Virtual Tours for Schools, Colleges and Universities

VIRTUAL TOURS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR

Our virtual tours will help you to engage with current students and recruit prospective ones

WE CREATE SUCCESSFUL VIRTUAL TOURS FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Our skilled team are experienced in delivering virtual tours for the education sector throughout the UK.

The tours are a perfect solution for open days and increasingly powerful with the impact of Covid. All our tours share three elements in common – stunning imagery, great design and very happy clients.

If you would like to find out more then contact us or book a free consultation with an education expert.

We are absolutely delighted with the tour that Neil has produced for us, we could not be happier. The photography is stunning and the whole site looks professional, is easy to navigate and is ideal for showing our school at a time when visits are impossible. Neil turned the tour around very quickly for us and has been a pleasure to work with. He is professional and creative and has done an exceptional job on this project; we are looking forward to working with him on the next stage of our site with full confidence that he will do a superb job.

Northwood College for Girls

Claudine Pearce, Director of Marketing & Development

Fantastic company to work with! Very personal service, feels like they are always there if I need them. Neil made the process very simple and easy to understand. Would definitely recommend their services. Can not rate them highly enough! Positive Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness and Value.

Preston School

Melanie Crisp - Marketing & Media Officer

It has been a real pleasure working with Neil and his team at the Virtual Tour Company. At every stage they have been really helpful, patient and flexible with us as our ideas evolved. We are delighted with the model they have produced which we think is not just the solution to our immediate problems around how to do transition from primary school during lockdown but also a significant step forward over the old paper prospectus model. We think it will hugely improve the ability of new students and parents to get a feel for our school.

Axe Valley Academy

R Carr

I couldn't have picked a better company to work with. It's refreshing to have such a tailored service, with Neil visiting our campus before capturing the tour so that he could get an idea on what would show off our facilities and the learning experience best. During the capture of the tour, he engaged with staff and students, expressing genuine interest in what they were creating and making them feel at ease and comfortable on camera. It felt like a collaboration, we were able to bounce ideas off one another to create something that we feel will be a really unique experience. The images he has captured are beautiful and the professionalism, approachability, understanding, and the many times this company has gone above and beyond to help us achieve our tour has been brilliant. I look forward to continued collaboration!

Plymouth College of Art

Sarah Packer

Our virtual tour has already helped close sales, and it’s only been up a few weeks! Neil was flexible to our ever changing calendar and made our centre look fantastic in the shots. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Virtual Devon to anyone with a space that’s worth showing off.

Torquay Riviera Centre

Becky Cockman, Marketing Executive

Neil has done a fantastic job for a number of virtual tours for my clients. The results have been absolutely amazing! He is able to capture a feeling that static images just can not give you. Really great guy to work with too!

GFive Design

Frank, General Manager

"The quality and the professionalism of the website and marketing company is second to none. Our virtual tour has had some incredible feedback from our customers. A very simple tool with a big impact ....a 5 big stars from us at Costa.."

Costa Coffee

Liam Townsend, Manager

Great service! The quality of the images are great and really capture the office in the way we wanted to. Thank you.

The Generator Hub

Neil Finnie, Owner

River Exe Cafe are over the moon with Neil's excellent work

River Exe Cafe

Dave Foa, Owner

Neil was very professional and helped our business improve. Our customers are very happy to take the virtual tour and chose their own table. Highly recommended.

L’Estuaire Restaurant

Onur, Owner

TEN UNIQUE TOUR FEATURES FOR EDUCATION PROVIDERS

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Our world-class tours and backend systems are unrivaled. Using our content management system ensures a scalable, editable solution that significantly reduces ongoing costs. Add unlimited hotspots, photo galleries, videos and more from any web browser.

VIRTUAL OPEN DAY FEATURES

Live 2-way presentations become possible by embedding your webcam into the 360 environment. You can share controls of the tour or guide users through the space and direct them to a particular viewpoint.

INTEGRATED VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

Talking heads or presenter videos bring scenes to life and create better connections. They can be displayed anywhere but generally replicate the sign language interpreter on TV (bottom corner). Using the content management system you can add presenter videos to any scene with the option to use green screen background for complete immersion.

ACCESSIBLE CONTENT

Make sure everyone gets access to your tour.. With us, you can be assured that your virtual tour will meet the latest UK Government regulations on website accessibility. With our unique tour content features, we can offer WCAG 2.1 compliance, Other tours simply can not offer this service.

