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by imagine99 913 days ago
I would really like to know what the whole tech stack was to produce this: Which camera system was used to record these images and what platform they used for building the 3D experience?

The pictures must be of insane resolution, as you can zoom in to read even the smallprint on all the posters clearly (imagine Google StreetView like this). And I didn't really notice any stitching, tripods etc.

Also they have cleverly embedded video animations in some of the rooms 360 degree images. These were clearly recorded separately but I still haven't fully figured out how they added them. Very well done and indeed probably almost as good as being there in person.

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I have a friend in real estate who uses matterport [1] to do something similar to this. They have tools to do animations very close to what is happening here. Even the circular cursor looks similar.

1. https://matterport.com/

You could produce this using one of several 360° cameras (e.g. Ricoh Theta, Insta360 X3) for the images, and then using 3D Vista to create the tour experience, embedded media, etc.