If you’re having trouble embedding YouTube videos and seeing this dreaded “Video unavailable – Watch on YouTube” error: The issue stems, (usually), from copyright issues related to the video. YouTube refuses to allow videos with copyright strikes to be embedded on any webpage, let alone in a 360º …
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Guided Tutorials
We’re A Learning Computer Most of you are experts already, but we’ve been expanding our on-boarding processes, and have introduced a whole new area of the site containing Interactive, Guided Tutorials. You’ll find a new menu item in the main drop down that’ll take you there. As this …
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Rich Text Editor Update Previously, the Rich Text Editor had a set color palette with a limited number of choices. We decided that there just wasn’t enough, so we’ve written a whole new color picker which gives you every color in the universe, (or close to), to pick …
Read moreBuy Now & Shopping Cart Functionality in your Retail Virtual Tour
Let’s take a look at how easy it is to integrate “Buy Now” and “Add To Cart” Shopping Cart functionality from Shopify into a 360 Virtual Tour using the External Scripts feature in SeekBeak.
Read moreTour Guide Overlay and Viewer Links Update
Tour Guide Overlay Update Tour Guide functionality has been updated to play nicer with any Overlays you have created! Overlay Nodes now behave more like Hotspots while you are giving a remote tour, or being guided on a tour. If you are being guided: Clicking on an Overlay …
Read moreFlat Image Panning Prevention and Anti Aliasing
Flat Image Panning Prevention By default, people can pan and zoom Flat Images. But what if you don’t want people to be able to drag, zoom, or pan the image around, and just want the interactive flat image to stay in the center of the screen or iFrame? …
Read more2D or 3D Hotspots: Which is better for Virtual Tours & Experiences?
Let’s take a look at a few examples which might answer the age old question: 2D or 3D Point Hotspots… Which one is the BEST!? Example one is an exterior 360 image of a Pub that wants people to be able to click on a Hotspot to view …
Read moreEmbedding Dropbox Files in your SeekBeak Virtual Tour
Here’s a #protip we just came across while trying to embed a PDF file shared from a clients Dropbox account: By default, Dropbox doesn’t allow you to iFrame any shared files, however, you can bypass it with this 1 Strange Trick!™ Make sure the Dropbox link-sharing mode is …
Read moreGreen Screen Background Videos
Chroma / Green Screen Capabilities The big news last time was the introduction of videos as backgrounds for Polygon Hotspots. We’ve been iterating on that, and have now also introduced custom Chroma/Green Screen capabilities for Enterprise and Custom plans. Now you can seamlessly integrate green screened products, people, …
Read moreHotspot Backgrounds & Public Availability of Overlays
A big welcome to this exciting double-whammy announcement! If you’re just joining us, and not aware of what the heck an Overlay or Team File is yet, have a read through last month’s blog post here: https://seekbeak.com/custom-overlays/ The TL;DR version: Overlays are a way for you to create …
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