Virtual Tour FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions about Virtual Tours
Q: How much is an OmniSight Virtual Visit?
A: Our product is completely customizable thus the price can vary accordingly. Every business has unique needs and different budgets. OmniSight will work with you in providing a premium solution that highlights the special nature of your business while offering a tangible, cost effective marketing and sales tool that fits YOUR budget. Once we discuss the particulars (player options, number of visits, number of 360 scenes, still photograph, etc) OmniSight will then be able to zero in on exact costs thus providing a clear and precise estimate/proposal for your approval before we begin. For more information on pricing please feel free to contact us for a Free-of-Charge consultation!
Q: What is a Virtual Tour?
A virtual tour is a simulation of an existing location, usually composed of a sequence of video images. They also may use other multimedia elements such as sound effects, music, narration, and text. The phrase "virtual tour" is often used to describe a variety of video and photographic-based media. Panorama indicates an unbroken view, since a panorama can be either a series of photographs or panning video footage. However, the phrases "panoramic tour" and "virtual tour" have mostly been associated with virtual tours created using still cameras. Such virtual tours are made up of a number of shots taken from a single vantage point. The camera and lens are rotated around what is referred to as a nodal point (the exact point at the back of the lens where the light converges). Taken From Wikipedia
Q: What's the difference between a Virtual Tour and a Virtual Visit?
Commercially "Virtual Tour" can represent everything from 360 panoramic photography guided tours to simple scrolling pictures with sound or voice narration overlay. Unfortunately, the market became and remains saturated with low budget 360 virtual tours. Many use amateur, low resolution photography and outdated technology that can not a) help differentiate properties online or b) provide much in the area of return on investment.
An OmniSight ENGAGE Virtual Visit is designed first and foremost at its core to be sales result oriented and help venues best represent their wares in a manner that positively effects their bottom line. ENGAGE helps businesses "stand out" in the ever competitive marketplace by providing the online viewer a uniquely interactive and visceral experience. Virtual Visits use updated Flash technology that is pre-bundled in 98% of PC's and MAC's shipped from factory. Your customers will not be forced to download plug-ins or suffer through java script security prompts in order to view our product. Lastly, all OmniSight ENGAGE Virtual Visits can be tracked and measured with Analytics reports that are provided to our clients upon request.
Q: Do I have to find hosting?
OmniSight provides low cost hosting for all our Virtual Visits. Our servers are private and we do not share our bandwidth with any other group or service. Furthermore, our servers have been custom designed to handle "resource intensive" applications such as Flash tours and streaming video. We strongly recommend that all clients allow OmniSight to host their Virtual Visits. Doing so will guarantee the speed and consistency on the loading process and allow OmniSight to maintain the uniformity and protection of our software and product. Additionally, all OmniSight Virtual Visits are tracked and measured for results. Hosting our tours allows OmniSight to provide this invaluable information directly to our clients. Therefore, OmniSight offers low cost hosting in the effort to promote this arrangement.
Our average cost for hosting is $9 per individual 360 scene/year. Therefore, a 6 scene Virtual Visit would cost $54/year. That's it! In comparison, private server hosting can range from $20 - $50 PER MONTH with other web hosting organizations.
Our OmniSight ENGAGE Virtual Visit has been a great asset to our sales efforts and has allowed us to really show off the unique aspects of our Country Club. Providing our web visitors an interactive and immersive preview of our facility has proven successful in facilitating an increase in live site visits we receive from potential customers. We are complimented regularly on our PineCrest Virtual Visit.