Wednesday 21 October 2015

360imagery 'Before and After' virtual tour using UAV drones & a bit of CGI magic!



http://www.360imagery.co.uk/virtualtour/aerial/ascot

Now for something completely different.........

360imagery were approached by a residential development client who purchased a waste transfer site in beautiful, leafy Ascot in Berkshire. The site was surrounded by beautiful countryside and very expensive, exclusive properties – not the place you’d expect to find a noisy, dirty industrial use…

The client wanted to submit an application for change of use to build 12 very exclusive detached houses – a much better use of the land!

To support the application, and appease the local residents and Planning Officers, 360imagery were commissioned to shoot a high-resolution aerial over the site, from 400 feet, to show just how stunning the local countryside is and just how much impact the site, in its current use, has on the landscape. To take the project a next stage further, we suggested to the client the “WOW” factor of superimposing the proposed exclusive residential development into this aerial 360 environment – something we have an expertise in. Not only did we do this, we also created 2 ground-based, eye-level CGI scenes of the development and incorporated these into the tour….

Check out the amazing end result by either clicking here, or on the post image above. Don't forget to look at both the 'Current' use and then the 'Proposed' use incorporating CGI scenes.

We do not know of any other company currently capable of bringing together high resolution 360-degree panoramas, shot using specialist “heavy-lift” drone UAV machines, and ultra-detailed CGI imagery within those panoramas. All brought together as a bespoke virtual tour……

Here at 360imagery, we are passionate about we do - we have been creating stunning 360 virtual tours for over 8 years now with in excess of 1000 commissions under our belts! We combine our backgrounds as chartered surveyors with a love of photography and all things technical, to really keep ourselves ahead of the game and to make sure our virtual tours are fresh, new and exciting (no boring 'off the shelf' tours). Our volume of repeat clients must speak for itself - just check out our Client Page to see for yourself.

360imagery are one of the leading virtual tour companies in the UK. We'd love to hear from you and chat about thoughts you may have for your own project, however big or small. Just give Stuart a call on 0845 8726442 or visit us at www.360imagery.co.uk.

Wednesday 14 October 2015

Make sure your virtual tour runs on all mobile platforms.....



http://www.360imagery.co.uk/virtualtour/leisure-centres/lisburn/leisureplex

Over the years, 360imagery have created many bespoke 360 virtual tours of gyms, leisure centres and health clubs stretching all across the UK. To see the wealth of experience we have in this area just check out our Portfolio Page. This commission took us a little further afield than usual with a flight over to Belfast for the day.

We met Lisburn Council at an exhibition we had attended earlier in the year. They were very familiar with virtual tours as they had only in the past 2 years had some created by a local Belfast-based company. However, they were very disappointed in not only the quality of the work, but also the fact that the tours were only published in Flash. This meant that it wasn't possible to view them on Apple hand-held devices running the iOS platform (we've been publishing in HTML5 for over 5 years, as standard, at no extra cost!).

It's perhaps a little warning - that not all virtual tour providers are the same, both in terms of the quality of the end product (and how & on what devices it will work) but also the cost and value for money. Even adding in our extra expenses of flying to Belfast with our virtual tour photography equipment, we were still less expensive than the local, Belfast company. All of our work is bespoke designed, high resolution to run at full screen and has all the whistles and bells as standard (no hidden costs) - we pride ourselves on the standard of our end product yet remain highly competitive on costs. We get a lot of repeat clients and that speaks volumes - check out our Clients Page to see for yourself.

This virtual tour is one of our standard, bespoke tours - it comprises 9 scenes and is navigated by both thumbnails and arrows, enabling the viewer to take a virtual walk about. The graphic user interface, or GUI, is designed around the client logo and colours, meaning the tour blends seamlessly into the their existing website (check it out here).

This multi-resolution tour shows off this fantastic venue in full screen glory....take a look at our end result for yourself by either clicking here, or on the post image above.

360imagery are one of the leading virtual tour companies in the UK. We'd love to hear from you and chat about thoughts you may have for your own project. Just give Stuart a call on 0845 8726442 or visit us at www.360imagery.co.uk.
 

Tuesday 13 October 2015

360imagery re-visit an old favourite....!



http://www.360imagery.co.uk/virtualtour/hospitality/saracenshead
 
This commission took us back to one of our very favourite places in the UK - The Saracen's Head at Symond's Yat, for which we have a real soft spot! On a personal level we stay here nearly every year for a long weekend to go walking in the Black Mountains, but also Pete, Chris and his team are one of our longest-standing clients. So when Pete said they had updated some of the rooms and bar area, and needed a re-shoot, we jumped at the chance for a re-visit!

Unlike traditional paper marketing or videos, which can very quickly become quite dated (for example if rooms are refurbished), a virtual tour can easily have scenes re-shot and incorporated into the tour, giving it a much longer life and making it a more cost effective marketing tool. 

This project also demonstrates the perfect use of a virtual tour - to showcase a brilliant gastro-pub/restaurant, bar and hotel in a really stunning location, nestled on the banks of the River Wye at Symond's Yat. It's a highly interactive tour that enables the viewer to explore not only the Saracen's Head and all it has to offer, but also to take a ride on the hand-drawn ferry across the river, to cross further upstream on the rope bridge long the dis-used railway line (now a cycle/walking path), or to even get a bird's eye view of the famous Yat Rock from 8 metres in the air........

