I just want to take a moment to compliment you on keeping the software title up during the entirety of each review. Too many reviewers show the title/item when they introduce it and then take it away and you can easily forget which one they are reviewing part way through the review. Thanks!
I read your comments first and saw a lot of people thanking you for saving them time. I thought I would watch for about 10 mins and then bounce to another video. The comments were right, this video was amazingly helpful. I started with a Kuula account to try it out. I've already posted a short tour of one of our school gyms for our vendors. Thank you so much! I'll check out your course too.
Ben Claremont hey Ben thanks for the reply! I’ve made 7 tours since watching a video. I just watched your other video on the 360 R. That is pretty cool too. thanks again for the info you put out.
I totally agree with Irina's comment, you saved a lot of my time browsing web to identify the best for me. I'm just entering the 360 world with a DSLR + Sigma 8mm + Nodal Ninja 6. My target is Real Estate job. I'll follow your tip: start with a Beginner softw and jumping to next level according to knowledge & level of job increases. Thank you so much.
Would love to see an updated version of this, as some things have changed (Theasys isn't really usable for free anymore) and new players have come to town.
Thanks a lot Ben, you saved me a lot of time and probably from making a bad choice. There are 2 things that are still in the air : - License upgrade price - Best for what? (sector of activity)... - Recommendation on drones? I guess your ratings are good for real estate business which is my case. How about walking tours for instance?... And last, I heard about another tool called GeoCV... Curiously the website seem to be inactive... Thanks again... #StayAtHome
Excellent video. It's left me torn though. As a 2nd year realtor who has a few other side hustles. What would be the one you would recommend for virtual residential tours? -low cost to free. One time payment is fine but I don't want a monthly payment. -download the tour or embedded link is perfect. -not too basic, no coding at all From the video I think 3DVista or Theasys I suppose I can try the free first and buy the other (3DVista) later. 🤷🏻♂️
Hi Ben, thanks for your video. I hope you can give me some advice. I need a 360 virtual tour but with special characteristics: 1) The user can navigate a virtual showroom, but when it gets into certain areas a login is needed. Once the user is logged it needs to be connected to Google Analytics (to find out what products they click on). Which of the 360 Tours you have reviewed have this feature?
wow so useful, thank you! I'm just going to have a look at their websites now (May 2020) to see if anything changed. For me I picked: Theasys - Because its free, gets a professionalish end result and its easy to use especially bc I'm very new at this. Kuula - Cheap price but professional and sort of customizable Panoskin - Cheap, good for when I have some experience in the future, very customizable 3Dvista - For when I'm a master at this lol I am going to start doing this for the yachting industry so I need something cheap or free, easy to use for someone new, and very customizable as clients wouldn't like any external logo on their tours. One of the most important features it has to have is that I can share it in many different ways, as a link or put it directly on our website, so I'll try and see how this goes... Again Thank you very much I'll keep learning from you!
3Dvista is the one for me. I downloaded their demo version and liked it so much I used the demo to see how easy it was to learn how to use it...and for me it was fairly easy although I am still learning how to use it fully.
I am more into videography. But your video is very informative. I can see lot of effort for an hour long video. I was not sure if i will watch the whole, but you never let the attention drop off. Good Job
Hey Ben, Thanks for this !!! My choice is 3D Vista... since one doesn't buy a program only for one use... the difference between 3D Vista and Pano2VR is only 140Euro...and it's a program you can use forever...
just downloaded the trial version... i can't stitch the images from my Theta Z1 it gives me a lot of missing control points... do you have expieriense with this ? How to solve ??
Thanks for this great video, saved me LOTS of time going over the features and which ones might meet my needs. I have a question, if you use some of the products, Pano2VR and 3DVISTA for instance, you still will need a separate site to host your 3d tours, correct? Can you do a separate video on the best hosting services if you're using one of the "build-your-own" 3d tour softwares like these?
Hi Ben, this is John from Malaysia. Firstly, I am extremely glad Kuula is your 1st Choice of Virtual Tour Software as it is mine. I had been exposed to Virtual Tours for Interior Design for 3-4 years now and just recently did a couple of projects using Kuula and charged my client with a good fee. Kuula by far is the most easy use and user friendly with various customization as well as Domain and SSL Certificates for Business users. Thank you for your video as I'm looking forward to improve my Virtual Tour experience and step up a few levels with your recommendations and throughs on other VR softwares!
