The Relevance of Offline
Virtual
By Kathy John
Excluding some remote countrysides
web has pervaded every nook and corner of the human habitat, so what is the
need of an offline virtual tour or for that matter anything that is offline?
There are so many reasons why offline tours are relevant still today. Let's
discuss one by one.
1. Cost: State of the art
online virtual tours sometimes becomes prohibitively expensive. Creating
a better online virtual tour and maintaining it, both are expensive.
Registering domain (if you don't have a web presence), developing virtual tour
content and making them web-ready takes a lot. Offline web development
eliminates many of these things.
2. Technology: Online virtual tours rely largely
on the speed of data transfer on the net and the processing speed of computers.
There have been instances of computer crash. It also requires the understanding
of several nitty gritty related to web technology in
addition to just creating a 3D virtual tour. An executable offline virtual tour
can run fairly smooth on all i386s and Macs. Besides, it does not requires the ever upcoming web know-hows.
3. Accessibility: One can carry an offline
virtual tour package in a disk or a business diskette whereas any online
virtual resource can be accessed if you are connected to the net. With the
disk/diskette with your pocket you are can always get a peek on the contents. US and EU might ignore the fact but a considerable part of
the globe is still not connected to the much hyped web.
4. Fleeting nature: As a netizen
can you recall exactly what you visited on the net yesterday? I can't. And many
of us will agree with me. Because web is so cluttered that we do more skipping
to the sleek pages that actually read them. Eight years back I was getting more
relevant information on the web on Google search, but
today I am carried to a business portal 90% of the time. I end up at a boutique
starting a search for aesthetics of female beauty. Offline virtual resource is
specific and targeted.
5. Recall Value: An offline virtual tour has
much recall value than an online one. Because you are at leisure you can look
at it, probably you won't tend to skip it for the junks.
6. Niche Marketing: Online
resources has been targeted towards a homogeneous traffic. The web has
proliferated to a bewildering extent. And it is increasing. If you know for
sure that you are going to deal a few niche market
than it better with offline virtual tour. A company manufacturing Airbuses
should better push a CD virtual tour presentation to an
private Flight Operator.
Enough discussed on the pros of offline virtual
tour. Anyways, “making a 3D virtual tour just the way you wanted” is creative
and at the same time calculative. I would make you cautious - using
off-the-shelf solutions is never worthwhile.
In the offline virtual tour medium
(disk/diskette) you can always retain the charms of an online tour. This can be
done by using the mappings and hotspots to access the dynamic content on the
net.
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Kathy John is an expert in topics of useful
info on virtual tours like restaurant hotels etc & tips on how to choose
a 360° tours. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kathy_John |
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