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We are excited to announce a partnership with\u00a0360Cities.net<\/a>, the world\u2019s largest network of 360 photographers. As ThingLink\u2019s technology lets users drive engagement with annotated 360-degree photos that can include text, image, audio, and video as well as custom widgets for e-commerce, 360Cities\u2019 worldwide network of panorama photographers can in turn be called upon to capture any place or space around the globe.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The partnership lets us\u00a0introduce new 360- and VR-related services to marketers and online publishers globally.\u00a0Our\u00a0existing clients can now access custom 360 images from skilled contributors to 360Cities and use the ThingLink 360\u00a0editor\u00a0to easily and cost-efficiently create their own customized virtual reality experiences in a matter of hours.<\/p>\n Marketers from consumer goods and fashion to tourism and real estate are eager to start publishing in 360 and VR, but don\u2019t have the time to find a good photographer and arrange a photoshoot. This partnership solves that problem. Now any ThingLink client, whether it is a retailer, a real estate agent, a restaurant owner, or a college, can contact us and book a 360 photographer in any major city of the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n Founded in 2008,\u00a0360Cities<\/a>\u00a0provides high-resolution 360-degree images for publishing, advertising & film, virtual reality, and mobile app & game development, and is the preferred publishing platform for thousands of the top panorama photographers from around the globe, who together have built an immersive panoramic world composed of hundreds of thousands of stunning, 360-degree photos.<\/p>\n \u201cOur contributors represent a unique resource – a worldwide network of photographers specialized in 360 photography,\u201d says Steve Hercher, Commercial Director for 360Cities.net. \u201cOur network is a great match for ThingLink\u2019s large user base of online publishers. Now any ThingLink client can commission 360-degree images for use in ThingLink\u2019s 360\/VR Editor.\u201d<\/p>\n Our\u00a0partnership will initially support affordable turnkey services for brand and real estate marketing, such as creating a virtual store<\/a> or interactive 360 real estate and school tours.<\/a> Virtual Store is an interactive 360-degree tour of a store or showroom interior where viewers can explore displayed items. A 360 virtual tour is targeted to real estate agents interested in easy creation of virtual reality visits with details about each listing embedded right in the image. An interactive campus or school tour<\/a> may be augmented with text, music, video interviews with professors and students, etc.<\/p>\n Images can be customized using the ThingLink 360\/VR image editor, an online tool that makes it easy to\u00a0annotate panoramic images with text, image, and audio annotations as well as web embeds\u00a0for mobile view. Audio and video annotations play when the viewer aligns a pointer with an icon that is displayed in the picture.<\/p>\n Viewing ThingLink interactive 360 images is browser based and requires no special software, although clients can include their virtual store in ThingLink\u2019s new VR Stories app. ThngLink interactive 360 images can be shared and promoted on Facebook News Feed.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are excited to announce a partnership with\u00a0360Cities.net, the world\u2019s largest network of 360 photographers. 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