"Tour Creator" is announced so that anyone can easily create a VR tour on a web browser

Google has started on May 9, 2018Google I / O 2018In a keynote speech, a new tool for the educational market "Tour CreatorWe announced. Tour Creator is a tool that runs on a web browser, and you can see 360 ​​degree pictures taken by youGoogle Street ViewBy using the image, anyone can easily create VR-based navigation and training programs.

Introducing Tour Creator
https://blog.google/topics/education/tour-creator-schools-vr/

Tour Creator has already been tried by some companies and schools. In the following movie, for example, you can see that Tour Creator is being experimentally introduced at a school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Tour Creator - Show people your world - YouTube


At the high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, we are conducting a curriculum to create a "VR Tour" introducing local farms and pastures using Tour Creator.


StudentsRICOH THETAI am shooting 360 degree photos with.


I took a picture taken to a PC and I am creating a VR tour with Tour Creator which runs on a web browser.


If you can not prepare a picture, you can use the image of Google Street View. Tour Creator is designed to make it easy to produce VR content without having specialized skills.


The VR tour created with Tour Creator is not just a slide show, but by inserting narration and overlay in the VR space using 360 degree photograph, it becomes more interactive navigation. For example, paying attention to tractors lining up on the ranch ... ...


The enlarged image of the tractor pops up.


The created VR tour is a Google 3D content portal "PolyYou can publish with. The published VR tour can also be embedded in school websites and so on.


The VR tour released on Poly can be seen on PC's web browser.


With smartphoneCardboardYou can experience it as VR content.


Besides schools, Tour Creator is also used for corporate training navigation creation and facility guidance. For example,KLM Dutch AirlinesUsed a Tour Creator to create a VR tour that wanders around the plane for educating new recruits.



According to Google, the VR tour created with Tour Creator is applied to Google's cardboard VR teaching material applicationGoogle ExpeditionsIt is planned to add a function that can be imported into late 2018.