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 [...]
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 [...]
So this blog is supposed to be about virtual tours , I know – but what are unwritten rules without their written exceptions?
This post then, is not about 360 degree photography, some interesting place in South Africa or a new feature in Google Earth – it’s a congratulatory ode to the South African surfer who rode the biggest wave at the recent Red Bull Big Wave Africa competition held at Dungeons, near Hout Bay.
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James at RBA
Our friend and hero (and incidentally a partner here at Virtual Africa): JAMES TAYLOR.
If you’re a South African, you’ve probably seen him as the guy with the Volkswagen Beetle on his back in the Santam TV ad – or in a newspaper or two as one of the insane surfers taking on the Cape’s biggest waves
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 [...]
