If an image can speak a thousand words, imagine the story you could tell with a Virtual Tour!
Author: George Sinnema
Auckland’s Virtual Tour Specialist
If you are a marketing manager in a ‘bricks and mortar’ business then this 3D virtual tour solution will be of interest to bring your project to life.
Join us behind the lens with Alex… out and about on a RealSCAN shoot… showcase your property with a stunning 3D virtual tour!
Have a look at the video here:
RealSCAN – An Excellent Solution
RealSCAN is such an excellent way to provide a really good virtual walkthrough of a building without having to leave your home.
LifeCare Residences have chosen RealSCAN to showcase their superb apartments for sale on the beautiful Waiheke Island. Great solution!
The 3D touch for Bupa NZ
MEDIA RELEASE: Property3D
17 April 2019.
Property3D’s relationship began with Bupa in early 2017 when we were approached to showcase apartments within their latest Retirement Villages in Auckland and Cambridge.
Bupa employs 86,000 people worldwide and as of now in 2019 have 48 Retirement Villages across New Zealand. In March 2019 Bupa requested for apartments across 8 villages to be shot to promote new villages.
P3D’s solution was to use our Matterport (RealSCAN) to capture these spaces. The benefit of using this infrared camera is that we can take more 360’s within a refined space so the end user can view the apartment in full, being able to take a closer and more detailed look at the kitchen, bathrooms etc.
These RealSCAN’s will be live on the Bupa website allowing families who are looking into joining the Bupa Community the ability to explore these apartments. We have also converted the apartments onto Google Street View to make the apartments more accessible on different platforms.
Campervans in 360°
MEDIA RELEASE: Property3D
13 March 2019.
Tui Campers is one of New Zealand’s leading rental vehicle companies and have been in operation since 1983. They specialise in catering to the International Tourist market by providing competitive Rental Rates for New Zealand campervan and motorhome hire so our overseas travellers.
P3D approached Tui Campers towards the middle of 2018 with the intention of offering a planned solution in order for Tui to showcase their Campervans and Motorhomes using 360 imagery.
In what was a unique experience for the P3D photographers our Mmatterport camera was used for the first time inside a vehicle. There are 8 different vehicles who are featured on the Tui Campers website available to be able to virtually walkthrough in order to view the space, size of the bed and other facilities available to the customer.
This is an on going relationship between P3D and Tui and we looking forward to stage 2 of this project as we capture future campervans brought to NZ by Tui Campers.
End of Year Newsletter 2018
With Christmas music in full swing we’re reflecting the year that’s been and we’re looking forward to our holiday and a positive and productive 2019.
A big thank you to all our clients we’ve enjoyed working with you this year and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Please note that we will be closed for the Christmas break from the 21st of December and the office will reopen on Monday January the 7th.
Millennium Hotels
Millennium Hotels and Resorts was founded in 1989. Millennium Hotels first entered the New Zealand market in 1993 with its well known brands of Millennium, Kingsgate and Copthorne Hotels. The Hotel Group had been on our radar for a while so we are pleased to announce our strategic partnership to create Google Virtual Tours for the Hotel Chain.
The Millennium Hotels and Resorts relationship with P3D was formed over the past year. Following discussions P3D was engaged to begin by creating virtual tours for four of the Millennium Hotels. These will be rolled out over the remaining months of 2018 with a particular focus on the brand new M:Social and Grand Millennium has the two flagship hotels in central Auckland.
These virtual tours are strictly Google Virtual Tours to be hosted on the Google Maps Platform as well as embedded in the Millennium Hotels and Resorts website. The tours will focus on showcasing each of the hotels rooms, restaurants and bars, conference spaces and guest amenities to provide a full preview as to what each guest might experience upon arrival.
We are privileged to be working with such a recognisable hotel chain and are excited about packing the camera and travelling to the next location to shoot in the near future.
Westpac Stadium
Westpac Stadium is New Zealand’s premiere multi purpose outdoor sports and events facility. This venue was one P3D had our eye on for a little while now so it is a great thrill to be able to announce and preview the tour for Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
The process began prior to visiting the National Digital Forum (NDF) forum in Wellington last November. P3D’s Marcia Jessen approached the Stadiums marketing team with a view to visiting our display stand at NDF as a straightforward way of showcasing what we are capable.
Westpac’s team were excited by the potential to create a 360 Custom Tour of the Stadium, it’s entrances from an accessibility point of view and conference spaces on offer to corporates.
The creation of the tour began back in March this year – The first piece of photography was taken with an aerial drone over the stadium – this was taken with a view to showcase the stadium access points. These range from the Wellington Train Stadium, Thorndon Spiral, The Fran Wilde Walkway as well as the carpark these were a focus to ensure the Stadium patrons know the different ways of transport to the stadium. Another drone image taken at 200ft showcases the Circular Westpac Stadium in all its glory from a bird’s eye view.
Another focus for showcasing the stadium via 360 Virtual imagery is to help grow its membership club. This adjective is captured from the members and corporate entrances as well as the facilities on offer to them.
‘’The 3D Property team were a treat to deal with. Marcia was always there to answer any questions along the way. They were so patient and worked around any restrictions that were put in front of them. We are delighted with the end product!’’
Amy Lynch
Digital & Fan Engagement Executive
P3D are proud to have completed another stunning custom virtual tour for a landmark New Zealand Stadium and event venue. It’s a great addition to our portfolio and one that we think will benefit our clients both for the future by locals and international stadium attendees as they can view prior to heading to future events at the Westpac Stadium.
Transbuild
A P3D client feature with a record hit rate!
P3D were approached by the team from Transbuild, a NZ owned and operated company based in Papakura who creates consciously designed transportable buildings for ease of movement yet deliver maximum footprint. These quality built commercial and residential buildings are built in a factory with standardised materials and processes ensuring the construction time frame is condensed, plus site works can occur simultaneously.
Transbuild was wanting to showcase two of their residential options via our RealSCAN technology ahead of Fieldays 2018. Our photographer and account manager Marcia Jessen visited and captured the RealSCAN imagery at their Papakura manufacturing site and was able to create two scans which were used on social media to let people know Transbuild were showcasing their designs at Fieldays. Visibility was two-fold letting visitors know what they could explore at the event/or take another look once home after the event, but also for those that couldn’t attend this year experience the spaces from the comfort of their own home.
In the lead up to Fieldays, Transbuild pushed these two show homes on Facebook and experienced (and continue to experience) an extraordinary number of individual views of these spaces. It is the highest hit rate P3D has seen on our RealSCAN offering with over 20,500 views in just under two months of the product being live.
We look forward to seeing these numbers grow in the coming months and continuing to build our relationship with Transbuild with future spaces being captured by our RealSCAN solution.
Look forward to hearing from you all in the new year!
Millennium Hotels in 360°
MEDIA RELEASE: Property3D
28 November 2018
Millennium Hotels and Resorts was founded in 1989. Millennium Hotels first entered the New Zealand market in 1993 with its well known brands of Millennium, Kingsgate and Copthorne Hotels. The Hotel Group had been on our radar for a while so we are pleased to announce our strategic partnership to create Google Virtual Tours for the Hotel Chain.
The Millennium Hotels and Resorts relationship with P3D was formed over the past year. Following discussions P3D was engaged to begin by creating virtual tours for four of the Millennium Hotels. These will be rolled out over the remaining months of 2018 with a particular focus on the brand new M:Social and Grand Millennium has the two flagship hotels in central Auckland.
These virtual tours are strictly Google Virtual Tours to be hosted on the Google Maps Platform as well as embedded in the Millennium Hotels and Resorts website. The tours will focus on showcasing each of the hotels rooms, restaurants and bars, conference spaces and guest amenities to provide a full preview as to what each guest might experience upon arrival.
We are privileged to be working with such a recognisable hotel chain and are excited about packing the camera and travelling to the next location to shoot in the near future.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc is a global hospitality management and real estate group, with 120 hotels in 79 locations in Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. The company is headquartered in London.
P3D’s exciting new product will help the mobility impaired
MEDIA RELEASE: Property3D
11 October 2018
Property3D is proud to announce the 2nd release of its Accessibility Pathway Tour (APT).
In collaboration with our client Auckland Live, we have created an innovative product to help those with mobility impairments to enjoy the theatres in a safe and prepared manner.
