Stitching Panoramas from 360º Cameras

Stitching Panoramas from 360º Cameras

With the surge of decent 360º cameras, we get asked a lot how to best stitch the images they take. The answer is: Use the stitching software that these cameras come with. Why? Well, every camera provider develops his own stitching app that works exclusively (and...
Thumbnails on Social Media

Thumbnails on Social Media

We get asked this a lot, so here’s a post on how to share a link to your virtual tour on social media WITH a thumbnail.  Good news for 3DVista Hosting Users For all of those using 3DVista Hosting, you will have noticed that the program automatically assigns a...
Extend your icon library

Extend your icon library

Did you know that you can save our sample icons to your library? All you need to do is download our demo tours, open them in VT PRO and click on the icon you want to save. Click on the little orange settings icon right below and select “Save this icon to your...
Upload your tours to Google Street View

Upload your tours to Google Street View

Finally available for everyone: We have moved the Google Street View Publisher from our beta version to the official Virtual Tour PRO software. But not only that, we have also implemented the function to link your Street View Virtual Tour with a Google Business. All...
How to get your Gyroscope back on iOS

How to get your Gyroscope back on iOS

You may have noticed that, when opening your virtual tours on an iPhone or iPad, the tours don’t behave as they used to. Before, you could physically turn and rotate the phone to look around. Now, the screen is fix and you need to use your finger to move around....
Virtual Tours on YouTube

Virtual Tours on YouTube

3DVista VT PRO includes a new export format which converts your virtual tour into a 360º video, ready to be uploaded onto “video-only” platforms and thus significantly increasing your reach. We get asked this a lot, and yes, you can upload your virtual...
Virtual Tours offline on Oculus Rift – UPDATED

Virtual Tours offline on Oculus Rift – UPDATED

3DVista is one of the few virtual tour programs that allow you to create tours that can be shown offline in non-autonomous VR devices, such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Microsoft Mixed Reality. Because we get asked this a lot – here's a detail description of how...
Animated Hotspots (APNG's)

Animated Hotspots (APNG's)

It 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...
Deep Linking

Deep Linking

Want certain customers to open your tour at a certain point, room or even hotspot? No problem. 3DVista now features deep linking on media and even hotspot level. This means you can send custom links (of one and the same virtual tour) that determine where exactly the...
3DVista API Calls for Scorm 1.2

3DVista API Calls for Scorm 1.2

Connect your 3DVista virtual tours to your LMS platform using our API. Virtual Tours are the perfect tool for training, exams, interactive tests etc. They have proven to trigger levels of engagement that maximize attention and thus knowledge retention to an extent...
How to use the new Virtual Tour Skins

How to use the new Virtual Tour Skins

As of last week, there are 8 new skins for you to use. We have categorized them into modern, classic, community and enterprise so there should be something for everyone’s needs. You can also mix and match components of different skins and design your own ones...