Q. What does the abbreviation VT stand for?
A: VT stands for Virtual Tour.

Q: What is a panorama?
A: A panorama is a three dimensional representation of a scene or view. It is created from a series of still images that are digitally stitched together, enabling the user to navigate a full 360 degrees with complete directional control. A virtual tour is simply a series of related panoramas, (rooms or views).

Q. What type of businesses benefit from a Virtual Tour?
A. What business wouldn’t? Virtual Tours permit customers to access leisure facilities online at any time of the day. A Virtual Tour is a powerful marketing tool that will enhance the profile of almost any business. Common examples of organisations utilising VT’s to effectively market their services are, hotels, B & B’s, holiday cottages, architects, interior designers, travel agents, tourist associations, corporate industries, museums and golf clubs.

Q. What benefit does a Virtual Tour offer?
A. A Virtual Tour provides your business with a 24 hour shop window. It enables potential customers to take a three-dimensional visit around your premises via the internet.

Q: What are the advantages of using a professional Virtual Tour production house?
A: We are constantly updating our Virtual Tour programming to ensure that the service you receive is first class. VT software is continually evolving and our company policy is to ensure that we lead the market by using the latest cutting edge production techniques.

Q. How will my Virtual Tour be delivered?
A. Completed Virtual Tours are normally emailed directly to clients; however they can be copied to CD Rom on request for delivery by post.

Q. How do I incorporate a Virtual Tour into my existing website?
A. Any web designers will be able to seamlessly embed a tour into your existing website by following our simple instructions.

Q: Should I choose Flash or a Java applet viewer for my web site?
A: Pick a Flash viewer as this is the most widely used Virtual Tour delivery solution for the internet at this time. irisimage utilises the versatile Flash Player.

Q: What is the minimum specification required to view a virtual tour?
A: To view a tour you require 64MB of memory and Internet Explorer 4.0.

Q: How quickly will a VT load on an average internet connection?
A: The average file size for an individual panorama is 800K. Using a 1MB broadband connection each view takes around 5-10 seconds to load once the viewer screen has initialised.