iTour - Phase 1 complete

[mathrafal]

Hello again folks,

This is the same tour (New Virtual Tour - see posts passim) developed now for i-devices. I rather like the term iTour and wonder if I should patent it before someone else does . . .

No need for any other address than http://roros360.com. English and Norwegian versions available at the touch of a button.

The tour is launched from a heavily-plumbed WordPress plugin, which now allows panoramas to be launched from a Google map (it didn't before - hence the plumbing) and provides nice little categories to switch on and off the icons.

92 panoramas in all, all done with . . .

You guessed it, iOSVR (which has also been plumbed a little to provide advertising panels in some of the textless tour panels).

Congratulations Damir!

Hope you enjoy it.

Jon

PS - If anyone discovers something that is not working, I would be pleased to know, since I have tried to test everything, but sometimes things get missed...

[Morten]

Nice work Jon and Damir!

It would be awesome if the Map in iOSVR could allow us to select also. I would find it a complete pain to view one pano and then have to jump back between the ‘Map page’ and ‘ iOSVR page’ each time I select a pano. Remember, the online community has an attention span of around 0.003 seconds!

Alternatively, I would consider utilising the menu system within iOSVR. To break things down you may want one iOSVR Tour for each category. That way if you search 'Accommodation' at least you can scroll through panos from that category. I would think Damir could set up icons that then allow you to change categories within iOSVR (even if it means the page reloads).

BTW you should reduce the 'scroller li' window to 460 if you are just having one pano each time (default is 2760 I think - set for six panos). Otherwise, you can scroll across to a blank description screen. I found the map a little tricky to use (especially on iPad for some reason). When I selected a heading it often selected a different location under or near the flyout and opened a new flyout. When you zoom on both iPhone and iPad the icons become disproportionaltely small. Do you have any control over this?

Damir, I wonder if you have any plans or if you would consider incorporating interactive maps? This project would be a perfect candidate!

I hope this is useful Jon. Congratulations on all the hard work and what is looking like an epic tour!

Regards,

Morten

[mathrafal]

Nice work Jon and Damir!

It is actually my kiwi programmer who deserves the credit, since it is his work. He re-plumbed a premium WP plugin to develop the map. Damir gets credit for the skin though . . .

It would be awesome if the Map in iOSVR could allow us to select also. I would find it a complete pain to view one pano and then have to jump back between the ‘Map page’ and ‘ iOSVR page’ each time I select a pano. Remember, the online community has an attention span of around 0.003 seconds!

Granted, and that is something I would love; I have been told that it might be a possibility in version 3. At least I think I have been told that.

Alternatively, I would consider utilising the menu system within iOSVR. To break things down you may want one iOSVR Tour for each category. That way if you search 'Accommodation' at least you can scroll through panos from that category. I would think Damir could set up icons that then allow you to change categories within iOSVR (even if it means the page reloads).

That is a good idea and was something I played with. However, this is phase 1 and I am now hoping that businesses will come on board with the project. They are not going to want to be part of a large "tour" themselves.

BTW you should reduce the 'scroller li' window to 460 if you are just having one pano each time (default is 2760 I think - set for six panos). Otherwise, you can scroll across to a blank description screen. I found the map a little tricky to use (especially on iPad for some reason). When I selected a heading it often selected a different location under or near the flyout and opened a new flyout. When you zoom on both iPhone and iPad the icons become disproportionaltely small. Do you have any control over this?

Good call, Morten. I shall mention this to the programmer.

Jon

[Damir]

Jon I have said it before your Roros project is probably the best use of iOSVR we have seen to date, I love this project it is gold.

The great news is because of your Roros project Jon we have been working hard at implementing a multiple Google maps Stack Array which will allow you to have basically any kind of markers you want, different colours etc . Click on marker, and image with text comes up, click on that and it will open a Pano or a URL link.

There is also a new refined and perfected Gyro, the smoothest in the industry that is being released in the same update. We worked hard on getting this right in Mortens VR App recently and it's now just awesome.

Also Morten you will be happy to know that your request to have the "Which Button Is Active" is now back in iOSVR.

The best news however is that the new update V2.6 will be released in the next 24-48 hours.

The iPhone version is ready we are just double checking the iPad and then its ready for download

This will most probably be the last update to iOSVR before we switch to V3.0