The clever bit back at the office is then bringing all these scenes together to work as one complete, interactive virtual tour. Have fun checking it out for yourself by either clicking here or on the post image above. The high-resolution, mobile responsive tour is published in HTML5 for cross-platform viewing on Android and hand-held Apple devices running iOS.

In over 8 years of trading, we have created in the region of 1,000 commissioned 360 virtual tours and so have a wealth of experience & ideas to help you with your own project. Take a look at our Portfolio Page if you need a bit of inspiration! 

360imagery are one of the leading virtual tour companies in the UK. We'd love to hear from you and chat about thoughts you may have for your own project. Just give Stuart a call on 0845 8726442 or visit us at www.360imagery.co.uk.

Wednesday 7 October 2015

360imagery takes to the seas for Saga!



http://www.360imagery.co.uk/saga/sapphire/index.php

Here at 360imagery, we just love the variety of work that comes our way! In over 8 years of trading we have created virtual tours of all sorts of things from helicopters, to zoos, hospitals, museums and commercial properties - the list goes on! Just check out our portfolio page to see more of the unusual projects we have worked on. This commission was something totally new for us, and one that we certainly were not going to turn down.....!! 

We met the Saga Holiday marketing team at an exhibition in 2014. Whilst they already had an old, out-of-date tour of one of their ships, the marketing team were blown away by the high-resolution quality of a 360imagery bespoke virtual tour. We were immediately commissioned to join the Saga flag ship, the Sapphire, on a 4 day cruise up the Norwegian Fjords - it's a hard life at times!

The commission was for a large 40 scene tour of both the public areas of the cruise ship, as well as the various grades of cabins and suites on board. We were very lucky with some beautiful blue skies which meant for some really stunning photography - take a look at the end result for yourself by either clicking here, or on the post image above. For the real 'WOW' view check out the 'Viewing Platform' scene!

Back on dry land (and back to reality!) we built a bespoke GUI (graphic user interface) around Saga's corporate brand guidelines, logo and colour sway. See how seamlessly it blends into their website by clicking here. The client wanted a pull-out text-based navigation menu, with bespoke hot spot markers within each scene enabling the viewer to take a virtual walk around the ship.

The high-resolution, mobile responsive tour is published in HTML5 for cross-platform viewing on Android and hand-held Apple devices running iOS. We also host the tour for Saga on our fast servers at no extra charge.

Saga love the virtual tour - so much so we were immediately commissioned to repeat our magic and create a tour of the Sapphire's sister ship, the Pearl II - so watch this space!

In over 8 years of trading, 360imagery have created in the region of 1,000 commissioned 360 virtual tours and so have a wealth of experience and ideas to help you with your own project. We are one of the leading virtual tour companies in the UK. We'd love to hear from you and chat about thoughts you may have for your own project, however big or small. Just give us a call on 0845 8726442 or visit us at www.360imagery.co.uk.

360imagery takes to the skies!



www.360imagery.co.uk/virtualtour/commercial/goodman/arlington_bp

360imagery have been working with Goodman as sole supplier for a number of years now, creating stunning 360 virtual tours throughout the UK. To date, we have worked together and created 16 highly interactive tours of development sites, logistics and office parks.

We are one of only a few companies that can offer aerial drone photography as part of a virtual tour, and also one of the first to start doing it, capturing our first drone 360 panorama back in 2008. Goodman were our first client to commission such a project, recognising that a 360imagery virtual tour incorporating some high impact stunning aerial shots was the perfect way to market large business parks and development sites. 

Our unique edge is using radio-controlled UAV drone helicopters to capture high-resolution 360-degree panoramas from up to 400 feet, which we then incorporate into our 'standard' mast and ground-level virtual tours.

Before you read on, just check out the stunning end result by either clicking here or on the post image above. The opening scene, taken from 400 feet high, certainly has the WOW factor to grab the viewers' attention to then take the rest of the tour - don't forget to zoom right in to see the amazing detail we capture even from this height!

As well as incorporating this unique aerial view into the tour, we added useful text annotations highlighting principal road networks, development plots within the scheme, and local amenities. There are also hotspots which link to mast, eye-level and ground-based 360 scenes. The bespoke GUI (graphic user interface) includes an interactive site plan, the ability to download the site brochure, floor plans, building EPCs and the contact details of the marketing agent. This is what you call a highly interactive virtual tour!

You can see some more of our recent aerial UAV drone 360 work on our website by clicking here.

360imagery have been creating bespoke virtual tours for over 8 years with repeat commercial property developer and pension fund clients such as Goodman, British Land, Land Securities, Transport for London, Welsh Government, Greater London Authority, Regus, M & G Real Estate, Aviva Investors, AXA and Scottish Widows....... to name but a few! Check out the Client Page of our website, and also the Portfolio Page for more of our stunning work, and to see why we're one of the most trusted virtual tour providers in the UK.

In over 8 years of trading, we have created in the region of 1,000 commissioned 360 virtual tours and so have a wealth of experience & ideas to help you with your own project. We'd love to hear from you and chat about thoughts you may have for your own tour. Just give Stuart a call on 0845 8726442 or visit us at www.360imagery.co.uk.