CAS Virtual Tour
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Virtual Building Tour
A web-based project that shows the scale of museum spaces. This has become an essential tool for the Event Rentals team developed to compensate for covid closure. With a combination of 360° photos, spacial UI, and event photos the team increased sales by being able to virtually show off the building.
Explore for yourself
Team:
Andrew Sawyer – Design, UX, Project Management & Art Direction
Molly Michaelson – Producer
Nick Perez – Camera Operator
Greg Rotter – Web Development
Location:
California Academy of Sciences museum
Year:
2020
Building spaces
Indoor spaces. Arrow buttons navigates between 360° photos to get a sense of scale of each space.
We also captured the living roof, inside the rainforest, and more unusual viewpoints.
Photo button - event photos show examples of different ways the museum spaces have been used.
Info button - reveals room specs like square footage and capacity.
Navigation
Spaces are explored either by clicking a pin on the map or by selecting a space listed in the side panel.
Drop down in menu changes the map for each floor of the building to reveal more galleries and museum spaces.
Process
storyboard of UX
Exploration of icon placement, scales, and imagery. I placed these test graphics inside of a 360 photo for review.
Behind the scenes with Nick operating the 360° camera