What is the best software to create a 3D virtual tour?
Twelve tools compared, with their prices and a tour to open for each, and what 10 tours kept for 3 years cost.
The 3D virtual tour blog
How to make a 3D virtual tour, which cameras and stitching tools to choose, shooting advice, 2D floor plans and 3D dollhouses.
How do you stitch a perfect drone panorama automatically?
Broken seams, a hole in the sky, a tilted horizon: the causes, the manual fixes, and the stitching that corrects it all automatically.
How do you stitch DSLR photos into 360 panoramas automatically?
Upload the whole shoot: panoramas up to 16K, tripod removed, then a 3D tour with floor plan and dollhouse.
What is the best camera for a 3D virtual tour?
360 cameras, DSLR, phone and LiDAR compared: photo, files, API and price, with the camera to choose for your need.
How do you make a good 3D virtual tour?
Where to place each panorama, how far apart, what to do in doorways and on stairs: the rules of a shoot that links by itself.
What is the best Matterport alternative?
Moving in 3D, the dollhouse and the plan from your own 360 camera: how each part is made, and twelve tools compared with their prices.
How do you make a 3D virtual tour with your phone or iPhone?
The 0.5x lens, a panoramic head and 14 photos per viewpoint: from the iPhone to a full 360 panorama, then to a 3D tour.
Which solution to create a drone virtual tour?
Most tools need finished panoramas and points placed by hand. Virtuaaa builds the aerial tour from your raw folders, on a real map.
How do you build a virtual tour automatically in 3D?
Place, link, animate: what is done by hand in classic software, and the 3D tour that builds itself from your panoramas.
How do you get an accurate floor plan from 360 photos?
The name, area and dimensions of each room, within 10 cm of a laser on a reference apartment, from photos alone. And when a 3D camera or a LiDAR is the right choice.
How do you get a 3D tour with a dollhouse from an iGUIDE project?
The project folder opened in iGUIDE Stitch, dropped as it is: laser positions on a single floor, and the dollhouse the iGUIDE viewer does not show.
How do you turn any camera into a 3D camera with a LiDAR?
A $419 LiDAR under the tripod adds laser measurement to any 360 camera or DSLR, at a fraction of the price of a Matterport Pro3.
Which device for which 3D tour?
| You have | What it takes | Next step |
|---|---|---|
| A 360 camera | One panorama per viewpoint, every 2 metres | Shooting rules |
| An iPhone or a phone | 14 photos per viewpoint on the 0.5x lens, on a panoramic head | 3D tour with a phone |
| A DSLR | Several shots per viewpoint on a panoramic head, stitched up to 16K | Stitching DSLR photos |
| A drone | 25 to 35 photos per sphere with the main camera, about 75 seconds | Drone panorama |
| An iGUIDE PLANIX | The project folder you already have | Dollhouse from iGUIDE |
| Any camera and a LiDAR | A $419 laser on its own stand under the tripod, set up on request | Camera plus LiDAR |
3D virtual tours: the essentials
What is a 3D virtual tour?
A tour made of 360 panoramas where you move through the place as if walking, with a dollhouse of the whole place and a floor plan.
What is the difference between a 360 tour and a 3D tour?
In most 360 tours, the next panorama appears with a crossfade, sometimes after a zoom towards the arrow. In a 3D tour, the software knows where each panorama was taken: you click on the floor and the view moves through the room.
Do I need a special camera for a 3D tour?
No. A 2:1 equirectangular panorama from any 360 camera or a DSLR is enough: positions, dollhouse and plan are computed from the photos.
How much does a 3D tour cost?
On Virtuaaa, $10 per tour of up to 150 panoramas, paid once, the first one free. The comparison of software gives the price of the others.
Make your 3D tour now
Upload your panoramas: the first tour is free, with its dollhouse and its floor plan.
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