Connect Panoramas into a Walkthrough
Link rooms with navigation hotspots so viewers move naturally through space
Uploading panoramas at /upload gives you a gallery of scenes. Connecting them is what makes a virtual tour feel like walking through a building. In Virto 360 you connect rooms with Go to scene hotspots in /filters — each hotspot is a door, opening, or path that teleports the viewer to the correct next panorama. There is no automatic AI layout; you control the flow, which means you can match how a real agent or guest would naturally move through the property.
Plan the tour path before hotspots
Sketch a simple path on paper or imagine the listing tour you give in person: entry → living → kitchen → bedrooms → back out. Note which scenes are dead ends (bathroom, closet) versus through-rooms (hallway, open plan). Order scenes in the bottom strip at /filters to match that mental walk — drag thumbnails left and right. The first scene in the strip is the default start when someone opens the published tour unless you set a different start scene on /share.
One hotspot per transition
- From scene A, face the opening toward scene B and place a Go to scene hotspot on the doorway.
- Select scene B as the target in the hotspot panel.
- Switch to scene B, face back toward A, and add a return hotspot if the path is two-way.
- Repeat for every connection: kitchen to dining, hall to bedroom, stairs to upper landing.
- For one-way paths (closet, powder room), a single inbound hotspot from the hall is enough.
Open floor plans and sight lines
Open kitchens and combined living-dining spaces often allow multiple valid paths. Pick the path that matches how you shot — if the camera stood in the living room facing the kitchen, place the hotspot on the kitchen opening from living, not from an angle you never photographed. Viewers tolerate one extra click more than a hotspot that jumps them to the wrong side of a room.
- Long hallways — hotspot at the far end pointing to the room you enter, plus mid-hall hotspots only if you shot mid-hall panoramas.
- Stairs — separate scenes for landing and each floor; label hotspots Stairs up and Stairs down.
- Outdoor to indoor — facade or garden scene hotspots to entry; entry hotspots back outside for context.
- Garage and basement — connect from kitchen or side door, not from unrelated bedrooms.
Test every link
After connecting, click through the entire tour twice: once following your ideal path, once clicking random hotspots like a curious visitor. Fix hotspots that land you facing a wall or in the wrong corner. Preview from /share before publishing — the public viewer behaves the same as preview. Common fixes: wrong target in dropdown (Kitchen vs Kitchen 2), missing return path leaving viewers stuck, or duplicate hotspots on the same door that confuse click targets.
Scale to large properties
Commercial spaces and hotels may have thirty or more scenes. Group naming helps: Floor 1 – Lobby, Floor 2 – Room 201. Use text hotspots at elevator or lobby scenes listing major zones. You do not need a hotspot from every room to every other room — only connections a person could physically walk. For detailed hotspot types and labels, see add-hotspots; when flow is solid, publish-tour makes the walkthrough live for clients.