Colburn Homes are a residential development company based in Gloucestershire. For their latest project in Warwickshire, I was asked to capture a bespoke 360 virtual tour. The purpose was to highlight and showcase one of the new properties at the Devereux Close development. The final tour would be used online, to allow prospective buyers to view the show home before booking a full viewing.
For this virtual tour, compared to previous tours, I created a whole new way of navigating between the scenes. On my last project, I used an arrow system to display which way to go. It was quite limited in where and how you could display the navigation. The key aim of this brand new navigation was to be more visual. You can also see a small thumbnail of the next scene, as well as a hover over information icon for rooms not photographed.
I also wanted to create a truly responsive skin for the tour, so if you’re viewing the 360 on mobile or desktop, the performance is the same. Hiding certain controls depending on which devices you’re viewing the virtual tour. The full-screen function only accessible on desktop or laptops. Enabling gyroscope control when viewing on mobile devices. All those little things, like the property, add up to creating something with a very easy user experience.
