How to Create Virtual Tours in 360° — A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Why Virtual Tours Matter: Turning Real Places Into Immersive Experiences

Creating 360 virtual tour lets you tell stories that go beyond photos or videos — it’s about letting people step inside your world.
Whether you’re a teacher, guide, or creator, a 360° virtual tour helps you capture places, memories, and experiences in an interactive, immersive way.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to plan, capture, and build your own 360° virtual tour — and how tools like The Third Product make the process simple and creative.

🎥 What Is a Virtual Tour?

A virtual tour is an interactive experience that allows users to explore real places through 360° photos or videos.
You can move from one scene to another, click on hotspots to reveal text, voice, or images, and even explore using a VR headset.

Virtual tours are widely used in:

  • Education: teaching history, geography, and culture through real places

  • Tourism: showcasing destinations before travelers arrive

  • Museums & heritage sites: preserving and sharing stories

  • Real estate & architecture: presenting spaces remotely

📸 Step 1 – Capture 360° Photos or Video

You can use any 360° camera — like Insta360, Ricoh Theta, or GoPro Max — to capture panoramic images.
Keep the camera steady, make sure the lighting is even, and if possible, hide the photographer using a tripod or edit it later (see our guide on removing yourself from 360° photos).

💡 Tip: even if you only shot a video, you can still extract a perfect still frame — learn how in our post
👉 Shot Video Instead of Photo? Here’s the Fix.

🧩 Step 2 – Build Your Tour

Once you have your images, it’s time to link them together.
You’ll need a virtual tour creation platform — and that’s where The Third Product Studio comes in.

Inside the Studio, you can:

  • Add hotspots to connect scenes or show info

  • Record or upload voice narration

  • Add text descriptions and multimedia

  • Control the starting angle or viewpoint of each scene

  • Preview and share instantly in browser, mobile, or VR

🌐 Step 3 – Publish and Share

When your tour is ready, share it with your audience:

  • Embed it on your website or blog

  • Share via a link on social media or LMS

  • Present it in VR mode or inside a 3walls Immersive Room

Your viewers can explore freely — by dragging their finger or mouse, or simply turning their head in VR.

💡 Example Use Cases

  • Teachers creating interactive history lessons

  • Guides building self-guided tours for travelers

  • Museums offering virtual access to exhibits

  • Communities preserving heritage through digital storytelling

🚀 Why Use The Third Product

Unlike traditional 360° editors, The Third Product combines two things in one place:

  1. A Studio for creating and editing interactive 360° tours

  2. A Global Library where creators can share, explore, and learn from others

It’s built by 3walls — designed for education, tourism, and culture — and supports everything from phone viewing to full-scale immersive rooms.

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🧭 Conclusion

Virtual tours are more than just digital panoramas — they’re immersive experiences that connect people, places, and stories.
With tools like The Third Product, anyone can create them easily — no advanced editing skills required.

Explore. Create. Connect.
That’s the power of The Third Product.

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