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360º Tour Transition Starts

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It’s back to the future for Skateparktour.ca as virtual tours return to skateparktour.ca after an absence of a few years!

When Skateparktour.ca first went live back in 2006 visitors were able to explore the skateparks using virtual tours created using Apple’s ground breaking QuicktimeVR. The interactive nature of QuicktimeVR let people explore skateparks in an immersive tour, almost as if they were there in person standing on the spot. As technology advanced, QuicktimeVR was left behind and eventually stopped working and Skateparktour.ca had to switch to slide shows to showcase Canada’s skateparks. Thanks to the development of affordable spherical cameras and HTML5, virtual tours are back on Skateparktour.ca, and they are bigger, better, and more immersive than ever before!

 

Here’s a sample: Chuck Bailey Skatepark in Surrey BC

 
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Using the VR Tour

The new virtual tours come with a set of controls you can use to explore the skatepark. On phones and devices, gestures also work, and you can look around the skatepark by moving your phone too! Clicking/tapping on icons in the tour will take you to that location in the skatepark.

 

 Conversion will take time!

Converting all of the parks to virtual tours will take time because the Skateparktour team is very small and has a limited travel budget. So far 26 (almost 10%) of skateparks have had virtual tours created so far. Here is the list:

 

BC 360º Skatepark Tours as of September 22, 2017
  1. Chuck Bailey Youth Park, Surrey BC
  2. Cloverdale Youthpark Surrey BC
  3. Guildford Youth Park – Surrey BC
  4. Ladner Skatepark, Delta BC
  5. Mouat Skatepark – Abbotsford BC
  6. Thomas Haney Youthpark, Maple Ridge BC
  7. Penzer Pump Track
  8. Queensborough All Wheel Park, New Westminster BC
  9. Sidney Skatepark, Sidney BC
  10. Vic West Skatepark – Victoria BC

 

Alberta 360º Skatepark Tours as of September 22, 2017
  1. Blackfalds Optimists All Wheel Park, Blackfalds AB
  2. Carstairs Regional Skatepark, Carstairs AB
  3. CKE Skatespot, Calgary AB
  4. Crossfield Skatepark, Crossfield AB
  5. Lacombe Skatepark, Lacombe AB
  6. Legacy Skatepark , Langdon AB
  7. McKernan Skate spot, Edmonton AB
  8. Midnapore Skatepark, Calgary AB
  9. New Brighton Skatepark – Calgary AB
  10. Town of Olds Skatepark – Olds AB
  11. Hamilton\’s Skatepark, Ponoka AB
  12. Red Deer Rotary Skatepark, Red Deer AB
  13. Rimbey Skatepark, Rimbey AB
  14. Southwood Skatepark, Calgary AB
  15. Sylvan Lake Optimist Action Sports Zone, Sylvan Lake AB
  16. Wetaskiwin Skatepark, Wetaskiwin AB