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What sets
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We go a step further
than your average virtual tour by providing a wider,
nearly spherical view for indoor and outdoor areas.
Standard virtual tours can be panned
horizontally, but ours can also be panned
vertically, allowing your
viewers to see everything your business or property
has to offer. This creates more photographic depth,
and a more realistic view of the subject.
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How do
I get a virtual tour? |
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Please send us an email to
karen@virtualcentralcoast.com, or call
Karen at (805) 343-0814 to setup an
appointment. Appointments are available 7
days a week, depending on available time
slots. Each tour takes 30 minutes to 2
hours, depending on the complexity of the
subject matter. Payment is due at the start of the
virtual tour. |
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What
is your service area? |
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We provide virtual tours
for all of California's Central Coast, from Paso
Robles to Santa Maria. We happily makes
trips to surrounding areas as well, when
business accumulates. Surrounding areas
include Santa Barbara area, Monterey area,
and Bakersfield area. Please contact us at
karen@virtualcentralcoast.com, or (805)
343-0814 if you would like a virtual
tour in these areas. |
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Where
is my virtual tour displayed? |
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All
virtual tours are added to our Gallery, and
a link to your virtual tour is emailed to
you. The link can be placed on any website
to access your virtual tour. If you'd like,
we would be happy to provide you with the
virtual tour to have your web designer embed
into your website. We also offer an
affiliate program with
www.SLOHomeInfo.com, the Central Coast's
leading portal website. This option provides
a platform to display your virtual tour to
thousands of Central Coast viewers, and provides
built-in internet
marketing for your business or property. |
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How
many scenes are included in a virtual tour? |
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Our virtual tours include 5
scenes. Each 360° shot constitutes a scene.
For example, a scene can be a single room,
the outside of a business, the kitchen of a
house, etc. Additional scenes can be purchased.
Please see our
Pricing
section for details. |
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Does
my virtual tour expire? |
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Your virtual tour never
expires; however, if you would like a
virtual tour taken down from our Gallery,
you must notify us by email at
karen@virtualcentralcoast.com. |
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What
is the turnaround time? |
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Generally, your virtual
tour will be available within 1-2 business
days, depending on the complexity of the
tour. |
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Can I
display the virtual tour in my own website? |
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Yes, we'd be happy to
provide you with a Flash SWF file to embed
into your website. Generally, a web designer
would need to do this. |
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What
technology do you use to display the virtual
tour? |
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 We use Adobe Flash technology to display our
virtual tours, instead of Java or QuickTime.
The benefits of Flash are a faster loading
time, advanced custom interface capability,
and 98.8% compatibility with PC and Mac
platforms. The chart at left shows a
comparison of users able to view the most
common virtual tour display technologies.
Adobe Flash virtual tours are viewable on
nearly every computer. There's nothing more
frustrating than opening a virtual tour only
to find that you don't have the correct
software or version installed to view the
virtual tour.
In addition to having the widest viewing
audience, Flash Virtual Tours also load
faster than any other technology, and allow
for highly customized interfaces. Because of
this, we are able to include business names,
mapping links, website links, "pre-loaders",
and much more. In the latter case, the
"pre-loader" tells the viewer that the tour
is loading. Without this, the viewer would
just see a blank screen, leaving them to
wonder if the tour is going to appear or
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