How To Make Your Own Virtual Tour Part 5: Preview your virtual tour

In this tutorial, we're going to teach you how to preview your finished product on VirtualTourEasy.com. For a video guide, watch below:

If you prefer a tutorial in texts and images, continue reading.

Preview your Tour

1. Once you successfully completed your tour, you can preview by clicking the "eye" button at the top-right part of the Tour Builder. 

2. Your Virtual Tour preview will then pop up. Here you can check out your tour and how it will be seen by users. So now you can see all the different options and features inside the Virtual Tour preview including the layout and location.

Sharing your Tour

3. Beside the preview button is the "Share" button. That's what you're gonna click if you want to share your Virtual Tour anywhere outside the app.

4. In here you can copy the unique link of your tour and share on social media, messaging apps, or email. Just click the "Copy" button and paste the code anywhere. If you prefer to embed your Virtual Tour, just click the "Embedded Code" button at the bottom of the popup and you will see a code which you will add to your website. You can also change the different settings like Size, Control, Scene Selector and Audio. 

Viewing your Tour on a Browser

5. Now to view your tour, simply copy the Direct Link and paste it to your browser. Once you access your tour, you will be directed to the first page or the main image that you selected upon creating the tour. Then Click the Play icon.

6. So it will show the scenes that you created. So if you click the hotspots, you will be directed to the rooms or the links it assigned. 

7. You can enable the Virtual Tour Audio by pressing the "Volume" icon found at the top-right part of the tour, and click the "play" icon. 

8. If you uploaded a layout, you can also directly navigate the layout by clicking the "Box" icon found at the top-right part of the tour. So you can just click the specific room from the layout to view that room on the virtual tour. 

Viewing your Tour on a VR Glasses

9.  Another interesting feature of the Virtual Tour is the VR or Virtual Reality. So click the "VR" icon on the top-left part of the tour in order to enable the VR view.

10. Now you can view your tour on a device using VR glasses in order to make you tour come to life.

Changing Your Theme

11. If you want to change the theme of your tour, simply click the "Settings" icon from the top-left part of your tour then choose your theme from the dropdown. After your changes, click the "Save and Exit" button at the top-left part of your tour to exit and reload your tour.

12. You can then view your Virtual Tour again. So depending on the theme you choose, you can find two buttons on the right part of your tour. The "i" icon shows the information about the room and scene, and the "share" icon lets you share the tour by copying the embed code.

Adding Tags on your Tour

13. Once you're done with the tour, you can return to the "Tours" tab then add tags by clicking the "Gear" icon at the top-right part of the specific tour. You can add as many tags as you want. These tags will easily allow you to look for specific tours when you use the search bar. 

Statistics and Favorites

14. You can also see your tour statistics by clicking the "Statistics" icon found at the bottom of your tour. You can also set your tour as your favorite by clicking the "Heart" icon. 

View all your Tours

15. To see all of your tours, you can click the "open" icon found at the top-right part of the Tours tab.