Accessibility Pathway Tour (APT) is a virtual tour product that has been designed to give patrons and their caregivers the confidence to engage with live events across the city. Property3D anticipates other industries will take up the initiative as they see the success of APT for Auckland Live.
Project & Client Relationship Manager at Property3D, Katrine Cramer, says, “The APT product is now running on the Auckland Town Hall, The Civic, and Bruce Mason Centre webpages. We are proud of APT – it’s the result of hours of analysis and development. The primary function is to familiarise end-users with a facility before they visit, done via a series of 360 images of a venue. APT will be a wonderful resource for those with mobility impairments and we acknowledge our client, Auckland Live, for taking a jump into this area with us. We have enjoyed a truly collaborative process with the innovative team at Auckland Live and we look forward to hearing feedback from the marketplace.”
Feedback has already been positive: “What a great IT initiative and certainly gives visitors a clear picture of the event areas – made me realise how beautiful the Town Hall is.” (Source: Auckland Live patron, November 2017).
Property3D have taken the time to trademark APT and look forward to rolling out future APT’s for more venues across the country and abroad.
Click the links below to view the Tours
Civic – https://bit.ly/2OXAEod
Bruce Mason Centre – https://bit.ly/2Oh0u75
Westpac Stadium in 360°
MEDIA RELEASE: Property3D
29 August 2018
Westpac Stadium is New Zealand’s premiere multi purpose outdoor sports and events facility. This venue was one P3D had our eye on for a little while now so it is a great thrill to be able to announce and preview the tour for Westpac Stadium in Wellington.
The process began prior to visiting the National Digital Forum (NDF) forum in Wellington last November. P3D’s Marcia Jessen approached the Stadiums marketing team with a view to visiting our display stand at NDF as a straightforward way of showcasing what we are capable.
Westpac’s team were excited by the potential to create a 360 Custom Tour of the Stadium, it’s entrances from an accessibility point of view and conference spaces on offer to corporates.
The creation of the tour began back in March this year – The first piece of photography was taken with an aerial drone over the stadium – this was taken with a view to showcase the stadium access points. These range from the Wellington Train Stadium, Thorndon Spiral, The Fran Wilde Walkway as well as the carpark these were a focus to ensure the Stadium patrons know the different ways of transport to the stadium. Another drone image taken at 200ft showcases the Circular Westpac Stadium in all its glory from a bird’s eye view.
Another focus for showcasing the stadium via 360 Virtual imagery is to help grow its membership club. This adjective is captured from the members and corporate entrances as well as the facilities on offer to them.
“The 3D Property team were a treat to deal with. Marcia was always there to answer any questions along the way. They were so patient and worked around any restrictions that were put in front of them. We are delighted with the end product!’’
Amy Lynch, Digital & Fan Engagement Executive – Westpac Stadium
P3D are proud to have completed another stunning custom virtual tour for a landmark New Zealand Stadium and event venue. It’s a great addition to our portfolio and one that we think will benefit our clients both for the future by locals and international stadium attendees as they can view prior to heading to future events at the Westpac Stadium.
One of Auckland’s finest event destinations becomes fully digitalised
MEDIA RELEASE: Property3D
14 August 2018
Vodafone Events Centre situated in Manukau City is one of Auckland’s most unique event spaces. As you can see from a few snippets (above) of the tour this location has beautiful large indoor and outdoor event space to suit many requirements.
With the addition of Wero Whitewater Park in the past few years, the profile of the Events Centre has been raised as a destination for both local and international visitors and will only continue to benefit Manukau City.
P3D were engaged to help showcase that within this precinct there are spaces which are ‘World Class’ across the board for requirements by Performing Arts, Entertainment and Sport. From the initial scope of the job we envisaged a range of 360 imagery could be utilized to show these spaces off to their best advantage.
Our photographers headed out one clear blue sky morning to capture these spaces. The imagery was then uploaded into our CVT tour platform and we worked closely with Joseph (GM Community Engagement) to create additional dialogue to be added to the tour. This informative tour features beautiful visuals from Aerial Drone footage as well as 360 stills showcasing the variety of event spaces inside Vodafone Events Centre. We are very pleased with the result!