Choose a Country you wish to visit by selecting a country in the ‘Select Country’ drop down list. Next choose a 'City’ you wish to view (Cities can only be seen once the ‘Country’ has been selected) in the 'Select City' drop down list
Select a City you wish to view - ensure you have followed Step 1. You can now explore your chosen City by ‘Clicking’ on a directory (category) name listed under the ‘Directory’ tab
Clicking on a Directory name activates the associated ‘Hotspots’
within the interactive map. Your selected 'Directory' name is displayed undr the 'Directory' tab with its associated active
Hotspots ready for you to select.
Note: To select another category/directory name
click on the ‘Directory’ tab.
Note: To see a pulsing
‘Hotspot’ you must first select a Category under the ‘Directory’
tab
There are two ways to activate a Hotspot:
A) Selecting a 'Hotspot' name under 'Hotspots’ tab causes the
following;
1. The ‘Hotspot’ location on the map becomes activated by displaying the Hotspots (HS) in red and centering the HS in the middle of the map pointing out its location and to orient you
within the map.
2. The related panoramic image, still picture(s), QTVR or video loads
3. Detailed Text Information related to the selected image Hotspot in
the frame titled 'Image Information' loads.
4. The associated promotional banner loads up
5. The active Hotspot’s Web link(s) becomes active in the ‘Web
link’ icon – press to link.
6. A direct e-mail link to the active Hotspot is activated – press to send email.
7. The Audio Narration file is loaded - select ‘Play’ icon
to activate.
8. Each active ‘Hotspot’ may contain a printable file in the
drop down ‘Print’ menu as well as a 'Print Frienfly' page of the HS with its details.
9. Skype and MSN links may also be active - click on th elinks to see if they are active.
Note: Before using the
‘Search’ engine please select a) Country the b) City
The built in ‘Search engine feature searches through all ‘Hotspot’
names and all Text in Image/Hotspot Information for a match:
Type your key word i.e., business name, product, service etc, and press
the ‘Search’ button. Any ‘Hotspots’ containing
a word matching your search is then listed
under the ‘Hotspot’ tab.
The interactive map will show you exactly where you are viewing eg. the street, area or room you are currently in.
A Google map, aerial photograph or schematic drawing or floor plan
may be used as a navigational aid. You can follow a property, venue or
city and get a quick idea of the layout and space of the property. It
helps visualise how each area, street, building or room joins up in relation
to the scale of the area or property.
The ‘Map Navigator’ - (below) – works in conjunction
with this ‘Interactive Map’
The Map Navigator contains a miniature version of the ‘Interactive’ Map and highlights the area of the map, which you are viewing. The ‘light blue box’ within the ‘Map Navigator’ moves as you move the ‘Interactive Map’ (Note: does not work on Google maps) . Likewise you can move the ‘light blue box’ with your cursor/mouse to move the map.
You can explore from one image to another i.e., connecting rooms, doorways, streets etc, by clicking on the blue HS 'porthole’ Hotspot that can appear in. There are no restrictions to the amount of levels you can explore as long as there is a blue HS 'porthole’ to click on.
Navigate the map using any of the following:
a) Using your cursorMap.
c) Simply place your cursor within the “Map Navigator’ dragging
the Light Blue Box. (Note: does not work on Google maps)
Still Image(s) Slide Show: Using the arrows click to the left or right tp view the next picture. Alternatively sit back and view the slide show as it rotates the pictures in time.
Zooming in on Picture
Zoom in on ' Picture’ to view more detail. Press
the zoom icon to see if there is a High Res picture to view.
Provides detailed text information associated to the active image Hotspot.
Loads up the related printable document. File name is displayed when the drop down ‘Print’ menu is selected. Files can be anything from brochures, maps, discount vouchers, rates etc. Note: Files are in PDF format.
Direct link(s) to the active ‘Hotspots’ website or a specified URL address is activated when you click on the ‘Web link’ button. A new window is opened by your browser with the associated URL address.
A direct e-mail connection to the active Hotspot is activated through ‘Email link’ icon – press to send email.
Each VR2020™ Hotspot may contain an audio file. Once the ‘Play’ icon is pressed the visitor can hear a pre-recorded narration informing the user about the facilities, product, services etc.
A Hotspot on a VR2020 Tour is more than just an interactive still panoramic image; it can also be a video. So when a video ‘Hotspot’ is selected a video runs automatically.
Custom Tours are tours that may be of interest and can be more specific to individual interest. They may also be hosted on other servers and are tailor made for specific requirements – worth a look!