 [HTML5 DESKTOP & TABLET VERSION] --- [SMARTPHONE VERSION]  The George Washington University Virtual Tour was awarded both the 2014 Webby People's Voice Award and the 2014 Official Webby Award for Best School/University Website. View the Award The George Washington University Virtual tour features several interactive campus maps, allowing students and their parents to explore the entire institution online. Interactive campus maps allow institutions to showcase their facilities while making the campus accessible and fun to explore for visitors. George Washington University may add to or update the maps, map layers and map content at any time with the CampusTours AnyTour software. The George Washington University Virtual tour includes a substantial amount of media, including video tours of certain buildings, panoramic images and photographs. The George Washington University virtual tour and interactive map is constructed on the new CampusTours Anytour 3.0 Platform allowing for HTML5 output for tablets and desktops. Why is this important? Imagine for a moment that you are a prospective student, just beginning your college search, and you've picked up the family iPad to research colleges. At some college Web sites, the schools will attempt to force you to download an app onto your iPad to view their tour experiences - something students admit they are unlikely to do for each and every college they consider. Schools like GW have experiences that play immediately for the visitor, without the need for an app download. CampusTours Anytour 3.0 Platform includes an HTML5 output option for small screen devices like smartphones, iTouch and other Web enabled devices with screen sizes smaller than seven inches. CampusTours Anytour 3.0 Platform is GPS-enabled, allowing visitors to your campus to walk the campus with GPS-equipped smartphones and tablets, and obtain content on buildings or facilities as they approach those locations. The George Washington University virtual tour is one of the first virtual college tours to feature live program-specific Twitter feeds within each building. Integrating constantly updating Twitter feeds directly into building windows allows GW to convey the dynamic atmosphere of campus to prospective students and parents. With several campuses and a plethora of buildings and venues, The George Washington University needed a way for their virtual tour to give prospective students a sense for the cornucopia of daily GW activities in their interest area. Integrating a live events feed into each building gives prospective students and parents a sense for how that structure is used in daily campus life, and the types of events that will be available to them as a student. The CampusTours AnyTour platform includes full content management capabilities allowing George Washington University to update any piece of content in the application (including videos, photos, panoramic images, text, menu items, map artwork, map hotspots, layers and much more) at a moment's notice.  |