By Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs - (@morrittjacobs on Twitter)

Virtual Tour Of Lethbridge College Now Available

Oct 10, 2016 | 9:56 AM

LETHBRIDGE – Prospective students can now take a look through the halls of Lethbridge college right from the comfort of their own home.

The college has launched an interactive view of the campus through Google Street View, and through a custom 360 virtual tour, hosted on the college’s website.

Justin Quintin, Lethbridge College’s recruitment manager, said that the college hopes the software provides prospective students an alternative opportunity to the college’s learning environments and amenities.

“We think it will be especially useful for potential students – particularly those from out-of-town or out of the country, or those who work full time, who aren’t always able to easily make it to campus for a tour.”

The college worked with Virtuo360, a Google Street View trusted agency, which sent a photographer to campus earlier this year to capture images of a significant portion of Lethbridge College.

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Those images were sent to Google to incorporate into its Street View platform. Virtuo360 then also used those images to assemble the virtual tour in its custom software.

Jeffrey Han, president of Virtuo360 noted that the virtual tour produced for the college is one of the largest tours ever created for a post-secondary institution in the world.

“The college was looking for a solution for its website, and we’re very pleased that our custom software, developed for projects just like this, was able to meet that need. We have found an increasing demand for this type of project from educational institutions.”

When the tour is launched, the viewer begins on the front steps of the college, outside of Centre Core, and can then wander throughout campus, with most major areas available in the tour.

A drop-down menu allows users to choose a location, and jump to a wide variety of college locations.

Any member of the public can share and embed locations and views from anywhere on the tour, allowing a real-world preview of a meeting room or classroom location, instead of just a location on a map.

The platform will be modified as the campus changes and grows, including the opening of the second phase of the new trades and technologies facility in 2017.