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CGI 360 Virtual Tours
A CGI 360 virtual tour lets someone walk through a space that does not exist yet, in a browser, on any device. Not a Matterport scan of a finished room, a photoreal tour built from your drawings, so you can sell off-plan, win approvals and show a scheme before a brick is laid. Most of our virtual tour services are property virtual tours (off-plan homes, offices and hotels) from 1,500 pounds per tour. We built the VR tour for the Siro One Za'abeel project in Dubai this way.
Overview
Virtual Tour Services for Space That Is Not Built Yet
Here is the distinction that decides which tool you need, and most people get it wrong. A Matterport scan captures a space that already exists; it is brilliant for measuring and understanding a finished room, and we use it for exactly that. It cannot show you a building that has not been built. To sell space before it exists, off-plan flats, an unbuilt office, a development still on the drawings, you need a fully-CGI 360 tour, built from the plans. That is our work. We construct the whole environment in 3D, then turn it into a browser-based 360 experience a buyer or stakeholder can explore at their own pace, from anywhere, with no app and no headset required. We did it for the Siro One Za'abeel project in Dubai, working with Inc Solutions, so investors could walk the lobby long before it was real. A still shows a moment; a 360 tour lets the client stand in the room. In real estate the sequencing is the whole point: a virtual property tour exists precisely when the property does not, which is why off-plan sales teams brief us months before a Matterport camera could enter the building.
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This is a CGI 360 tour, built from drawings, not a photo scan. Move through the Siro One Za'abeel concourse in your browser, no headset.
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What clients say
"First of all, thank you for the virtual tour! It's amazing, I'm really a big fan!!! It's truly amazing for the client and will really help them visualize the space."
"I've had a chance to view the 360, and it's really impressive!"
"The client was really impressed with the result, and it will be really helpful for the construction."
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See our processCGI 360 Virtual Tours in detail
- The Matterport distinction
- Off-plan and property
- Beyond property: culture and hospitality
- Stack, cost and deliverables
Scan what exists, build what does not
Matterport is not overrated, it is misunderstood. It is a measuring and space-understanding tool, and a very good one: point it at a finished office and you get an accurate 3D record you can walk and measure. We use it for exactly that. What it cannot do is show a space that has not been built, because there is nothing to scan.
That is the line. If your space exists and you want to record or share it, a Matterport scan is the right call. If you are selling something unbuilt, an off-plan development, a new office, a lobby still on the drawings, you need a fully-CGI 360 tour built from the plans. A CGI tour of an unbuilt space beats a scan of a finished one for selling, every time, because it shows the thing the buyer is actually deciding on. We break the choice down in CGI virtual tour vs Matterport.
We also cover the basics in our guide to what a virtual tour is, and a CGI tour pairs naturally with photoreal architectural visualization stills and a 3D walkthrough animation from the same model.
Walk the building before it is built
Selling off-plan is hard because you are asking someone to commit to something they cannot see. A CGI 360 tour removes that problem. A buyer or investor explores the flat, the office or the development at their own pace, understands the scale and the flow, and feels the space rather than reading a plan. That is the most convincing asset you can hand them before construction. We go into the sales mechanics in selling off-plan with a 360 CGI virtual tour.
We built exactly this for the Siro One Za'abeel project in Dubai, working with Inc Solutions: a VR tour that let stakeholders walk the lobby long before it existed. The same approach works for housebuilders selling flats, developers marketing a scheme and agents qualifying serious buyers without a site visit. For agents, a real estate virtual tour also changes listing behaviour: portals reward media-rich listings with dwell time, and a tour is the difference between a browse and a viewing request.
The same tool, other sectors
Property is the biggest use of a CGI tour, but not the only one. For the cultural sector we have built fully interactive 3D spaces: a virtual museum, the Global Heritage Archive, that put Titanosaur and T-Rex collections in a space with no floor-area limit, and the Lumina virtual art gallery for showing contemporary work to a global audience. See the virtual museum and virtual art gallery projects, and how we build them in CGI virtual tours for museums and galleries.
Hospitality follows the same logic: a hotel or resort can show rooms and spaces before opening, which we cover in 360 CGI virtual tours for hotels and resorts. Our Seychelles island resort work is an example of the resort CGI we produce. For experiences built around culture and brand, see our virtual culture service.
How it is built and what you get
We build the 3D in 3ds Max with Corona and V-Ray for the photoreal rendering, develop the look in Chaos Vantage, and assemble the tour to run in any browser. The Siro tour used our VR tools pipeline; the museum and gallery used custom WebGL builds.
- Browser-based 360 tour: navigable, with hotspots, information points and your branding.
- VR build (on request): a headset version when the project calls for it.
- Stills and walkthrough: pulled from the same model, so the tour is part of a complete asset set.
Pricing starts from 1,500 pounds plus 1,000 pounds per 5,000 square feet; the full reasoning is in what a CGI virtual tour costs in the UK. For how we scope a project, see how we work and our price list, or reach us on the contact page.
FAQ
A Matterport scan is a 3D capture of a space that already exists, ideal for measuring and recording a finished room. A CGI 360 tour is built from drawings, so it can show a space that has not been built yet. We use Matterport for capture and CGI tours for selling the unbuilt. If your space exists, scan it; if it does not, only CGI can show it.
No. The tour runs in a standard browser on a phone, tablet or laptop, from a link. It is VR-compatible if you want a headset experience, but most people view it on the device in their hand.
Our 3D virtual tour starts from 1,500 pounds, plus 1,000 pounds per 5,000 square feet of space beyond the first 5,000. The full model is on our price list, and we send an estimate within 1 hour of seeing your plans.
Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp or Rhino files speed us up, but we build the whole 3D environment from 2D CAD, PDFs or dimensioned drawings when that is what exists.
Yes. The interface, hotspots and intro can carry your brand, so the tour feels like part of your marketing rather than a generic viewer.
It scales with the size of the space. As a reference, the Siro One Za'abeel VR tour ran to about four weeks. We plan back from your deadline.
No. Off-plan property is the biggest use, but we have built CGI tours and interactive spaces for culture too, including a virtual museum and an art gallery. Hospitality and retail work the same way.
Yes. Agents and developers are most of our tour work: off-plan flats, unbuilt offices and refurbishments that photograph badly mid-works. A property virtual tour starts at 1,500 pounds, runs in any browser without an app, and embeds in a portal listing or your own site. Send the floor plan and you will have an estimate within 1 hour.
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Further reading
CGI Virtual Tour vs Matterport: Which One Your Project Needs
Matterport scans what exists; a CGI virtual tour shows what does not yet. A studio that uses both explains which to choose for off-plan and new-build.
Read the guideSelling Off-Plan with a 360 CGI Virtual Tour
How a 360 CGI virtual tour sells off-plan property, letting buyers walk an unbuilt flat or development before construction, with a real Dubai example.
Read the guideWhat a CGI Virtual Tour Costs in the UK
Real pricing for a CGI 360 virtual tour in the UK: the base, what scales the cost, and what inflates a quote, from a London studio's own model.
Read the guide360 CGI Virtual Tours for Hotels and Resorts
How a 360 CGI virtual tour helps a hotel or resort sell rooms before opening, built from drawings, plus where the honest limits are.
Read the guideWhat Is a Virtual Tour? Types, Costs and How They Are Made
What a virtual tour is, the three kinds (photographic, scanned, CGI), how each is made, what they cost, and when they actually earn their money.
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