Hi John I have a question, do you also host your clients tours? I’m fresh in this virtual tour biz and I want to offer it to certain businesses that aren’t just real estate agencies. I have many businesses that have nothing to do with real estate and yet they still want a virtual tour but what I saw is that Kuula is monthly based and if I’d charge a customer once then host his tour forever then I’m basically making no profit in the long run. What’s your approach if you don’t mind me asking? Thank you!
Congratulations Mr. Claremont. Your video is a very good piece of information. It is immersive, quick, straight to the point, very well organized and, amazingly, ... funny!!! You have saved us all a lot of work ...
Thanks Ben .. this helped; I had been playing with the Trial version of 3Dvista and really wanted to like it. Your review really helped. Will most likely get 3dVista.
I use 3Dvista and I love the adaptive hdr tool they have. You take pictures in différend exposures and when you view those in the tour, they change automatically if there is a dark or bright spece. That solves the 'unrealistic' feel of hdr footage!
Hi Ben. Really enjoyed this video. I am an architect and use 360 images/ video to send to clients. None of these are shot with a camera, but are all rendered out in 3d software and edited in After Effects. I've been using VRDirect to stitch these architectural narratives together, and it's been working quite well. Would be great if you could cover some additional tips and techniques for this particular workflow/ purpose. Cheers
Amazing comparative... the best one to choose a Virtual Tour Software, Congrats! Thank you so much... I choose Kuula... best result for less work for good price... 😎
Theasys changed to only 5 panorama images in a freebie and inundated with watermarks - suspect it became VERY popular thanks to your amazing video dude! I'm raging on the other hand haha
Couldn't really have seen this video at a better moment, you helped me out more than you can realize! Thank you for all the time you saved me and for all your videos!
You have been a repository of 360 knowledge in my last few years. But this video is really amazing! I have see it 2 times. One time to get the big picture, the second time to take notes. You saved us a lot of time! Thanks Ben.
Hi Stuart - if you are looking for a way to get a one time pay lifetime license for your 360 software, let me know as we are doing something soon to enable this for everyone .
What an amazing content, result of an equally great work !!! That one goes straight towards my "classics to be watched and re-watched" golden. Thank you for the efforts and energy invested. You probably eased the tasks and processes of hundreds of entrepreneurs... bravo ! And inspired others, such as me. ✋☺
Wow brilliant video and gave me a few business ideas with this! Quick question though. If I pay to download the virtual tour with Theasys can I send it to say an estate agents and they can upload it to their site as opposed to them just uploading regular photos of inside a house?
Dude... I've watched your videos before but this one made me subscribe! I just had to... what an incredible amount of work you've put into this!! I'm in the real estate business so Matterport is my easy pick - the 360 camera integration earlier this year made this a no-brainer for me. You wouldn't believe how much the "Ohhhhh... Matterport" effect actually works on realtors. :) Plus, their platform does 80% of the work for me allowing me to quickly get the job done and move on to another shoot the next day. Keep up the great work!!
I love the look of Matterport. I just checked out your website EyeCaptureImages and the virtual tours looks fantastic in Matterport. Would you mind me asking which 360 camera you use? :)
EyeCaptureImages thank you! I just bought one! 🙂 Now trying to work out the best method to get high quality images. I downloaded the DualFisheye plugin, as that seems to be the thing everyone’s raving about at the moment 😂
Hi Ben,thanks for another nice video.is Pano2 vr the nicest option to create realestate tours to embed in clients web site without paying monthly subscription?I m a fan of paid softs.Another thing is panoskin cutting the picture quality when publishing into Street view?cheers
You use ricoh's app to take the photos. When taken, the 360 photos upload to your phone. I then use ANYTRANS for my iphone to upload to my computer. I then log on KUULA and upload the theta z1's photos to KUULA. The process is very easy.
Excellent work as always!!! Before watching your video, I headed straight to Matteport but the high cost of hosting was always an obstacle. Now after I saw your excellent review, that you solved me a lot of questions I will definitely start with kuula or Cupix and maybe with 3DVISTA. What I don't like about 3DVISTA is the way the camera moves with the mouse which is the opposite of other virtual tours (kuula cupix,etc) and the high sensitivity of movement. Could I change this to 3dVista? Also, I would like to ask you, which camera would you suggest me to buy from these, to begin with ( Richo theta Z1 or Kandao Qoocam 8K) for Better results on Virtual tours? Thank you!
wow, you certainly took some of the legwork out by reviewing so many choices! Thank you!!! oh and yes, it's a video I will revisit during my decision making process!
