{"id":1103,"date":"2023-05-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2023-05-17T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T12:03:34","slug":"new-in-thinglink-guided-virtual-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/2023\/05\/22\/new-in-thinglink-guided-virtual-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"New in Thinglink &#8211; Guided virtual tours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-at-14.40.15-1140x479.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-at-14.40.15-1140x479.png 1140w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-at-14.40.15-788x331.png 788w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-at-14.40.15-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-at-14.40.15-680x285.png 680w, https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/files\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-17-at-14.40.15.png 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><figcaption>Image: Tours editor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/2023\/03\/27\/a-sufficiently-easy-to-use-vr-teaching-technology-just-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous posting<\/a>, as an easy-to-use tool for making augmented 2D images, -videos, and virtual 360\u00b0 tours, the Thinglink service was introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual tours are a great way to provide site visits to students where it would not be possible because of accessibility challenges, health or security issues, travel expenses, or time management reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes it is beneficial to have a guided tour instead of a free, explore-as-you-wish tour. A guided tour\u00a0allows you to create an experience that takes the viewer from one point of interest to the next in a predetermined sequence.\u00a0With this feature, it is possible, for example, to provide security walkthroughs in the workshop or a lab. To ensure that all the most important aspects have been noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now this is possible in the Thinglink service with the new Tours -editor. Upload your 360\u00b0 panorama to be a scene and add focal points with content to your scenes. It\u2019s easy as making hay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example and more info: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.thinglink.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/12211698934551-Guided-Tours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thinglink.com &#8211; Guided Tours<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Tours editor<\/p>\n<p>In the <span class=\"span-a-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/2023\/03\/27\/a-sufficiently-easy-to-use-vr-teaching-technology-just-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previous posting<\/span>, as an easy-to-use tool for making augmented 2D images, -videos, and virtual 360\u00b0 tours, the Thinglink service was introduced.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2062,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[27,28,23,22],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tip-of-the-week","category-tips-and-tools","tag-27","tag-interactive-media","tag-thinglink","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2062"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1107,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.aalto.fi\/opit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}