Create a 360º Video Tour
360 video tours can be created by adding videos to the Tour Browser and linking them together with point hotspots or polygon hotspots.
In this example, we create a basic 2-node tour using point hotspots. (Polygon hotspots could also be used.)
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Add a 360º video in the Input Video section in the Properties panel, or drag the video onto the Viewer or Tour Browser.
The video will appear in the Viewer with playback controls.
✭ If the video begins with a black frame, use the Grab Frame button (to the right of the seek bar), to create a different poster frame.
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(Optional) Add alternative files. Here, you can add different resolutions of the main video. This way, the browser will go through the list and play the first video it can play back. Keep in mind that mobile devices have limited bandwidth for playback within the browser. Therefore it’s good practice to include a smaller resolution of the file like, 3840 × 1920.
The Convert Video (cogwheel) feature can also be used to create a web optimized version of the video as well:
- Open Convert Video.
- For Output File, provide a file name for the converted video.
- Select MP4 for the format. WebM is also a good option, but it’s not fully supported in every browser as of this writing.
- Choose a video bitrate of about 6000 kb/s. This should provide an acceptable compromise between file size and image quality.
- Leave the audio bitrate at 128 kb/s.
- Click Convert. Once the video is finshed, you can replace the original video file with the converted file by right-clicking the main file and choose, Edit. Or drag the converted video and drop it on the main file to replace it.
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Add the second video.
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(Optional) Provide User Data for the nodes. This will get applied automatically when adding point hotspots in the next step.
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Create the tour. With the first node selected in the Tour Browser, drag the second node to the Viewer and drop it to create a node type point hotspot. Then, select the second node and drag the first node into it.
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Now is a good time to save the project.
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Open the Output panel and add a web output.
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Add any of the built-in skins so you have nice graphics for the hotspot icons. Optionally, add your own skin.
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(Optional) Add transitions. For example, add a dissolve between the two nodes to smoothly move from one node to the next. In the Transitions pane, select Panoramas to enable the transitions. Choose, any transition from the menu. Leave the rest at the defaults.
To make sure the audio crossfades too, select Sounds to enable the feature, and then select, Crossfade.
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Click the Generate Output button to output the project. The project will automatically open in your default browser using the Integrated Web Server.