Amazing video for the sheer quantity of apps you were able to run through and all the great info. I bought my Insta360 OneX last year based on your many review videos and I am happy with it. Good job! I personally like using Cupix and occasionally matterport since it has a great app and a couple of features that make clients go wow. What I don't like about a lot of the other ones you mentioned is that they require you to manually link each photo which would be fine for 10 photos but when you're dealing with 30-50 you might go insane. I'm used to my apps doing all that work for me. Noticed a heavy bias towards publishing to googles street in the ratings. There are a lot of clients I know that don't want that though and I noticed some of these apps won't even let you post a sample tour unless you are doing a google street which is a bummer. 3D vista looks amazing. I hope to graduate to it eventually.
Pano2VR all the way with me. You can also add code yourself so you can do the same as KR pano if you wish. In Pano2VR you can also make your own skins so the magazine\ look is easily achievable. However, as you rightly say there is a learning curve.
Hii, this guide is really good , I just want know if we purchase pano2vr then , do we still have to pay for hosting the custom/ interactive tours?? It would be really helpful if you see and reply on this post as early as possible 😇. Thankyou
As someone that started with the Samsung gear 360 and Marzipano, then now using Insta360 pro 1&2 for stereoscopic shots 3Dvista was too hard to pass up. I have been using 3Dvista for about 3 years now and I am not disappointed. Even if you find a short coming with the software the development team usually adds fixes and adds new features all the time. The software now already looks very different from say late 2016. You could write a book series on the software and its capabilities.
Great video Ben... I am a new at this, waiting for the launch of the new Ricoh Theta to start... Regarding the software, I would like to know which one would allow me to link 2 tours and jump from one to the other... For instance, what if I want to have these 2 tours linked : furnished and unfurnished and switch tour from any room.
Thanks Ben for the video, it is very useful!! Which software would you recommend for walking through virtual reality tours? Like virtual staging tours for real estates?
I use the 3D vista pro it’s awsome , I learnt it myself now I am pro at using the software , they charge you around 150€ per year for upgrading the software but they do give you free updates , updates and upgrades are two different thing. The technical support team is superb, one email and they respond to ASAP, but the question has to regarding issues you are facing with the software. Simple to use but if you want to get the best out off it you have to spend time learning it. It’s worth spending , you can make double of what you spend in just one tour.
Yes Ben well done ! and it was for sure a hell of work ! you only failed on KRpano but you cannot blamed for it. Without any helping hand nobody would get the step over the threshold ;-)
Hi Ben, just found your review and love it thanks. Will definately be following and looking at your training :) Are there any packages that allow you to integrate both 360 pano and 360 video in a tour?
Hi Ben- great video! The Matterport will create the doll house/floorplan. Does 3DVista auto stitch images together and create a floorplan? Thanks in advance- John
Ben. GREAT video. I'm just getting into 360 panos with my drone and now I want to add virtual tours! Very informative video. But one question. I'm looking at Theasys as my first dive in. You said you would be comfortable using this for clients, but when I started looking into the website, it sounds like there are ads on the final product. I don't think I'd want a client to see ads. Is this something new since you made your video? The paid version ($20/mo) is required to be ad free.
Thanks for the update. I was only interested in Theasys because of the ability to make a polygon hotspot. But since I can't use the free version without ads, I'm back to Kuula. Thanks again for the clarification
Hey Ben this is an amazing video, thanks for your valuable content. I've got a question; would it be possible to extract snapshots/still images from a 3D picture/pano? I'm talking for interior/real estate use - if the client requests some still images and a virtual tour, would it be possible to produce everything with a nice 3D camera like the Z1? If so, what software would achieve this better? What workflow would you advise? (I know you won't achieve a DSLR result but just trying to understand if it's feasible without buying too much equipment to start the businesss) thanks a lot!
I have to experiment with all the software, but I think I'm going to go with Kuula, Theasys, and either 3D Vista or Pano2VR for higher-end work. Thank you for all your content Ben!
Dear Ben, amazing video and explanation. Got a very good introduction in the most relevant software. In your opinion, which is the best software to create high quality 360 virtual tours for open spaces (restaurant, big venues) with an size of 3000-5000 sq feet? I actually bought a Ricoh Theta Z1 and want to create a 360 walk through tour for 3 of our event "open space" venues (one room per venue). Really appreciate your recommendation. I started to work with cupix, but did find it a little bit complicated / over engineered. Would be panoskin the better alternative?
Hi Ben, thanks for your videos, very helpful! Are there any virtual software options besides Matterporn that will automatically (or with minimal time/effort) create a floorplan of the space?
Great. Thank you for that and all the other videos! Question: I guess that with 3DVista there is no need for a stitching software like ptgui? Thank you.
