With the advancement of technology, many possibilities have emerged to enhance the stages of construction. In another post here on the blog, for example, we talked about the advantages of capture technology and how it is revolutionizing some activities in the sector. Now, we want to show how the use of 360° cameras for monitoring construction can provide an amazing experience for you or your company.

Visiting the environments of a construction site from a distance can be simpler than you imagine. With the Virtual Tour feature of Construct IN, it is possible to walk through the construction site virtually, visualizing each detail of the progress of the work or simply checking the final result of a project.

Want to know how this technology can provide a complete and immersive visit to the construction site in a practical and effective way? Check out the step-by-step guide to creating a Virtual Tour using the tools from Construct IN.

Step 1: Selection of environments

To start creating the virtual tour through a form, it is simple! First, you need to select the plans that will be used in the process and, based on that, indicate the environments that will be visited. At this stage, it is possible to choose all or just some points from one or more plans for visualization.

Step 2: Connection of points

The second step is simply to draw the path that the user will follow on the tour. This way, the connection of the points from each plan selected in the first step will be made. The system will generate a scheme based on an algorithm that automatically selects the best connections for each point.

While this makes the assembly easier, avoiding the need to connect the points one by one, it is possible to undo the path created by the system and create your own manually. Alternatively, you can use the scheme generated by the system and simply edit, remove, or add a specific point.

Step 3: Positioning of points in real images

Almost there! After selecting all the environments and drawing the route that the user will follow in the virtual tour, it’s time to position this drawing on the real images of the project, going through all the images to create a physical path, where points are automatically positioned in the best direction.

In addition, the system identifies the standard date of the project, whether it is the most used or the most recent, and therefore, the available plans and points drawn in the previous step are listed with the dates. Although you may use images with different dates, the system alerts the user that there is a difference in the dates, notifying which environment is not updated.

Thus, the system functions as a guide from end to end and in each plan for the positioning of doors, that is, the arrows where the user will click to switch environments. The process is repeated until all points are finalized.

Step 4 - Choosing the initial angle

This step is quick! You just need to select the location and the angle of the first image to be displayed in the virtual tour. In other words, it is possible to choose where this route will begin and what the customer’s view angle will be, which plan, which point, and position it will open initially.

Step 5 - Preview and final settings

Now it’s just the final adjustments and the tour will be ready to be shared! Here you can customize a popup with a name for the tour and a brief opening message and select some additional settings such as whether to allow access to navigation through the floor plan, setting an expiration date for the link, or adding logos for the contracting company and the client company.

Additionally, the system will provide a preview of what the customer’s view will be when they receive the link for the tour viewing. It’s worth remembering that all progress is saved, allowing you to close the tour creation tab and resume where you left off or start from scratch.

Once all steps are completed, a link will be generated for sharing and viewing the virtual tour. The best part is that it can be sent to anyone, allowing visits to the construction site to happen virtually and in a much more practical way.

Watch the video to see this step-by-step process in practice and check the final result of this virtual tour functionality of the Construct IN platform:

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