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3DVista | Reviews and Pricing | 2024

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3DVista is an established enterprise 360 virtual tour company. Their software is a one time purchase and gives you the tools you need to create panoramas, 360 tours, floorplans, and clickable objects. They have a mobile app and hosting for easy sharing with clients.

3DVista was established in 1999 and based in Granada, Spain.

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3DVista Pricing*

• $499 for Virtual Tour Pro
• $99 for Sticher4
• $799 for a branded app
• $99+/yr for hosting

3DVista is one of the few companies still standing without a SaaS business model. As such, your software is a one time purchase of $499.

Optional add-ons include a sticher software for adding single photos into a panorama, a branded client-facing app with listing tours, and a $99/fee for hosting the tours online for easy sharing. The hosting plan starts at $99 and goes up depending on how many GB of space you utilize.

*This is current to the best of my knowledge at the time of this writing. Contact the vendor directly to check current prices, discounts, and terms.

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Creating 360 photo tours for Meta Quest headsets with 3DVista

360 photographic tours can be very effective within VR headsets, especially if they are augmented with media and behaviors. This tutorial shows how to create headset-ready 360 tours using 3DVista Virtual Tour Pro.

Read Time: 12 Minutes

Requirements

3DVista Virtual Tour Pro

One or more 360 photos

Online web space for uploading your work

Introduction

Using 3DVista Virtual Tour Pro (VTP for short) to build a 360 photo tour is straightforward, as is setting it up to work in Meta Quest headsets. For immersive headset viewing, add the appropriate VR button icon to the tour’s ‘skin’ – the graphics and buttons overlay that is visible in non-immersive environments – so viewers can trigger the VR browser to change to full immersive display. Then, when publishing the final deliverables ready for uploading to a web site, checking one box in the list of options will ensure the content is optimized for VR headsets.

There is more that can be done: adding video and graphic hotspots with VR-aware actions, allowing the tour to be downloaded to the headset for offline viewing, and so on. Some of these things are dependent on specific project requirements, but this tutorial will show a few tricks in addition to the basics of preparing a tour for headset delivery.

One difference with virtual tours viewed in headsets rather than on desktops is the lack of skin support. The skin is an interactive graphic overlay that is used for control buttons, branding, maps and so on, but at present this doesn’t appear in headsets; using the VR button and stepping into a fully immersive view will remove any skin elements from the experience. Because of this, enhancement plans should be based on adding hotspot elements.

Testing on a computer can be done using the software’s Preview function, but to see the tour in the Meta Quest headset it will need to be published, uploaded to a web site, and then visited in the Quest browser. Make sure you have access to FTP or equivalent file uploading options and some web-accessible online storage. Alternatively, the published tour can be copied to the headset’s internal storage and viewed using the 3DVista app; see Going Further below for details.

Steps to build a 360 VR tour

1. Import a 360 photo

Add your 360 image or images to a new project in VTP: choose File > New Project , click Select to accept the default ‘Basic/Empty/Without Color’ skin, then click Import Panorama and choose your 360 image. Standard Panorama is the format you’ll normally use here. We’ll use just one 360 image for now.

2. Choose a VR button

Click the Skin tab to enter the skin editor, then click the Icon Button image in the list just above the main viewer area. To find the right icon hover over each one to show its tooltip label. In the Skin Library panel that opens, pick VR from the list on the left, then choose a graphic that suits your scene. For example, if the image is very dark then avoid black graphics as your visitors will find those hard to spot. Remember too that anything here will be hidden when the viewer steps into the full immersive view.

3. Or use a custom VR button graphic

You may prefer to use a graphic of your own for this. When you have the Skin Library panel open, click the Insert New Element button in the top-left, then browse for your custom image file. PNG is best as the format supports full transparency for custom graphic shapes. For basic efficiency keep the pixel dimensions small; no more than around 200px wide and tall and preferably closer to 100px.

4. Place the VR button

Finally, click Select, click in the main viewer area to place the chosen button into the skin, then scale and drag it to where you want it to appear. This will show up as an overlay on top of your 360 image, fixed to that relative point in the window. It will also only be visible in browsers on devices that declare support for headset-style left/right eye views; Meta Quest headsets and regular mobile devices.

5. Add the VR actions (for custom button graphics only)

If you use a ready-made VR button this step isn’t needed as it is already set up correctly, but if you use your own graphic you will need to tell it what to do. With it selected, click the blue ‘+’ button in the Actions pane, select Media Control, then set the final (third) popup menu to ‘VR’ and click Done. When triggered in a suitable device this will take a visitor into immersive VR mode. Because this button does nothing in regular desktop browsers, go to the Properties pane, open the Advanced Options section, and check the ‘Show only if VR device available’ option.

6. Generate the virtual tour

Click the Publish button in the bottom-right of the VTP window. In the Publish window, make sure the large Web/Mobile tile has a green checkmark and the Optimize for Meta Quest 2 & Pico Neo 3 option is also checked. (This is also suitable for Quest Pro and other modern VR headsets.) If you want to allow visitors to download the tour to their headset’s browser for offline viewing, check the Display Download Message for Offline Playing option as well. Set a destination directory then click Publish.

7. Test your work

You can test most things using the software’s built-in Preview feature, but testing the VR button behavior must be done on a headset or a regular mobile device otherwise the button won’t be visible. Upload everything that you just published to a folder in a web site, make a note of the address, then put on your Meta Quest headset and visit your tour in the Quest browser. Triggering the VR button will take you from the normal rectangular browser window to a fully immersed view of your 360 scene.