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I feel that you saved a month in my life by explaining all those apps and their features 🧡
Thanks for this 👍
My pleasure :)
damn true
agreed!
remember to leave a like and subscribe ;)
Yup yup, this is seriously relevant
We need to UPDTAE this list for 2020/21 THANKS BEN! 🙏🏽
Right? Anyone know how MetaReal holds up?
Looking for an updated version on this!!
YES!! Agree! Pleeeeeeease Ben! :D
Ditto!
@@cannalibrium4025
3dvista is compatible
Who is revisiting this video? Thank you Ben, I just made my first$$
Congrats!
hi! since this was three months ago, i’m wondering if you’ve found it has been worth your time? have you made good $$$?
I just want to take a moment to compliment you on keeping the software title up during the entirety of each review. Too many reviewers show the title/item when they introduce it and then take it away and you can easily forget which one they are reviewing part way through the review. Thanks!
I read your comments first and saw a lot of people thanking you for saving them time. I thought I would watch for about 10 mins and then bounce to another video. The comments were right, this video was amazingly helpful. I started with a Kuula account to try it out. I've already posted a short tour of one of our school gyms for our vendors. Thank you so much! I'll check out your course too.
Glad to hear! Good luck, and enjoy the course 👍
Thanks Daniel for being with us! Happy New Year! :)
Kuula Pic thanks Kuula! I just signed up for the monthly paid service. So far it’s been great. Thanks so much!
Ben Claremont hey Ben thanks for the reply! I’ve made 7 tours since watching a video. I just watched your other video on the 360 R. That is pretty cool too. thanks again for the info you put out.
I totally agree with Irina's comment, you saved a lot of my time browsing web to identify the best for me. I'm just entering the 360 world with a DSLR + Sigma 8mm + Nodal Ninja 6. My target is Real Estate job. I'll follow your tip: start with a Beginner softw and jumping to next level according to knowledge & level of job increases. Thank you so much.
Would love to see an updated version of this, as some things have changed (Theasys isn't really usable for free anymore) and new players have come to town.
I agree, yes please.
Thanks a lot Ben, you saved me a lot of time and probably from making a bad choice.
There are 2 things that are still in the air :
- License upgrade price
- Best for what? (sector of activity)...
- Recommendation on drones?
I guess your ratings are good for real estate business which is my case. How about walking tours for instance?...
And last, I heard about another tool called GeoCV... Curiously the website seem to be inactive...
Thanks again... #StayAtHome
buy the course, it's a low cost/high value training, very high quality, Luv it, 5 stars ⭐
Thanks JP! Really glad you liked it 👍
Hello sir, we wan to make virtual video, how to do, can you teach me plz
🎥 Get my FREE TRAINING: Top 10 Tips For Starting A Virtual Tour Business: www.virtualtourpro.com/top10tips
Thanks for video. You can pin this comment so that anyone can find it.
Excellent video. It's left me torn though. As a 2nd year realtor who has a few other side hustles. What would be the one you would recommend for virtual residential tours?
-low cost to free. One time payment is fine but I don't want a monthly payment.
-download the tour or embedded link is perfect.
-not too basic, no coding at all
From the video I think 3DVista or Theasys
I suppose I can try the free first and buy the other (3DVista) later. 🤷🏻♂️
Why is this not pinned? Lol
thank you kind sir
Hi! For Matterport can you upload 360 rendered interior photo?
Hi Ben, thanks for your video. I hope you can give me some advice. I need a 360 virtual tour but with special characteristics: 1) The user can navigate a virtual showroom, but when it gets into certain areas a login is needed. Once the user is logged it needs to be connected to Google Analytics (to find out what products they click on). Which of the 360 Tours you have reviewed have this feature?
wow so useful, thank you! I'm just going to have a look at their websites now (May 2020) to see if anything changed.
For me I picked:
Theasys - Because its free, gets a professionalish end result and its easy to use especially bc I'm very new at this.
Kuula - Cheap price but professional and sort of customizable
Panoskin - Cheap, good for when I have some experience in the future, very customizable
3Dvista - For when I'm a master at this lol
I am going to start doing this for the yachting industry so I need something cheap or free, easy to use for someone new, and very customizable as clients wouldn't like any external logo on their tours. One of the most important features it has to have is that I can share it in many different ways, as a link or put it directly on our website, so I'll try and see how this goes...
Again Thank you very much I'll keep learning from you!
Will there be a updated version for 2021 !! Thanks giving deals are nearby.. :) please do the needful
3Dvista is the one for me.
