Not only are we able to provide you with high-quality virtual tours, but we are now able to convert these into screen-savers for you to add to your computer's operating system.

 

Guaranteed free from viruses and spyware, all you need to do is right click to save the files and install into any Windows operating system. Now you can enjoy quality Flash screensavers of our favourite projects, a distinct and individual reminder of the quality and precision of the Tactus 360 team.

 

Don't forget to come back and visit us again . . . we shall publish more here on a regular basis!

• Norway: Olavsgruva - Bergmannshalle - 3,5 MB
• Norway: Bryggen i Bergen 1 - 2,5 MB
• Norway: Bryggen - Enhjørningen - 1,85 MB
• Sweden: Uppsala Cathedral - Vasa Chapel - 3,51 MB
• Sweden: Uppsala Cathedral - Nave - 3,71 MB
• Paris: South Bank - 4,63 MB
• Paris: Eglise St Roch - 3,75 MB

 

Installation: With Windows Vista and 7, save to your desktop, right-click on the file and choose install. Windows XP, 2000 and Macs, please consult your user manual or appropriate Internet sites.

Røros Museum and mines (Full VR Tour)

 

Aukrust Centre, Norway (Full VR Tour)

 

 

 

We were pleased to be invited back to The Aukrust Centre in Norway, a museum dedicated to the humourist Kjell Aukrust, to update their tour in the spring of 2010.

 

This is a complete virtual tour of 17 images, available in two languages and linked with an interactive 2D floormap. The new navigation GUI (Graphic User Interface), which encorporates a cartoon by Aukrust, can be switched on and off, allowing the user a better view of each panorama.

 

Accompanied by a jazz soundtrack of music by the humourist; it also includes an introductory splash screen and preloader, tailored to suit the tour's design. The tour can also be seen at the centre's website.

Bryggen i Bergen (Full VR Tour)

 

 

 

 

This virtual tour of Bryggen ("The Wharf") portrays some of the areas oldest wooden buildings, a quarter that dates back to the 18th century. Mindful of increasingly faster Internet connections, this tour can be seen in not only standard (2-2,5MB), but also high-definition formats (5-6MB), allowing crystal clear images and greater zoom capabilities, between which user is able to switch.

 

Shot in HDR, the tour consists of:

• Eleven 360x180-degree standard- and high-definition images linked with thumbnail navigation
• a window-based information section.

Open this tour in High Definition format (requires fast connection)

 Savalen Fjellhotell (Full VR Tour)

 

 

 

 

A complete virtual tour for Savalen Fjellhotell and health spa, tucked away in the mountains of eastern Norway. We were asked to cover nearly every aspect of this resort, including its suites, self-contained flats, swimming pools and some visually stunning mountain shots – not for the fainthearted (or the photographer for that matter). The tour can also be seen at the hotel's website.

Shot in HDR, the tour consists of:

• 20 360x180-degree images
• a thumnbail navigation system
• an appropriate musical soundtrack.
• a splash introductory screen and preloader.

 

  Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden (Full VR Tour)

 

 

 

A large-scale virtual tour in high and standard resolution formats of the cathedral church in Uppsala, Sweden.

The tour is navigated with an interactive map and includes:

• 12 360x180-degree panoramas
• Full HDR imaging
• A soundtrack of music appropriate for such buildings.
• the possibility to shift between high and standard-definition images.

 

EXHIBITIONS AND GALLERIES

Per Sverre Dahl - modeller (Full VR Tour)

 

Langleite Blomster, Tynset (Full VR Tour)

 

The fantasy world of renowned Norwegian modellor, Per Sverre Dahl, can be seen in this mini tour of his gallery in Røros, Sør Trøndelag, Norway. Consisting of four images, we are treated to an impressive display of his modelling skills. Many of his subjects are based on characters from the imagination of the 19th-century Røros writer, Falkberget, although there are a few other more modern characters to boot.

Three views of a flower shop in Norway, this mini virtual tour demonstrates the possibilities of vr imaging, even in a small space. Includes background audio, a flower-themed skin and picture links to other images in the collection.

CHURCHES AND INSTITUTIONS

Katarina Church, Stockholm (Full VR Tour)

 

Paris in short (Full VR Tour)

 

A complete virtual tour of one of Sweden's largest churches, Katarina in Stockholm's Södermalm district. Completely destroyed by fire in 1990, after which only the walls remained, the church was rebuilt and refurbished. The first of a two-part tour, the second part of which is planned for 2010, in which the dome and roofspace will be covered. Includes audio and a 2D floorplan based on actual blueprints.

Beginning with just an image for RB Café on Paris's South Bank, our photographer took a little more time to wander through the city's streets. Virtual tour produced with an aerial introductory screen, crafted from Google Earth images, an interactive tourist map and a snappy soundtrack of music by Edith Piaf.

Lunner Kirke, Norway (Full VR Tour)

 

Stockholm & Hare Krishna (VR Image)

 

A gift to the Norwegian Church in Lunner, just north of Oslo, this short virtual tour of one of Norway's most ancient churches incorporates an interactive 2D floorplan, information panel and appropriate background music.

Taken mainly for fun, this view of Gamle Stan in Stockholm caught our eyes and ears as a group of Hare Krishnas walked down the thoroughfare singing their famous song. Our photographer managed to get them coming towards and going away, this making the image more fun, especially when we added directional sound ...

Deserted Power Station, Norway (Full VR Tour)

 

The Gondola, Stockholm (VR Image)

 

Done for demonstration purposes, this virtual tour of an abandoned power station has nevertheless proved popular with Internet users. Developed with a snappy 3D floorplan of the building and soundtrack, it is perhaps the spookiest series of panoramas we have undertaken!

Tourists gather to look at the Stockholm skyline from the Gondola, built in 1906 to provide easy access to the harbour from neightbouring Södermalm. Incorporates directional sound.