Commercial Photography Cumbria - video, advertising, web images, product shots

Virtual tour

This is an exciting new area and is particularly suited to visitor-based businesses, whether hotel/guest house or tourist attraction. Placed on your web site it can bring your potential customer into active contact with what you have to offer.

How does it work?

The viewer is placed at the centre of the space (this can be an outside or inside space) and using their mouse can "look round" at their own pace and in whatever direction they want. In more complex examples it is possible to zoom in to some degree for a closer look and/or to link different tours together so you could go room to room for example or link with still photographs to enjoy in greater detail something in the tour eg piece of artwork. It is even possible to add sound for extra atmosphere. See the partial tour of Hill Top below to see some of these more complex features.

Virtual tour examples

Each works the same way ie you can move around the scene by using your mouse or the control keys provided.

Just click on the link below to launch each virtual tour, they show a variety of different subjects in virtual tour format. Each one opens in a new window. Where the file size is larger it may take a few moments to load.

Ways your business could benefit

Here are some ways your business could benefit from a virtual tour:

• To give a "taster" for visiting the real thing,
• To aid disabled people evaluate how they may visit,
• To showcase new developments and investments you have made,
• To offer an alternative to a real visit when you are closed for the season,
• To train staff or volunteers who are room guides,
• As an alternative to a conventional guidebook.

How is it done?

The skills involved are a combination of excellent photography with specialised equipment and a high level of applied expertise using dedicated software which creates the tour in its final form. All of the process is carried out by Photography by Ward.

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