I downloaded their demo version and liked it so much I used the demo to see how easy it was to learn how to use it...and for me it was fairly easy although I am still learning how to use it fully.
Nice.. still getting good at it myself :)
Theasys only allow you to upload 5 panoramas at one time (free version). Does anyone know of any free software that you can create a whole tour with?
Thank you for such an informative video Ben! This is what I was looking for :)
So my TOP three choices would be:
1. Theasys
2. Kuula
3. Panoskin
Pleasure- nice choices!
Thank you for choosing Kuula as one of your top choices! 👍
I am more into videography. But your video is very informative. I can see lot of effort for an hour long video. I was not sure if i will watch the whole, but you never let the attention drop off. Good Job
Glad to hear!
I was really nervous. I watched this AFTER I already bought 3D Vista. Phew!
So, you made a tour already we can see? This video made 3dvista also my choice, so, how is it?
very informative,neatly explained all the apps & their features!! Thanks Ben!
I recently bought 3DVista, I love it. Great to see you do too. Thanks Ben!
Good choice!
Can you take measurements in 3DVista?
Hey Ben, Thanks for this !!! My choice is 3D Vista... since one doesn't buy a program only for one use... the difference between 3D Vista and Pano2VR is only 140Euro...and it's a program you can use forever...
just downloaded the trial version... i can't stitch the images from my Theta Z1 it gives me a lot of missing control points... do you have expieriense with this ? How to solve ??
WOW. That was really informative. I didn't even know I would be interested in this but I sat through the whole thing. Maybe I should get into it.
Glad to hear!
Thanks for the great video. Do you have a link for the mount to use a professional full frame lens and connect the images in 3DVista software?
Hey- do you mean the DSLR 360 panorama method? Best brand is Nodal Ninja
Thanks for this great video, saved me LOTS of time going over the features and which ones might meet my needs. I have a question, if you use some of the products, Pano2VR and 3DVISTA for instance, you still will need a separate site to host your 3d tours, correct? Can you do a separate video on the best hosting services if you're using one of the "build-your-own" 3d tour softwares like these?
Thanks! Yes you will.. I’ll definitely consider this video 👍
Larry Field good question, going to ask the same
Hi Ben, this is John from Malaysia. Firstly, I am extremely glad Kuula is your 1st Choice of Virtual Tour Software as it is mine. I had been exposed to Virtual Tours for Interior Design for 3-4 years now and just recently did a couple of projects using Kuula and charged my client with a good fee. Kuula by far is the most easy use and user friendly with various customization as well as Domain and SSL Certificates for Business users. Thank you for your video as I'm looking forward to improve my Virtual Tour experience and step up a few levels with your recommendations and throughs on other VR softwares!
Hi John I have a question, do you also host your clients tours? I’m fresh in this virtual tour biz and I want to offer it to certain businesses that aren’t just real estate agencies. I have many businesses that have nothing to do with real estate and yet they still want a virtual tour but what I saw is that Kuula is monthly based and if I’d charge a customer once then host his tour forever then I’m basically making no profit in the long run. What’s your approach if you don’t mind me asking? Thank you!
P.s. since I don’t wanna lose money on long run hosting for clients, 3DVista’s one time fee seems the best choice.
Congratulations Mr. Claremont. Your video is a very good piece of information. It is immersive, quick, straight to the point, very well organized and, amazingly, ... funny!!! You have saved us all a lot of work ...
Thanks very much for sharing this awesome review of VT software Ben. Are any of these apps available for iPad Pro?. Thanks again
Thanks! All softwares up to intermediate are SaaS, which means you can access them online from any device :)
The transitions in Matterport make it killer
Nothing else even come close, for me it's the clear winner despite the price tag
This is the best channel for virtual tours, thanks man. Can you tell me what is your camera recommendations for outdoor virtual tours?
Thank you
Congratulations friend, the best video on how to do virtual tour with 360 images that I found on the internet. grateful for your tips and help.
Thanks Ben .. this helped; I had been playing with the Trial version of 3Dvista and really wanted to like it. Your review really helped. Will most likely get 3dVista.
I use 3Dvista and I love the adaptive hdr tool they have. You take pictures in différend exposures and when you view those in the tour, they change automatically if there is a dark or bright spece. That solves the 'unrealistic' feel of hdr footage!
Nice! Yeah I’ve seen some awesome results with it 👍
When is the 3D Vista in depth video coming Ben?
Great content! Thanks for the video.