TAILOR YOUR USERS JOURNEY

Our unique tour structure enables you to tailor the scenes a user views. We can add search and course parameters that ensure users only view the 360° panoramas relevant to them in a specified sequence.

DELIVER MARKETING RESULTS

Understanding what you want to achieve from your virtual tour is critical in creating successful, engaging tours. Our success is driven by combining spectacular imagery with an astute marketing focus, a combination that can support your student conversion strategy and put you above the competition.

IMPROVED SEO

The amount of time spent on a website is called ‘stickiness’ and sites with virtual tours are viewed 5-10 times longer than those without. Embedding the tours into your site increases the interaction users have whilst careful branding and design ensures a seamless experience.

FAST TURNAROUND

When you need to get things done swiftly whilst the students are off-site and the sun is shining, we’re here for you. Completion of photography and tour build can be achieved in less than 4 weeks.

PRICE BEATING PROMISE

We guarantee to beat the price of any quote of comparable quality. We offer a fantastic return on investment with tangible results at highly competitive prices.

EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE

We love what we do and that shines through in our enthusiasm and attention to detail. Happy clients matter more than anything and our 5-star reviews speak for themselves.

EDUCATION VIRTUAL TOUR FEATURES

Our industry-leading technology gives you control - functionality includes;

BRANDED DESIGN

All elements are carefully designed to fit with your branding. This ensures a consistent experience when embedding the tour and using it throughout your site. We can alter the navigation style, fonts, colours and any other design elements for a perfect fit.

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LIVE GUIDED TOURS

Bring web chats to life with this unique feature. Use a webcam to embed yourself into the 360 scene for a live 2-way presentation. Share controls of the tour and track and view what they are looking at, or take control and direct them to a particular viewpoint.

SCENE INTRO VIDEOS

Add character and dynamism to your virtual open day. A video can introduce context and content to a scene, it adds personality and enriches the entire experience. These display in a similar way to a sign language interpreter on tv and with green screen technology, the presenter appears immersed in the 360 environment.

INFO BUTTONS

Adding useful information to a scene is key in helping prospective students understand how a space works. We can format the infobox to match your own site.

MICRO TOURS

Our unique tour structure enables you to extract individual scenes from the main tour(for example display the gym scene only on the sports page). This unique functionality ensures maximum impact across the site. Menus can be hidden or displayed allowing you to focus users on the areas of interest.

INTERACTIVE HOTSPOTS

Provide useful information and links for prospective students with these clickable graphics which can be placed anywhere within a tour to trigger an action. Display videos, information, images, or take the user to another panorama or website.

VIRTUAL REALITY

If you want to excite prospective students then VR is the way to go. We create engaging, dynamic and captivating 360 experiences for VR headsets using high-quality photography or 360 video. We can also format any of our virtual tours to work with VR which is a fun, engaging way to stand out from the competition at student recruitment events.

CAMPUS MAPS

These are a quick and easy way for prospective students to navigate and understand the layout of your campus. We can use any graphic style for the campus map or floorplan and integrate them seamlessly into the tour to help users navigate with ease.

GOOGLE & SOCIAL MEDIA

All images are provided copyright-free and formatted for use on external sites. 360 images enrich your Google business listing, improve interaction and create a great first impression. Social media is becoming increasingly essential for student recruitment and 360 images are a great way to attract students to all that you offer.

OUTSTANDING HDR IMAGERY

We use the latest technology for stunning quality and dynamic range. The results are significantly better than one shot cameras such as Matterport.

AERIAL VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY

Aerial 360s create impact. They open up stunning landscapes and views for maximum effect and we highly recommend these for colleges and universities with a large campus. During drone shoots, we can also capture HDR photos and video for your marketing.

VIEW OUR EDUCATIONAL VIRTUAL TOURS

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UNBEATABLE VALUE GUARANTEED

We understand there is often a fight between budget pressures and marketing spend and will work with you to find a tour solution for you that fits within your budget and delivers on your aims. We offer great value for organisations looking to use new technologies to attract and engage prospective students, and with our unique content management system, ongoing costs are reduced.

We promise that if you find another supplier offering a comparable quality tour at a lower price, forward that quote and we will happily beat that price.

Highfield, Clyst Road, Topsham, Devon

01392 348181 info@virtualtourcompany.co.uk

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