How to create virtual tours with automatic hotspots in 3ds Max?

Corona makes it easy to create interactive virtual tours with automatically generated hotspots. This allows you—and your clients—to explore designs in an immersive way.

 

Follow these simple steps to create your own virtual tour:

 

1. Place Your Cameras
Set up multiple Corona Cameras in the scene where you'd like to create viewpoints.
Make sure spherical projection is enabled for each camera.

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2. Render the First View
Start rendering from one of your cameras. Once the image reaches a satisfactory quality, stop the rendering. Then, go to the Collab tab in the Corona VFB and click “Click to upload to Chaos Cloud”.

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3. Upload your file. When prompted, click Create new project”.
Give your project a clear, descriptive name. In this example, we’ll use Poolhouse”.

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4. Click "Open in Cloud".

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5. Chaos Cloud opens in your default web browser.

Click "Create virtual tour".

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6. Give your virtual tour a meaningful name.

We will call it "Poolhouse Tour". Click the plus button to add images to the tour.

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7. Add Rendered Views
Select the images you previously rendered and add them to the tour.

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8. Edit the Tour
Click the pencil icon to enter editing mode for the tour.

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9. Generate Hotspots
Click Hotspots” to enter hotspot editing mode, then select Auto generate.”

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10. Click "Auto generate".

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11. Customize and Save
Adjust the automatically generated hotspot settings as needed. Once you're happy with the result, click Save.”

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12. Experience the Tour
Your virtual tour is now ready—with interactive hotspots automatically created.
Enjoy exploring your design from every angle!

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