Incorporating narration or sound bites can dramatically enhance the viewer’s experience. My colleague, Martin (aka Hopki on our Forum), shared a component featuring point hotspots and sound elements that enable you to include virtual tour narration with more control over the visual elements.
Why Use Point Hotspots for Sound?
Hopki’s component uses point hotspots to activate sound elements added to the panoramas. This approach allows you to easily reuse skin graphics by attaching the same visuals to each sound element for consistent branding and design. We essentially have audio hotspots.
Integrating Directional Narration
The basic workflow for the tour was:
To use the same icons for each audio clip, we use Point Hotspots. The skin uses a Point Hotspot Template, which will propagate all its icons and actions to any point hotspot with the same ID.
If you want to learn how the skin works, these components greatly help you understand how all the bits connect since they are small. For example, you can see how a variable or even regular expressions (used to address a group of elements at once) are used.
Or maybe you’re curious about how to use the seek bar in such a case. If you need help understanding something, don’t hesitate to ask on the forum or write to us in support.
Showcasing Drone Imagery of Rhodes, Greece
Finally, let’s not ignore the incredible drone footage captured by my colleague Christoph on the island of Rhodes in Greece. If you’re planning a similar project, you should know that you can use Pano2VR to patch out the drone and add a sky.
Learn More
If you’d like to learn more, check out these resources:
