Google announced Tour Creator, which enables anyone, including students, to create virtual reality tours

Briefing

Google announced Tour Creator, which enables anyone, including students, to create virtual reality tours

May 21, 2018

Briefing

  • Tour Creator – Google introduced Tour Creator, new virtual reality tool that lets anyone, starting with students, to create professional-looking VR tours using images from Google Street View or user’s own 360 photos
  • Purpose – Application open to masses for crowdsourcing VR content with schools, including students and educators, as initial target publishers
  • Publication – Users can publish creation on Poly, Google’s library of 3D content, where it can be viewed from browser or on Google Cardboard, Google’s low-cost virtual reality goggles
  • Google Expeditions – Content can also be imported to Google Expeditions, application where users can tour places, like Burj Khalifa, Antarctica, and Machu Picchu, in virtual and augmented reality

Accelerator

Sector

Cross-sector, Education

Organization

Google Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

May 9, 2018

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