Hi Ben. Really enjoyed this video. I am an architect and use 360 images/ video to send to clients. None of these are shot with a camera, but are all rendered out in 3d software and edited in After Effects. I've been using VRDirect to stitch these architectural narratives together, and it's been working quite well. Would be great if you could cover some additional tips and techniques for this particular workflow/ purpose. Cheers
Amazing comparative... the best one to choose a Virtual Tour Software, Congrats!
Thank you so much... I choose Kuula... best result for less work for good price... 😎
Wonderful, appreciate your hard work Ben!!! Thanks !!! Got my 360 one X today!!! Oh boy its GREAT !!!!!
Pleasure. Enjoy!
Theasys changed to only 5 panorama images in a freebie and inundated with watermarks - suspect it became VERY popular thanks to your amazing video dude!
I'm raging on the other hand haha
Couldn't really have seen this video at a better moment, you helped me out more than you can realize! Thank you for all the time you saved me and for all your videos!
Glad to hear 👍
You have been a repository of 360 knowledge in my last few years. But this video is really amazing! I have see it 2 times. One time to get the big picture, the second time to take notes. You saved us a lot of time! Thanks Ben.
Glad to hear! 🍻
You are the best!! Hands down!! The best tutorials ever!! I’m psyched, thanks to you !!
Glad you liked it :)
Hey Ben, many thanks for this excellent review. I have taken your advice and opted for Kuula.
Hi Stuart - if you are looking for a way to get a one time pay lifetime license for your 360 software, let me know as we are doing something soon to enable this for everyone .
Excellent breakdown! perfect for someone like me who isn't new to VR and 360 video, but is new to 360 tours!
Wonderful no bullshit analysis. No adverts as well, hats off my friend!
When I got to the KRpano part I started dying from laughter. Too good man.
Excellent Video Ben... I chose 3D Vista pro as my virtual tour software because of the same reasons you highlighted.
Nice choice!
What an amazing content, result of an equally great work !!!
That one goes straight towards my "classics to be watched and re-watched" golden.
Thank you for the efforts and energy invested. You probably eased the tasks and processes of hundreds of entrepreneurs... bravo !
And inspired others, such as me. ✋☺
Glad to hear! Yes it took quite a while to make this haha
Wow brilliant video and gave me a few business ideas with this! Quick question though.
If I pay to download the virtual tour with Theasys can I send it to say an estate agents and they can upload it to their site as opposed to them just uploading regular photos of inside a house?
Dude... I've watched your videos before but this one made me subscribe! I just had to... what an incredible amount of work you've put into this!!
I'm in the real estate business so Matterport is my easy pick - the 360 camera integration earlier this year made this a no-brainer for me. You wouldn't believe how much the "Ohhhhh... Matterport" effect actually works on realtors. :) Plus, their platform does 80% of the work for me allowing me to quickly get the job done and move on to another shoot the next day.
Keep up the great work!!
Hey thanks! Glad you’re finding success with it 👊🏻
EyeCaptureImages same with me!
I love the look of Matterport. I just checked out your website EyeCaptureImages and the virtual tours looks fantastic in Matterport. Would you mind me asking which 360 camera you use? :)
@@GedWilmot I'm currently using the Ricoh Theta Z1. I started with the Theta V but upgraded once I started gaining some traction with Matterport.
EyeCaptureImages thank you! I just bought one! 🙂 Now trying to work out the best method to get high quality images. I downloaded the DualFisheye plugin, as that seems to be the thing everyone’s raving about at the moment 😂
Hi Ben,thanks for another nice video.is Pano2 vr the nicest option to create realestate tours to embed in clients web site without paying monthly subscription?I m a fan of paid softs.Another thing is panoskin cutting the picture quality when publishing into Street view?cheers
Thanks- yes it’s a great option, and no Panoskin doesn’t lower the quality at all.
I like KUULA the best for real estate. Great value! Use with my Theta Z1.
Love Kuula!
Thanks so much, Kenneth! It means a lot to us!
Do you download the tours and upload them to your website? How does it work?
You use ricoh's app to take the photos. When taken, the 360 photos upload to your phone. I then use ANYTRANS for my iphone to upload to my computer. I then log on KUULA and upload the theta z1's photos to KUULA. The process is very easy.
amazing video Ben. Thank you so much for this great content. which camera for indoor video virtual tour would you recommend for 3dvista? Thank you
Thanks- check out my other vids for camera recommendations 👍
looking forward to the 3D vista tutorial! I feel the ones provided by the program are pretty generic
Excellent work as always!!! Before watching your video, I headed straight to Matteport but the high cost of hosting was always an obstacle. Now after I saw your excellent review, that you solved me a lot of questions I will definitely start with kuula or Cupix and maybe with 3DVISTA. What I don't like about 3DVISTA is the way the camera moves with the mouse which is the opposite of other virtual tours (kuula cupix,etc) and the high sensitivity of movement. Could I change this to 3dVista? Also, I would like to ask you, which camera would you suggest me to buy from these, to begin with ( Richo theta Z1 or Kandao Qoocam 8K) for Better results on Virtual tours? Thank you!
