When you work in the virtual tour business, you have the privilege to witness technological advances almost daily. But every once in a while these changes combine to create an effect that can only be described as a Game Changer. Today we are proud to share such an culmination of technological advances. For a lack [...]
Google Street View is coming to South Africa and it seems people are unsure if they should be terrified or excited. In an effort to make some sense of the issue, I’ve decided to write a few words on the following : 1. What is Street View and how does Google create it? 2. What [...]
Many South Africans take rock art for granted, but if you stop and think about it for minute…….these paintings are extraordinary . The Mona Lisa was painted about 500 years ago and today hangs in a climate controlled secure room in Paris. These paintings at Alfred’s Rock in the Mapungubwe World Heritage site were created [...]
One of those ideas so obvious, that we just did not think about it: Use Twitter to share 360º images with the world. Well, we’ve caught on to it at last and now you can follow us at Daily_360 (https://twitter.com/Daily_360). If you’re not a Twitter user – you can view the latest ‘tweets’ on the [...]
If you’re a regular here at Virtual Africa, you would know that we have a soft spot for World Heritage Sites.
We’ve had the privilege to shoot all 8 South African World Heritage Sites on behalf of South Africa Tourism a few years ago, but when the good people of the African Heritage Epic approached us with their grand idea, we quickly learnt that the first round was just a warm up.
We couldn’t believe our luck:
Their passion was to capture 55 (yes, FIFTY FIVE!!!) African heritage sites in the best ways possible!!
We visited the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town a few weeks ago and compiled a 360º virtual tour with embedded video for your viewing pleasure.
Green Point Stadium will be the venue for one of the semi-final games of the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
What we’ll do here however, is give you some proper virtual tours and interactive content to explore.
First up: a 360º view from the raised platform in the middle of the stadium, with an integrated video
We’re proud to release the first version of our new South African map.
It includes about 1000 scenic virtual tours – each with a link to a beautiful full screen version of itself.
Click on “Google Maps” in the menu bar to access the map and see if we have a pano of your town, or favourite South African spot.
In the past 20 days, more than 400 South Africans came to our site because they were searching for information on Google Maps. We know this, not because we have great contacts in government, but through the very effective (and very free) Google Analytics. Now although we spend most of our time creating virtual tours [...]
{Update: Go here for more information on Google Maps of South Africa} In the same week that the tickets for the 2010 Soccer World Cup went on sale, Google blessed us with a significant update to their coverage of South Africa. Coincidence? Well, who knows? We’ve been hearing rumors and seeing some nice updates to [...]
8 Reasons why the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is MAGIC: Where else can you find places with names like: Kieliekrankie, Kwang, Gharagab, Dankbaar and Kameelsleep? The desolation – there is something about being in a place like this that just makes you to connect with your soul. Sitting in the Hide at Nossob and watching a [...]
Summer has truly arrived in sunny South Africa!! The beaches are packed, the Nedbank Golf Challenge is underway at Sun City and our cricketers are getting ready to whip the Ausies (we hope). Click on the images below to see 360º virtual tours of Clifton Beach and the Gary Player Golf Course at Sun City in [...]
In a brilliant marketing initiative, the International Marketing Council (IMC) is currently taking a group of high profile bloggers on a short tour of South Africa. I’ve had the privilege of spending most of today with the group and am looking forward to read their perspectives on this continent we call home. After the positive [...]
( #1 of 8 ) The Richtersveld is found in the north-western most corner of South Africa, right up against the border with Namibia.It’s a dry and arid semi-desert with some of the most rugged landscapes you’ll find on the continent of Africa. It’s a place of strange and unexpected beauty with wonderful rock formations, [...]
Ok, I have to admit it in a public space: I, Tinus le Roux, grew up in Camps Bay, Cape Town, at the foot of the famous Table Mountain. Now, if you haven’t been to Camps Bay, you won’t understand why most of those readers who have, just had a negative emotional response toward me. [...]
There are a thousand reasons why I am proud and privileged to be a South African – and recently I found 8 more to add to the list. South Africa has 8 World Heritage sites, a collection of places as fascinating and intriguing as they are beautiful – and Virtual Africa has 360º images of [...]
The new Google Earth plug-in allows you to view 3D Google Earth imagery in your browser. It’s the most impressive and most important geo-immersive imaging development of the year and we’ve been able to make it work with the Virtual Africa interactive 360 degree images. Let me translate that for those who don’t know what [...]
South African Tourism Google Earth layer has gone live. The layer has been publicly available for just over a month, but now it has been included into the Google Earth Core Database. For the uninitiated, this means that the content of the layer is available to all Google Earth users. All 300 million of them! [...]
So you want to explore South Africa – and you need a map. Well, we think we’ve got something you’d like. We have about 4000 panoramic images of some of the most beautiful and interesting spots in South Africa and we’ve geo-located the first 1000 or so onto a Google map – for your pleasure. [...]
Virtual Africa Tours included in new SA Tourism Google Earth layer About the South African Google Earth layer: The layer was created by the team at Quirk, under the watchful eye of Tim Shier. They did a great job with the layout and styling of the placemarks and they’ve already picked up some great reviews [...]
