Realistic Tours, not Virtual Tours !

Our "Virtual Tours" are a generation ahead of other "360 degree Virtual Reality Tours". Now, potential customers can truly tour around a property, not merely jump around.

Right Click Productions have developed a system that allows your potential customers to view all of the key points both inside and outside your property. They are no longer limited to being able to turn around while viewing just 3 or 4 locations. With the Right Click Productions system, your customers can have access to the whole property and, uniquely, they are able to walk from room to room, location to location.

NOTE:-

We use the term "Virtual" simply because we cannot think of a more accurate term. The "environments" that we create are not virtual in the sense that they are computer graphics like in a computer game, they are in fact video clips of the real world. However, we think it would be too confusing to call it "Real Reality". So for now, we'll continue to use the well known (if a little inaccurate) term, Virtual Reality.

The big difference

For a number of years now it has been possible to produce 360 degree views of locations. This has traditionally been achieved by one of two methods. Either through the use of a stills camera fitted with an extremely wide angle lens so that a set of two 180 degree photos or even a single 360 degree photo is squeezed into a regularly shaped photo. Software is then used to "unsqueeze" the image and make it viewable. Alternatively, many regular photos can be taken and then software used to stitch these together into one large photo.

The main trouble with these techniques is that they try to use still photos to simulate movement around a room. The end result usually being a very distorted representation of the room with all of the flat / straight surfaces (e.g. walls, furniture, etc.) looking curved. This effect can mean that the 360 degree image of the room is not a true representation.

At Right Click Productions we do use high quality digital stills where appropriate. Additionally, for our Virtual Tours, we use digital video. We have developed software that allows the viewer to turn around through upto 360 degrees at each location but with far less of the distortion that is present with traditional methods. This is because we are using equipment that is designed to produce a moving image rather than trying to simulate it with a stills camera. [Compare with traditional]

Virtual Tours that let you Tour !

Our Virtual Tours actually let the user tour. Surprising as this may be, but traditionally the one thing that virtual tours have not allowed a user to do is to tour. This is because they have always been produced by creating a list of locations that could be viewed. The user could then jump to the next location, but with no way of knowing how each of these locations relate to each other. Our Virtual Tours, (as well as allowing the user to jump around from location to location), enable the user to walk from location to location and back again - watching video that shows them what they would see if they were actually there [See the difference]. This is achieved by means of digital video clips linking the locations together. We have developed a system whereby we can comprehensively video a location using high quality stabilised video equipment and the software that we have developed will then arrange this video and create the navigation to allow the user to tour.

The Little Extras - as Standard !

Most Virtual Tours do not include any floorplans. Couple this with the inability to walk between rooms and the viewer has almost no chance of being able to find their way around. (Some Virtual Tours systems do offer floorplans, however these are usually at considerable extra cost).
Right Click Productions Virtual Tours include interactive floorplans that not only show the layout of the property, they also indicate the location of the viewer and are another way for the viewer to navigate the property. i.e. each viewable location (or hotspot) is clickable and will take the viewer directly to that location. [View a sample floorplan]

Guided Tours

Using high quality digital video cameras combined with camera stabilisers, very effective "flying videos" can be incorporated into the full virtual tour package. Add to this voice-overs (and background music if required) and the viewer can be guided through your property drawing their attention to the key points that you do not want them to miss.
Placed at the beginning of the Virtual Tour, these videos can be used to quickly get the attention of viewers and encourage them to view in further detail.
The difference between videos shot using stabilisers (often called "Steadicam" or "Glidecam" ) and those shot without is incredible. It really makes the difference between a professionally shot movie and a home movie. [See the difference. small | medium | large]

Making the Most of Broadband

Our Virtual Tours are optimised for delivery via the web - both dialup and broadband.
Most virtual tour packages deliver the same content to the viewer even if they are using broadband. This means that the viewer doesn't get anything extra and as anyone with broadband knows, this is disappointing.
The whole point of having broadband is to get better content and to get it faster. Our Virtual Tour system does not disappoint. If the viewer has a better connection, then they get better content.
Furthermore, the rate at which broadband access has spread throughout the UK is phenomenal. It can't be long now before 56k connections are a thing of the past.

Targeted and Memorable

If you have something to say, sell or make available to others, the internet is just about the most powerful tool ever created. As everyone knows, 24 hours a day people from all over the world can gain access to your web site..... IF they know about it, and where to look.
Many great dot com ideas have failed in recent years. A major contributing factor for this is that the customers never knew where to find them.
For that reason, we have made our Virtual Tours available for delivery via CD and DVD. These discs can be targeted directly at the customers and can even be run on a standard set top DVD player at even higher quality (but reduced functionality), catching any customers who may not have internet access yet (we have heard that there are still a few people who are not online !)

True MultiMedia

Within our Virtual Tours, we can embed web links to local information such as weather, news, maps, schools, hospitals, restaurants, etc. Just about anything you want linking to can be added. It is even possible to include driving directions with highlighted maps from predetermined locations to your property. If required, we can also embed links to enable the user to get driving directions and highlighted maps from almost anywhere else to your property by means of online map sites.

Upto the minute live information can be incorporated into the tours to keep them fresh and constantly being updated - all without any ongoing input from you. Even tours on CD or DVD can have this dynamic information included, (viewer web connection required for "live" information). This means that your Virtual Tour can be a starting point for your customers, enabling them to get all of the information they need relating to your property. This encourages them to return to your Tour again and again as they see it as a useful resource. All of this just has to be good for business - even if your business is simply selling your house, since your property will always be on their minds.

Types of Virtual Tour

Virtual Tours - Property SalesA number of years ago, somebody had the idea to include colour photographs of a property that was for sale. Could you imagine a property for sale today without colour photographs?
More recently, sales particulars were only available to potential customers who were on your estate agents mailing list, happened to visit your estate agents premises or sifted through the many properties for sale in the property section of the local newspaper. Then the internet arrived. Could you imagine a property for sale today without a web presence? [more]

Virtual Tours - Property Lettings If you have a property (or properties) to let, you can save time and money by using our Virtual Tours for Lettings service. With this you get all of the benefits detailed in the Virtual Tours for Property Sales section plus the ability to reuse the tours when the properties become vacant again. [more]

Virtual Tours - Venues for Hire Why should a customer choose your venue for their event? Now you can show them with a Virtual Tour from Right Click Productions. By combining a series of 360 degree views and freedom to walk back and forth between them with a number of high impact commercials highlighting all the features of your venue, you cannot fail to get noticed. [more]

Virtual Tours - Hotels / B&B's With so many Hotels and B&B's to choose from, how is a customer to decide where to stay? More importantly for you :- How are you going to make sure they choose yours?
A good start would be to stand out from all of the rest and make sure that your Hotel or B&B gets noticed. This can certainly be achieved by means of a Virtual Tour by Right Click Productions. [more]

Virtual Tours - Business Premises Why would your business need a Virtual Tour of your premises? Because a Virtual Tour by Right Click Productions is so much more than just a look at your premises. It is an opportunity to make a slick and professional impression while promoting your products and services. [more]

Virtual Tours - Tourism How do people choose their next holiday destination? Most likely by watching the holiday shows on TV, by browsing through a holiday brochure or by recommendation from a friend. Virtual Tours by Right Click Productions can harness the power of the internet and DVD to compliment and enhance each of these traditional approaches. [more]

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