galleries.
An interactive 360 x 360 degrees virtual tour is an ideal way to capture a cultural venue or heritage centre and should serve to whet the appetites of cyber visitors - enough to entice them to make the physical trip.
These virtual tours are particularly suitable for children and adults alike as everyone can become engrossed using the interactivity built inside a tour and this serves to enhance the educational experience.
Here are some suggestions to include in virtual tours of cultural and heritage centres.
- Bring the venue alive by adding an actor (via video/green screen techniques) to describe or re-enact scenes inside the tour;
- A tailored help screen together with a company logo if required;
- Self-guided navigation around the scene;
- Zoom in and out buttons to view features in detail;
- A glow or button added to a feature inviting the viewer to click for detailed information which can contain text, audio, video or links to the Internet;
- Photographs can be placed anywhere within the cultural and heritage centre which when clicked upon will expand to view and flood from black and white into full colour;
- A specific Slide Show or Photo Gallery button can be added and this could link as suggested to a photographic display whether it be personalised on the Web or available via the social networking sites such as Flickr®;
- Capture the music or commentary of a cultural demonstration which, with permission, can be relayed inside a virtual tour on entry. An audio-off button can be added;
- Button or photographic links within the virtual tour can transport the viewer to another panorama or tour;
- A YouTube™ video placed within the virtual tour can actually play inside the heritage or cultural centre. Capture that fire eating demonstration and show it inside the tour;
- Background MP3 music or commentary can accompany the whole tour.
Please review the section on Virtual tours for more ideas.