How Interior Designers Can Present Projects Through Virtual Showrooms
A portfolio of stills hides how a space feels. This guide shows how interior designers can present finished projects as 360° walk-throughs with specified products tagged.
By Immersiq Team · · 2 min read
Clients judge interiors by how a space feels, yet most meet a designer through a portfolio of carefully framed stills. A 360° walk-through of a finished project shows the whole room: proportions, light and how areas connect. With the products you specified tagged in place, it also answers "what is that lamp?" without a follow-up email.
Beyond the portfolio gallery
Stills show the best angle. A panorama cannot hide the awkward corner, which is part of its value: it shows the room as it is. For work you are proud of, that honesty builds trust.
Capture finished rooms
Photograph each completed room as a 360° scene and link the rooms in the order a client would walk through the home. Style and tidy first, as the panorama shows everything, and keep personal items and anything sensitive out of frame. Technical guidance is in the panorama requirements.
Tag specified products
Add the furniture, lighting or surfaces you specified to your catalogue and place hotspots on them. You can record the brand, finish and specification you hold on record, and leave out anything you do not want public, such as prices. Products can also be hidden by keeping them in draft status.
Client privacy and permissions
Always get the client's agreement before showing a home publicly, and avoid addresses and names unless they are happy to share them. Tours stay private until you publish, and you can unpublish any time. Immersiq does not make a project public by itself.
Using tours in proposals
A link to a finished project similar to the one you are pitching is more persuasive than a description. Share the tour alongside your proposal so the prospect can explore it at their own pace. If they send an enquiry from the tour, you can see which scene they were viewing.
Limits
- It shows finished spaces. It is not a design or rendering tool, though you can include clearly labelled render panoramas if you supply them.
- Product details are only as complete as what you enter.
- There is no commenting feature. Visitors contact you through the enquiry form.
More on this use case is on the virtual showroom for interior designers page. To see how a tour behaves, open the demo.
