360 Motion VR Video & Panoramic Photography

360 Video for Architecture, Engineering and Construction

My VR Video Work Ideas

Tourism and Cultural projects are important aspects of my work. Telling stories with VR video about museums is an avenue of exploration that has great potential for social media. While VR video is a technology product that ports best to a mobile audience, Facebook and YouTube continue to support a variety of viewing options.

Event coverage, education and marketing videos are just some of the applications I am exploring. with monoscopic VR 360 video.

Visit my Virtual Tour of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC by clicking on the image of The President's Room

Fast, Inexpensive VR Tours

VR 360 Video for Architecture

Roundme is one of the many inexpensive VR hosting sites that enable you build a virtual tour in minutes from spherical panoramas.

You can add video and audio embeds that play well with mobile devices for the most part. The main advantage is that SaaS is very responsive to changes in delivery but offers fewer customization options.

Nevertheless for storytelling about architecture, engineering and construction they offer a fast end product for a low price point.

Architects nationwide have started to preview their work using Head Mounted Displays. Inexpensive to do, immensely useful with a modest learning curve this VR revolution is stating to extend into project storytelling.

With the latest VR cameras telling stories about the built environment has reached a new benchmark of production ease. While the post production remains challenging, traveling and shooting has gotten much more friendly.

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Animation of Static Panoramas

If you want to tell a story about a A/E/C with a limited budget it is hard to beat the value of spherical panoramas. Easier than ever to produce quickly they can be animated in After Effects.

Key frame animation of a sphere is a great way to narrate with voice over using nice smooth pans. Literally you can get the perfect pan in post using this method. Here is an example.

My Virtual Tours Projects

For large buildings like Museums and Historic Properties, virtual tours shot with photos are both inexpensive and easy to assemble. The key to great imaging of VR Tours is adding High Dynamic Range assembly and masking to the shoot. It gives infinite possibilities to reinterpret the image.

Many retouching tweaks to the still images can be achieved for the perfect visual experience. Video embeds and still photos are easy to add to make the tours more interactive and fun. I have worked with VR tours for about 20 years now and love every minute of the storytelling process.

A few favorites from the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Museum shoot can be found at this site link at www.youvisit.com. Youvisit has free hosting as well which is a bit hard to find these days.