Going further: Adding navigation hotspots

When there is more than one scene in a virtual tour, viewers will need a way to move from one to the next. There is more than one way to achieve this; the VR Menu is a one-click solution but it gives the viewer no sense of location as they move through the different scenes. Navigation hotspots take a little more time to add but the result is much more effective.

1. Option 1: use the VR Menu

The simplest method is to enable the VR Menu feature; in VTP, select the Project tab, go to the VR Settings panel, and check the Show VR Menu box. This will show a translucent ‘Media’ box that lists the available scenes by name when triggered. It’s quick and easy but it’s not particularly elegant, especially if the scene names aren’t very explanatory.

2. Option 2: add a navigation hotspot

To add navigation graphics to specific places within the scene so viewers know where they are heading, select the Panoramas tab and then the Hotspots tab below this. While viewing one of the panoramas, drag another one from the list into the place where the navigation graphic should be placed. Leave the ‘Create Return Hotspot’ option checked, click the grid, then pick a graphic to use for the navigation.

3. Then set a return hotspot

This will automatically add a hotspot to the destination scene as well. In the Create Return Hotspot panel that opens, drag the blue dot to where this should be in the scene. Now when a visitor sees the virtual tour they will be able to use the navigation graphics to move between scenes and build up a sense of where they are and where they are going in the virtual space.

Going further: storing the tour on a headset

Viewing the tour must be done using the headset’s browser. While it is possible to download and cache the tour (as mentioned in step 6, above) it can be more useful to copy the entire tour to the headset’s internal storage and access it from there. This requires the 3DVista app, available as an App Lab download from the Quest store. Make a folder called “3dvista” at the top level of the headset’s storage and copy the entire tour, inside its folder, into here. It will then appear within the 3DVista app, and it won’t need the VR button to be experienced as a fully immersive production.

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JavaScript API v2

JavaScript API v2 is a collection of more than 35 JavaScript functions that give you a total control over a virtual tour and allow you to implement incredible functionalities!

89,00 €

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Version: v0.3, 12 March 2024

Product page: https://www.blazeit.sk/works/3dvista/javascript-api-v2

JavaScript API v2 is a toolkit for implementing advanced functionalities in virtual tours created in 3DVista. Take your virtual tours to the next level!

The API consists of more than 35 JavaScript functions divided into several sections depending on the aspect of the virtual tour they control.

• Components API You can use the Components API to control the Skin and Skin elements – Labels, Multiline Texts, Images, Dropdowns, etc.
• Media API You can use the Media API to control the Medias – 3D Models, Videos, Audios, etc.
• Hotspots API You can use the Hotspots API to control the Hotspots.
• PlayList API You can use the PlayList API to control what is currently being displayed and what will be displayed next.
• Navigation API You can use the Navigation API to among Panoramas, 3D Models, Photo Albums, …
• Actions API You can use the Actions API to trigger actions on Hotspots or Components manually.
• Misc API The Misc API contains various useful functionalities that don’t have a category.

Each section is very well documented and includes an example usage, code snippets and best practices.

Using the JavaScript API v2 is easy! For example, retrieving a hotspot called “My Polygon” and changing its image source would be done with a JavaScript code similar to the following:

Code snippets, like the one above, are included in the documentation which comes with the product.

Knowledge of the JavaScript programming language is not required – you will be able to implement amazing features without it, but in order to utilize the JavaScript API v2 to its full potential, JavaScript and programming knowledge come in handy.

You can explore the examples in an interactive showcase on the product’s website: https://www.blazeit.sk/works/3dvista/javascript-api-v2

The possibilities with the JavaScript API v2 are unlimited and a couple of lines of code can save you hours of manual clicking . Also, it opens up a plethora of new possibilities which otherwise would not be feasible.

Important remark

This product is not sponsored nor backed by 3DVista.

Terms and conditions

By purchasing this product you agree that you have read and you consent to our general terms and conditions (general T&Cs can be found in: Vendor info -> blaze IT -> Terms and Conditions ), and you agree that you have read and take into account the product’s license.

The source code and all works related to the source code (e.g., documentation) are licensed under a non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to a specific user and are subject to the payment of appropriate fees. Any breach of this license, including unauthorized distribution or the sale of a product containing the library code, may result in the termination of the license. Termination, in such cases, may lead to legal action, encompassing, but not limited to, seeking damages and injunctive relief.

Using any part of this product’s source code or documentation in products distributed through 3DVista Marketplace, or any other online marketplace or community, is strictly prohibited.

For inquiries or clarification, please contact [email protected].

Copyright © 2024 blaze IT s. r. o.. All rights reserved.

Business Name: blaze IT s. r. o. Business Address: Mileticova 5237/60, 82108 Bratislava, Slovakia VAT ID: SK2121036522

3 reviews for JavaScript API v2

thetravelproxy (verified owner) – December 6, 2023

I have been developing 3D vista tours and I write code for 3D vista. This is a seriously helpful toolkit, written in very plain language with rapid support and upgrades. I only wish I bought V1 earlier.

meysam.kazemizadeh.ir (verified owner) – January 15, 2024

high quality and excellent product with good moral and expert support, I am very satisfied

shakiba (verified owner) – January 22, 2024

thanks for it Matej 🙂

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• Store Name: blaze IT
• Vendor: Blaze IT
• 5.00 rating from 5 reviews Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 5 customer ratings

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