A virtual tour is not just a 'fancy accessory’ it can becoming a vital marketing tool when selling your home or promoting you r business. And what's more, prices from just €75 (ex iva) it is a perfect way of showcasing your property rental or sale. By having a virtual tour of say your rental villa on the Costas you will be showing exactly what the accommodation is like and the potential renters will be in a much better situation to make that decision weather to rent yours or somebody else’s. The more information you give the more capable the customer is to make up their mind.

There are several methods to create: We have been producing virtual tours for over 10 years. Originally using a Behere single shot mirrored lens lens to capture a 360 degree horizontal view with a 100 degree vertical view on 35mm film. With the progression of digital cameras we shortly went digital again with a single shot lens (Behere Total View). Both these lenses produce a circular donut like image

this is then converted by software to a flattened .jpeg image see below

The resulting image is then viewed most commonly by a java applet (PT Viewer).

These lenses are very good for what they do and are quick and relatively cheap. For a fuller high quality (sky & ground) it is necessary to use a 180 degree fisheye lens that captures a spherical image. This can be done by taking a number of shots and then stitching them together resulting in a greater range of view and higher quality. We use a Nikon D70 vertically mounted with a 8mm Sigma lens, which gives 180 degree view

Using a special tripod head we then take another 3 images that will cover 360°. Once downloaded the resulting photographs are then fed through a panoramic stitching software to produce a warped looking single image.

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