-just completed my first VR Tour with theasys ... THANK YOU for the heads up Ben!
Awesome! Yes it’s great 👌🏻
What a description you made! Of course congratutlations for your great video! Thank you!
wow, you certainly took some of the legwork out by reviewing so many choices! Thank you!!! oh and yes, it's a video I will revisit during my decision making process!
Glad to hear 👍
Thank you Ben! This was super helpful. Does Kuula let you download the virtual tours you create with it?
Thanks Ben - Exactly what I was looking for.
Pano2VR is for me the best solution plus the guys that are behind this beautiful software are really helpful, a big shout out to Martin Hopkins
People should pay for videos like this, fantastic! No coding for me however!!
Amazing video for the sheer quantity of apps you were able to run through and all the great info. I bought my Insta360 OneX last year based on your many review videos and I am happy with it. Good job!
I personally like using Cupix and occasionally matterport since it has a great app and a couple of features that make clients go wow. What I don't like about a lot of the other ones you mentioned is that they require you to manually link each photo which would be fine for 10 photos but when you're dealing with 30-50 you might go insane. I'm used to my apps doing all that work for me.
Noticed a heavy bias towards publishing to googles street in the ratings. There are a lot of clients I know that don't want that though and I noticed some of these apps won't even let you post a sample tour unless you are doing a google street which is a bummer.
3D vista looks amazing. I hope to graduate to it eventually.
Pano2VR all the way with me. You can also add code yourself so you can do the same as KR pano if you wish. In Pano2VR you can also make your own skins so the magazine\ look is easily achievable. However, as you rightly say there is a learning curve.
Nice, yeah it’s a great software for sure!
Hi Ben,
I'd like to add an object into a virtual tour. Do you know if there's a software out there that supports such an idea?
Thanks and best
Thank you very useful for me this video ...
Hii, this guide is really good , I just want know if we purchase pano2vr then , do we still have to pay for hosting the custom/ interactive tours??
It would be really helpful if you see and reply on this post as early as possible 😇. Thankyou
You have set my 2020 off to a good start thank you!!!
Glad to hear
@@BenClaremont hi just wondered what your thoughts on Magicx VR Studio is?
Hi Ben, Great demo. I was just wondering what software you would recommend best for high quality iphone images of a small retail store? Cheers, Jonty
Thanks- basically my recommendations would be the same 👍
As someone that started with the Samsung gear 360 and Marzipano, then now using Insta360 pro 1&2 for stereoscopic shots 3Dvista was too hard to pass up. I have been using 3Dvista for about 3 years now and I am not disappointed. Even if you find a short coming with the software the development team usually adds fixes and adds new features all the time. The software now already looks very different from say late 2016. You could write a book series on the software and its capabilities.
Great video Ben... I am a new at this, waiting for the launch of the new Ricoh Theta to start... Regarding the software, I would like to know which one would allow me to link 2 tours and jump from one to the other... For instance, what if I want to have these 2 tours linked : furnished and unfurnished and switch tour from any room.
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This is so good. Thanks for taking the time to thoroughly assess the different platforms. Cheers!
My pleasure
This is not the first video of yours that has left me feeling "Thank F#&@ I watched that" - Thank you!
Glad to hear!
I use Kuula, Panoskin and GoThru because they are easy to use, have great resolution and good prices. I agree with your review. Great job.
Good choices 👊🏻
We're happy to hear that! 👍
I'm a real estate agent looking to do my own virtual tours and I think matterport may be perfect for me
You chooses best one
Thanks Ben for the video, it is very useful!! Which software would you recommend for walking through virtual reality tours? Like virtual staging tours for real estates?
Hey- my choices here still stand :)
Let me guess, the 14 'thumbs down' votes are from companies whose products didn't make this video? Sour grapes...
Or the ones that didn’t take 1st place 😂
I use the 3D vista pro it’s awsome , I learnt it myself now I am pro at using the software , they charge you around 150€ per year for upgrading the software but they do give you free updates , updates and upgrades are two different thing.
