Custom Virtual Tour Interfaces
We create custom interfaces that transform your 360 content into an interactive, branded experience. Every detail is tailored to your needs, so your virtual tour doesn’t just look good, it works beautifully for your audience.
What is a Virtual Tour Interface?
A virtual tour interface is the layer that turns your 360s into a fully interactive, branded experience. It includes everything your visitors see and use, such as navigation menus, hotspots, floorplans, pop-ups, multimedia, and even live conferencing.
Unlike off-the-shelf solutions, our interfaces are designed to follow your brand guidelines exactly. We match your colours and logos to ensure a consistent, professional result.
Each custom interface is tailored to your project brief. Whether you need e-learning integration, booking forms, sound, VR compatibility, or advanced analytics, we can build it in.
Our aim is simple. We make sure your virtual tour not only looks right but works the way you need it to.
Features
Branding and Visual Design
- Branded interface: Designed to match your colours, logo, and brand guidelines for a consistent, professional look.
- Custom loading screens: Branded animations or progress indicators for a polished first impression.
- Intro screens: Welcome visitors with high-resolution images or custom-produced video.
- Call-to-action buttons: Add clear CTAs such as “Book Now” or “Contact” to encourage enquiries.
Navigation and User Experience
- Intuitive navigation: Thumbnails, menus, and floorplans to help visitors stay oriented.
- Control panels: Easy-to-use controls for moving through scenes and locations.
- Info pop-ups: Highlight key details with text, images, video, or sound.
- Intro pop-ups: Offer brief welcome messages or overviews for each scene.
- Zoomable high-resolution images: Let visitors explore detailed imagery up close.
- Accessibility features: Designed to meet WCAG standards with screen readers, high-contrast modes, and keyboard navigation in mind.
Media and Interactivity
- Audio integration: Add voiceovers, ambient sound, or music to create an immersive feel.
- Aerial 360 and drone video: Include panoramic drone photography or cinematic video.
- E-learning integration: Embed quiz cards or modules linked to your LMS, with SCORM tracking.
- Embedded 3D models: Display 3D models with custom lighting, angles, and animation.
Distribution and Compatibility
- Cross-platform compatibility: Works seamlessly on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
- App store-ready: Package your tour for Apple, Google, or Oculus stores.
- Offline playback: Ideal for trade shows or remote locations without internet.
- VR headset support: Deliver fully immersive experiences
Advanced Features and Integrations
- Live in-tour conferencing: Guide clients in real time with built-in video calls or presentations.
- Multilingual support: Offer multiple language options for a wider audience.
- Analytics integration: Track engagement, hotspots viewed, and navigation paths.
- Lead capture forms: Collect visitor details or enable appointment scheduling directly in the tour.
- E-commerce integration: Link products or enable shopping features to turn your tour into a sales channel.
- CMS integration: Pull in dynamic content such as product pages.
- Password protection: Control access with password-gated entry for premium content.
How It Works
We start by understanding your goals and brand. From there, we design and build your interface to fit your requirements.
We handle planning, design, development, testing across devices, and deployment. You get a custom virtual tour interface that helps your virtual tour deliver results.
Ready for a custom virtual tour interface?
We’ll answer any questions, explore what you need, and help you plan the best way forward. Contact us here.
Questions? We’ve got the answers.
Think of the virtual tour as the 360 content itself. The interface is what lets people explore it, with your branding, menus, pop-ups, and all the interactive features that make it useful and engaging.
Yes, that’s the idea. We’ll follow your colours, fonts, logos, and style to make sure the tour feels like a natural extension of your brand.
The timings depend on the complexity of the project, but most bespoke interfaces take a week or two from planning to delivery. However, for projects with a tight deadline, we can work faster – even building the interface before the shoot. Talk to us about your deadlines, and we’ll work with you to achieve them.
Yes. We can add lead capture forms, link directly to your site, or connect to your CMS or CRM so everything works together seamlessly.
Yes, we’ll provide everything you need to add the completed custom virtual tour interface to your own website. If you’d rather we host it for you, we can arrange that too.
Absolutely. We design every interface to look and work smoothly on phones, tablets, and desktops, so your visitors get a good experience wherever they are.
Yes – we often build virtual tours for our clients to use in an HMD (a Head Mounted Display such as Apple Vision Pro or MetaQuest). If you’d like VR compatibility, just let us know and we’ll design it for immersive viewing.
No, visitors can view the tour in any standard web browser on mobiles, tablets, or desktops without any special software.
Every project is different and so once we know the scope, we’ll give you a clear, tailored quote for your complete virtual tour with no surprises.
Absolutely not. We hand you all the files and they’re yours forever, to do with as you please, without any ongoing costs. Most clients host their own virtual tours. If you’d prefer us to host it for you, then there would be a small annual cost for hosting.
Yes, we can handle updates, new content, or additional features as your needs evolve. Just let us know and we’ll keep everything running smoothly.