2008 | FAQ 360°

A > What is a 360° interactive panoramic view ?
B > What is a 360° virtual tour ?
C > What means full-screen and high definition ?
D > What means 360° X180° ?
E > Is it possible to realise a virtual tour in any place ?
F > Should I invest in materiel or change my website ?
G > Is the file size is adapted for the Internet ?
H > How do I make realise a virtual tour 360 ?
I > Quel est le coût d'une visite virtuelle 360° haute définition ?
J > What will be the life time of my virtual tour ?
K > I encounter a problem to visualise your samples of panoramas online. What should I do ?
L > A large blank page and your computer is blocked ?
M > The image does not move ?
N > Do you make yourself virtual tours for individuals ?
0 > I do not have a website, how to present my virtual tour ?
P > What advantages over the video ?

 

What is a 360° interactive panoramic view ?

It is a set of digital photographs assemblies to give them a panoramic image to 360 degrees. Running on a web page or any other support multimedia, the image rotates according to all angles of views desired, giving the impression that the visitor is immersed in the image. The term "interactive" means it can choose its own angle, speed of rotation of the image and zoom level, as if watching the scene being on the spot.

What is a 360° virtual tour ?

It is a set of interactive panoramic images showing the same place from different points of views. For example, several rooms of a house or different rooms of a real musée.Ces images allow the visitor, anywhere in the world, visiting places as if it were on the spot.

What means full-screen and high definition ?

The new generation of images that we produce are displayed on the entire screen, giving the visitor a feeling of total immersion in the scene. And this without degrading the image quality, which is that of a digital high-definition photography when all details are accurate. Some do not hesitate to describe their visits "full screen" drag an image not intended for this type of display, where a poor quality. Only a process of shooting particular allows full-screen high definition. Beware of imitations!

What means 360° X180° ?

The first figure shows that the horizontal field of view is 360 °, is a complete revolution. It is a criterion common to most virtual tours. However, the "180 degrees" means that the vertical field of view is also total. The image is not truncated in its height and the visitor can view the scene from floor to ceiling (or in heaven!), As in reality. This feature of the new generation of images that we produce, can be photographed without an entire building back and highlight the volumes, the largest (a castle) in more confined (inside car).

Is it possible to realise a virtual tour in any place ?

Absolutely. We carry out high-definition panoramic views in all types of places, both indoors and outdoors, day and night, in France and abroad. Some castles to hotels, via routes and tourist sites, lodges and guest houses, properties, books architects or designers, museums, art galleries, places of receipt, shops, sports clubs and leisure presentations to businesses and construction sites, all have understood that they earn to be in their best angle.

Should I invest in materiel or change my website ?

No : the required equipment is only a workstation and an Internet connection.

Internet: 2 options are available to you.

> We'll arrange the accommodation for your image files and you pass only a link to include in your site. That's it! And if you do not have a website, we can create and host a simple presentation page to show your virtual tour.

> Accommodation is at your service provider and we'll provide 2 CD with visual integrated into HTML pages and files explaining the code to integrate these views to your own requirements.

Is the file size is adapted for the Internet ?

Of course. A panoramic view weights between 1.8 MB and 3MB, depending on your need for quality rendering. With a weight of 1.8 MB, the display is almost immediat for anyone using a broadband connection (or 88.6% of Internet "home" in France - Source "Médiamétrie", in September 2006). This is not commensurate with the time of loading a video.

How do I make realise a virtual tour 360 ?

Nothing could be easier. Contact us directly by phone to signify an appointment if you are already in the process of implementing a project or use the information request form indicating your details and nature of your project. We will contact you to discuss with you your needs. After acceptance of the estimate, we will agree on an appointment to the passage of the photographer. Once the shooting carried out, we'll send you within the agreed time (s) link (es) of your virtual tour.

How do I make realise a virtual tour 360 ?

The views are divided according to several criteria that justifies an appropriate pricing for each of them :

> Panoramic View 360x180° + HDR treatment (triple shooting and fusion): 360 €
> Panoramic View 360x180° without HDR : 320 €
> the next panoramic views 360x180° added value : 280 € / view

It is possible to reduce the working time in post-production for the photographer limiting the navigability of about 30 degrees vertically, which is little penalizing. In this scenario, prices are therefore enshrined as follows:

> Panoramic View 360x150° + HDR treatment (triple shooting and fusion): 310 €
>Panoramic View 360x150° without pay HDR (1 shot): 270 €

> Contextual links or "hotspots" (Linked panoramas ): 30 € (only with JAVA technology)
> Integration of music in MP3 format background: 30 € / view

What will be the life time of my virtual tour ?

We offer the opportunity to update the panoramic views following the evolution of the technological developments so that is still running under the best conditions. At the contrary to all proposals that you might find elsewhere, we will not charge you in two years, or even in five years, arguing on the basis of technological developments. We are taking the lead through our process of shooting and ensure a permanent technology watch to ensure the sustainability of our achievements. It is the strength of our continuous service. Do not hesitate to compare ... This solution is depending on the number of views incurred. The initial pricing is reviewed with additional monthly fees for accommodation, standby and maintenance :

1 panoramic view: € 10 / month
2 panoramic views: 14 € / month
3 panoramic views: 21 € / month

I encounter a problem to visualise your samples of panoramas online. What should I do ?

No image and / or a small red cross instead ?

The presence on your computer utility Java is necessary. It is generally pre-installed. However, if this is not the case, download it (free once and for all) by clicking on the link below:
Java (Sun Microsystems)

A large blank page and your computer is blocked ?

You have opened two images 360 ° at the same time, probably by double-clicking in the opening instead of a single click. Indeed, the images are resolved not to be seen simultaneously, since they would then be very degraded. Make a "ctrl-alt-del" to open the Task Manager and force the closure of the page in question.

The image does not move ?

Our visits are interactive. You manage the navigation as you wish, moving in the picture while you "left click" of the mouse. Be careful, the movement of the image are linked to the speed of your mouse. Go slowly !

DO YOU Make yourself virtual tours for individuals ?

Of course. More and more individuals have understood the benefits of being able to visit a facility at distance, whether it is a real estate transaction or a holiday rental. The hotlines are gone for providing visits without further action. Only people interested contact you. It is 100% effective. Just give the address of the visit in your ads and voila.

I do not have a website, how to present my virtual tour ?

No problem. There are several solutions. You are part of a network (lodges, hotels or other), which has a site: we provide the link to your visit to the system, which includes in its site.Vous are trader or individual and did not website. We can create a simple page submission to host your visit or you propose to bring forward on search engines. We can also make a site by our communications agency partner. Tell us about your situation via our contact form, we will propose several solutions and will implement the one you have chosen.

What advantages over the video ?

For the visitor, navigation is completely under control: duration of the visit, judgments and zoom in on points of interest, speed image rotation, angle of view, displaying information by clicking on hotspots (hotspots ), Etc. ... With video, visit scenario is imposed by the director (which does not necessarily have the same interests and must make the shortest given the weight of files).

By choosing a virtual tour, you save at all levels: costs of shooting, production and management. Because the size of video files is far more important than a panoramic view (1.8 MB): you must pay much more storage space and especially bandwidth to broadcast your video images. An expenditure permanent addition to an initial investment much heavier ...