3D Virtual Campus Tours Blog

Designing Digitally, Inc. has extensive experience in working with all types of academic institutes as well technical and training schools to provide very unique, completely original and perfectly customized 3D virtual worlds. Having a 3D virtual campus tour for colleges or universities that allows students to experience the various aspects of campus life will help in driving interest towards your school. Virtual tours that are specifically customized just for your school or department really can make a huge difference in enrollment as well as student satisfaction with your website. This customization is included from start to finish allowing you to select the movements of avatars including waves through to salutes to choosing the specific information contained on the tour. The entire interface is completely brandable for your particular campus and all administrative features are fully customized to meet your unique needs.

Academic departments can use this technology to their advantage. The Science Department could offer prospective students the opportunity to complete a science experiment, earning points for their success. For example, Designing Digitally, Inc. created a digital campus space for a school in which visitors could experiment with virtual lasers. Through positioning different mirrors the avatars of the visitors created a path of light that hit a target. The winners of the game were awarded points that could be used in the virtual world to buy University branded items for their avatars.

The Math Department could likewise develop a virtual math lab where students could explore and solve a variety of problems in ratios, proportions and geometry. The information gleaned from the use of this type of game not only allows you to know the math ability of different students but it could also be used as a creative way to increase interest in math. You may even find that with progressively more challenging problems you begin to attract math scholars to your campus and department.

Specialty schools are also prime candidates for having a virtual campus complete with a variety of activities for students to try out while touring your online facilities. A culinary school could offer different cooking activities and competitions in the virtual tour, allowing students that earn top marks in each competition to be crowded with the title of "Master Chef". Business schools can also get in on the competitive action. Students could enter an educational virtual world were they could make business decisions for a company while earning points for the correct choice. With these points they could then customize their avatar, all thanks to the branded apparel offered through the game. In addition you could mix it up with a variety of business and casual wear to allow each student to really have their own identity.

Having a virtual gallery and exhibit space would be the perfect option for an Art School. Of great interest is that you have the ability to actually create virtual bots or avatars of alumni, allowing them to explain different features of the school or even information about their work as the students tour the area. By clicking on the different alumni avatars they would learn about the school from students that have gone on to be highly successful within the art world.

Any type of school from those for firefighters or paratroopers through to pilots and corrections officers can all benefit from Virtual Campus Tours. With our extensive history in 3D computer software design and our ability to create just the features in the virtual tour that you want, your school will definitely become a unique online presence.