The technical support team is superb, one email and they respond to ASAP, but the question has to regarding issues you are facing with the software. Simple to use but if you want to get the best out off it you have to spend time learning it. It’s worth spending , you can make double of what you spend in just one tour.
Nice, yeah they’re a great team!
Thanks Ben. Really informative and saved me a lot of research time. I will be looking at your training video and your hardware comparison. Great work!
Hey Ben, just wanted to say you've done an AWESOME job on this video review. An insane amount of work to tackle, amazing. Thanks.
Thanks Aaron, means a lot coming from someone as experienced as yourself 🙏🏻
Yes Ben well done ! and it was for sure a hell of work ! you only failed on KRpano but you cannot blamed for it. Without any helping hand nobody would get the step over the threshold ;-)
In my opinion one of the best video in this field and I am very grateful for the time you dedicated in doing this!
Thankyou!
What's the best for 2021? What available and what's not
Hi Ben, just found your review and love it thanks. Will definately be following and looking at your training :) Are there any packages that allow you to integrate both 360 pano and 360 video in a tour?
Thanks! Yes, all of the advanced ones, and most of the intermediate ones
Awesome video! Would you recommend these in a similar order for Video tours or are there any that don't support video at all?
Thanks- only a few support video, VeeR, GoThru, and the 3 advanced softwares
Hi Ben- great video! The Matterport will create the doll house/floorplan. Does 3DVista auto stitch images together and create a floorplan? Thanks in advance- John
Thanks John, no it doesn’t unfortunately
Ben. GREAT video. I'm just getting into 360 panos with my drone and now I want to add virtual tours! Very informative video. But one question. I'm looking at Theasys as my first dive in. You said you would be comfortable using this for clients, but when I started looking into the website, it sounds like there are ads on the final product. I don't think I'd want a client to see ads. Is this something new since you made your video? The paid version ($20/mo) is required to be ad free.
Hey- yeah they added it recently.
Thanks for the update. I was only interested in Theasys because of the ability to make a polygon hotspot. But since I can't use the free version without ads, I'm back to Kuula. Thanks again for the clarification
you finished the subject. I use matterport but lot of limitation for customization. Moving to 3dvista
Thanks for the tour. Was good to understand when you are not into at all and trying to get your head around stuff.
Hey Ben this is an amazing video, thanks for your valuable content.
I've got a question; would it be possible to extract snapshots/still images from a 3D picture/pano? I'm talking for interior/real estate use - if the client requests some still images and a virtual tour, would it be possible to produce everything with a nice 3D camera like the Z1? If so, what software would achieve this better? What workflow would you advise?
(I know you won't achieve a DSLR result but just trying to understand if it's feasible without buying too much equipment to start the businesss) thanks a lot!
I have to experiment with all the software, but I think I'm going to go with Kuula, Theasys, and either 3D Vista or Pano2VR for higher-end work. Thank you for all your content Ben!
Awesome 😎
Hello. Which software offers good analytics for the customer? Cost-benefit analysis. Visitor numbers. duration of visit...
Very nice feedback, thanks a lot , do u know if 3d Vista has the the doll house feature ?, I liked this one so much
Ben! Great work! Thanks for sharering. BTW, what about the feature of "Exporting"... Specially to your own server. Any recomendation? Thank you
Hi Ben,
Loving your videos!
Now Metareal has come onto the market, where does it stand in relation to these you've reviewed?
Dear Ben, amazing video and explanation. Got a very good introduction in the most relevant software. In your opinion, which is the best software to create high quality 360 virtual tours for open spaces (restaurant, big venues) with an size of 3000-5000 sq feet? I actually bought a Ricoh Theta Z1 and want to create a 360 walk through tour for 3 of our event "open space" venues (one room per venue). Really appreciate your recommendation. I started to work with cupix, but did find it a little bit complicated / over engineered. Would be panoskin the better alternative?
Thanks! Although my comments here apply to all types of venues so use my recommendation in the category you choose
Hi Ben, thanks for your videos, very helpful! Are there any virtual software options besides Matterporn that will automatically (or with minimal time/effort) create a floorplan of the space?
Yes, Cupix :)
This video is professionally done and it is extremely easy jump from one review to the next.
Thanks a lot, Ben. A very thorough and useful analysis.
Have you seen EyeSpy360? If so, what would be your score?
I haven’t
Thanks for this video. I decided to try out Kuula. I love it. Very user friendly. Ended up purchasing the Pro for the month :)
Great. Thank you for that and all the other videos!
Question: I guess that with 3DVista there is no need for a stitching software like ptgui?
Thank you.