Link hotspots
A door to another scene. Visitors click it to walk into the next room, and you can choose which way they face when they arrive, so the kitchen opens on the kitchen, not the wall behind the door.
Link scenes togetherHotspots: things to open inside the room
Click a spot in a 360° photo to place a note, a picture, a video, a sound or a link. Visitors open it right where they are looking, on a phone or a computer.
In short
A hotspot is a marker you place on a scene of a 360° tour. Panoramr has three kinds: link hotspots, which walk visitors to the next room; information hotspots, which open text, pictures, video, sound or a product; and surface media, which fixes a picture, a video, a web page or text onto a flat spot such as a screen or a wall. You place them on the Hotspots tab and they save as you go.
- Kinds
- Link hotspots, information hotspots and surface media
- Video and sound
- YouTube, Vimeo or MP4 video; MP3 or WAV sound
- Links out
- Booking pages, menus and shops, opened in a new tab
- Plans
- Every plan, the free one included
Three kinds of hotspot
Information hotspots
A badge that opens a panel with a title, text and a picture, in the popup style you choose for the whole tour. The same badge can instead play a video, open a gallery, play a sound, show a product with its price, or open a web address.
- A panel, a tooltip or a full-screen popup, set once for the tour
- A one-line label that shows when a visitor points at the badge
- A pulsing ring that draws the eye to an important spot
Surface media
A picture, a video, a web page or a block of text fixed onto a flat spot in the photo, such as a TV screen, a poster or a menu board. You drag four corners onto the surface, so it sits in the room’s own perspective. A video there plays by itself, muted, on a loop.
Put media on a surface
Placed by clicking the photo
Open the Hotspots tab, click a scene, choose what to add and click the picture where it should sit. Changes save by themselves.
- Hide a hotspot from one tour without deleting it
- Give several hotspots the same colour and variant with a preset
- Share a hotspot with the other tours that use the same photo
What you can put in a room
Notes, pictures and links in the room
Click a spot in a photo to add a note, a picture, a video or a link. Visitors open it right where they are looking.
How it worksVideo in the scene
Open a YouTube, Vimeo or MP4 video in a window, or play it on a screen or a wall inside the photo itself.
How it worksPictures and screens on the walls
Put a picture, a video, a web page or a block of text onto a flat spot in the scene, such as a screen, a poster or a menu board.
How it worksPicture galleries
A badge that opens a window of pictures, with one large picture and a row of small ones to click.
How it worksA spoken guide
Add a recorded welcome or a guide’s commentary to a spot in a room. It plays from the direction of its badge as the visitor turns.
How it worksBooking and shop buttons
Send visitors to a booking page, a menu or a shop: a button in the top menu, a link hotspot, or a product hotspot with a Buy Now link.
How it works
Ideas by kind of place
Hotspots work best when they answer the question a visitor has in that spot.
- Hotels: a note on each room type and a Book Now link to your booking page
- Restaurants and bars: the menu on the board, as surface media
- Shops and showrooms: a product with its picture, price and a Buy Now link
- Museums and galleries: a spoken guide at each work and a gallery of details
- Schools and colleges: a short video from a student in each building
- Estate agents: notes on the boiler, the windows and what stays in the sale
Questions
Can visitors book or buy from inside the tour?
They can click through: a button in the top menu, a link hotspot or a product hotspot’s Buy Now link opens your booking page or shop in a new tab. The tour has no booking or contact form of its own.
Which videos can I add?
A YouTube or Vimeo address, or an MP4 file. In a window, the video plays with sound when a visitor clicks its badge. On a surface in the scene, it plays by itself, muted, on a loop.
Can I add a spoken guide?
Yes. An audio hotspot plays an MP3 or WAV file when a visitor clicks its badge. The sound comes from the direction of the badge as the visitor turns, and stops when they move to another room.
Do I need to know HTML?
No. You type a title and the text. The text box also takes HTML, for a link or bold words, if you want it.
Can I see which hotspots visitors click?
No. The Analytics tab counts views of the tour and of each room, not clicks on hotspots.
Do hotspots cost extra?
No. Every plan can add every kind of hotspot, the free plan included.
Where hotspots do the most
- Hotels & ResortsLet guests walk through rooms, suites, the spa and the restaurant before they book direct.
- Museums, Galleries & HeritageKeep every exhibition online after it closes, with a spoken guide and notes on the works.
- Shops & ShowroomsTurn the shop floor into a showroom open all night, with a Buy Now link on the products.
Add your first hotspot
Upload a 360° photo and click where the note should go. Making a tour is free.