the VRtists - more than your peripheral vision

Project: Deluxe Virtual Tour
Photography: 1 day (8 hours)
Development Time: 3 weeks

Purpose:
The Melrose Hotel of Dallas wanted more than just still photos on their website. Their challenge was to capture the unique charm of this 1924 Dallas Landmark in a marketing tool that could be posted on their website and mailed directly to customers. Posting the virtual tour on their website was their primary focus, however, delivery of the tour on CDROM to show at tradeshows, distribute to group event coordinators and key travel agencies around the globe would play a major role in the decision to move forward with with the development of their virtual tour.

Solution:
We worked with the Melrose to produce a Deluxe Virtual Tour that included a one day shot for the 360 degree photography of each key area of the hotel. A custom interface was designed with both web and CDROM delivery specifications. To give the interface some animation in the navigation, Macromedia Flash MX was used to build a portion of the entire piece. In total, nine key areas of the hotel were included in the Melrose Hotel virtual tour with a total of twelve 360° photos.