Next Generation Virtual Tours - Immersive Virtual Reality Photography

Spherical Images does not rely on the cheaper ‘one-shot’ or ‘ipix’ solutions, rather we use professional digital SLR cameras and precision wide angle lenses to produce a very high quality and completely Spherical image. Each of our images and virtual tours is produced by experienced professionals, thereby always delivering the superior product our customers expect.

The images are taken using a tailor-made tripod head which allows the professional SLR and wide-angle lens to rotate around the so-called ‘nodal’ point. Photos are then taken in 8 different directions (6 around one up and one down) each direction contains 3 images to allow for High Dynamic Range (HDR) - this is a total of 24 images! Compare this to the two used by ipix photographers and you can start to see where the difference comes from. These photos are then stitched together to form a seamless sphere which displays the room or view in its entirety.

All of our tours are displayed in Flash, there are a number of advantages to this: The tours are highly interactive and customisable allowing the customer to be creative in how they want the design of the tour to turn out. Flash is highly compatible with all systems and browsers meaning the tours will be available to the largest possible audience. See some examples here in the gallery. 

We can alternatively just supply you with the panoramic images and you can incorporate these as you wish.  If you choose this option we can give your web designers or hosts detailed instructions on how to proceed.