No matter where prospective students are located geographically, their core needs and information desires are all the same. 3D virtual college tours provide you with a way to meet their information gathering requirements in an engaging and interactive way. Here are just a few things prospective students will be looking for when they participate in 3D virtual campus tours of your school:
Tour Options: Not everyone’s learning styles are the same, and thus, not everyone will benefit from the same type of virtual college tour. Providing immersive 3D web browser touring options can help you make sure you meet the needs of all prospective students. One way to do this is to offer the options for self-guided tours or admissions representative-guided tours of the virtual campus. Some users will prefer to roam your virtual campus freely, while others will feel more comfortable being guided by an admissions representative through live built-in voice and text chat.
Interactive Games: In order to keep the interest of users, interactive games are crucial. Students today are very comfortable with all different types of technology and often prefer to learn using various means of technology. Games can help prospective students understand academic and social aspects of your school, as well as historical information. It’s an effective and engaging way to reach this technology-driven audience and gives the potential student the feeling as if he or she is at the campus actively engaging in your facilities.
Chat Features: At any point in a virtual college tour, whether it’s guided by an admissions representative or self-guided, prospective students want their questions answered immediately. Live text and voice chat features allow them to ask questions freely and engage in conversations with real admission representatives and other tour participants.
Layout of the Entire School: Successful 3D virtual college tours allow prospective students to engage in an immersive 3D tour of the entire campus using a virtual avatar of themselves. They can log in and freely see individual classrooms, dorm rooms, the library, stadium, and every inch of your campus while gaining information and achieving familiarity of your institution from the comfort of their home.
Cater to the needs of your prospective students and give them what they want in a virtual college tour and stop providing them a Google map and videos of how neat your campus is. Let the student experience the campus in an immersive way by having a 3D virtual campus tour virtual world. The most successful virtual college tours will provide prospective students near and far with the information they need to decide whether or not your school is right for them and will allow them to experience the schools culture virtually.