Which software was used for this virtual tour

[zitronenwolf]

Hello, I have lost a long-standing client to a competitor and I am wondering which software he uses to create the tours. Here is an example tour:
https://www.sana.de/media/Kliniken/biberach/360/
The client was particularly impressed by two features:
- The control that you don't see any hotspots, you just enter the direction and there is a floating hotspot.
- The client can probably exchange hotspot texts himself via CMS and maintain the content of the tour.
Are these two options also available in Pano2VR? All in all, however, I don't think it can be ruled out that this is even Pano2VR. The morph transition is very similar...

Best, Heiko

[Hopki]

Hi Heiko,
This is not Pano2VR, however, both things are available.
There was a webinar about, Client Maintainable Virtual Tours.
There is also another way to do this per text box. But if you have lots of point hotspots this may not be practical.

Concerning the navigation, you can use polygons and a floating cursor.
Again, we had a webinar about this, 3D Floating Cursor.
Regards,

[zitronenwolf]

Oh, many thanks. I will have a look at the webinars.

[zitronenwolf]

Hello, I watched the floating 3D curson webinar. And the optic is similar to the project (here is another example: https://digitale-touren.staatsgalerie.d ... anguage=en ). But the navigation logic is not that simple like in the example-tour that imitates Google streetview: with arrow up you simply jump to the next hotspot in the viewing direction. Is this also possible in Pano2VR? Or do you always have to select manually a hotspot?

[Hopki]

Hi,
Have a look at this Component, it uses round floor hotspots that the cursor snaps too.
This will give the viewer an idea of where the active areas are.
In your example, selecting an area without any interaction just causes a slight zoom in and out effect.
So you dont know where they are.

However, if this is what you want then you can use Polygon Hotspots to draw larger clickable areas.
You then have the option to show a hand cursor or not.
Regards,

[ErhartC]

The problem with larger zoom areas (I have had the same idea) is the amount of work necessary. This would be a brute force method to build up to hundreds of polygons.
Much smarter is to have a function which does something like that automatically - as is the case in the samples (made from a well known software).

It would be (a) nice (idea) to implement such 'function'.

[zitronenwolf]

Yes. It's the automatic thing that makes the navigation smart. But as the other software has no longer a GUI, I guess this feature has to be programmed, which also seams complicated. So there's the chance for Pano2VR to make this Google-Feature as easy to implement as possible .

[studio360.com.ua]

The client can probably exchange hotspot texts himself via CMS and maintain the content of the tour.

Hi Heiko,

It’s always unfortunate to lose a client, but as Hopki mentioned, Pano2VR is incredibly flexible. Everything you felt was missing to keep that client can definitely be implemented in Pano2VR.

Long before the official webinars on external tour management, I set a goal to allow tour owners to update text descriptions themselves without needing a developer. My first "workaround" involved storing data in Google Sheets and using a small script to generate an HTML page, which was then displayed in the tour via an iframe. When Hopki mentioned the webinar on this topic, I noticed some similarities to my old idea.

However, I have since moved past Google Sheets and iframes. I developed a script that works with texts directly, and I personally find this approach much more efficient than the one offered by Perspektiva 360.

The main difference is that Perspektiva 360 requires you to prepare the tour in advance for future edits, and the data remains hosted in the Google Cloud. My solution works directly with the tour and requires no prior preparation. You can enable updates for any legacy tour simply by uploading a script to the tour folder on your server. I believe this is a much more robust and high-performance solution.

You can see how my developments work in this video: https://youtu.be/_JMk0vnLMsc

If you want to test it yourself:

• Live Tour: https://vw-id4.studio360.com.ua/ (The link to the Google Sheet is embedded in the tour; the video explains how to test the Google Sheets workflow).

• Direct Admin Panel: https://vw-id4.studio360.com.ua/pano-admin (This allows you to edit text blocks directly without Google Sheets).

Please note: Updates via Google Sheets may take up to 30 seconds to sync. Changes made through the Admin Panel, however, are instant. In both cases, I recommend refreshing the page with Ctrl+Shift+R (Clear Cache) in Chrome to ensure you are seeing the latest version and not a cached one.

All roads lead to Rome, but I hope my experience helps you see what's possible within Pano2VR!

UPD: You can edit any field without worrying about breaking anything. This is a dedicated test tour created specifically for experimentation!

[studio360.com.ua]

I developed a script that works with texts directly

I've decided to expand on this topic, so I'm inviting everyone who's interested in it to another thread on this forum.