Leading-Edge, 360 Degree, Interactive & BC Developed Video Technology To Be Launched

Media Advisory :: For Immediate Release :: January 7, 2011

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You have to see it to believe it!  This is the official unveiling of BC-based northStudio360’s virtual video tours, an interactive online 360 video application that will change the way people experience tourism online.  To bring the destination experience alive, northStudio360 took their online virtual tour expertise to the sky, in a helicopter, and created this never seen before video application for British Columbia’s Nimmo Bay Resort, and techies around the world are still trying to figure out how.   
An exclusive insight and first viewing of this new leading edge 360 virtual video technology
demonstration of the video application by Ryan Whitehead and Chris Boag,  the people behind the vision and development.

Release Party will be held at:
January 12th, 2011 at the Terminal City Club, Ceperley / Walker rooms, lower level, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC.  Call  (604) 488-8603 MAP

10:00 am to 10:30 am -> Official Launch
10:30 am to 10:50 am -> Q & A Session; participant interaction welcome

Join event hosts,  Ryan Whitehead and Chris Boag, northStudio360 , Murray Family, owners of Nimmo Bay Resort

Our master of ceremonies for the event is Clifton Murray of the renowned  Canadian Tenors, who incidentally, grew up in Nimmo Bay and provide the voice talent for video's production.

Statistically, the internet has become the number one method used by consumers to source travel destinations and tourism products.  Already an expert in virtual tours using still photography, this new video technique was conceived by northStudio360 in 2010 and the vision remained strong but challenged by the existing capabilities of the web. northStudio360 broke through the barrier, taking strides into the future with a user-interactive program that enables the browser to explore a destination as if they were there. Teaming up with Nimmo Bay, one of North America’s top heli-adventure destinations, set in a stunning west coast setting, the 360 degree technology provides an experiential visit from the comfort of one’s couch.  As a program that will also be able to delve into educational applications through ‘transportation’ of the viewer into the location to increase awareness, the full extent of its use is yet to be realized. Basically, 360 degree technology engages the visual sense in a heightened and mesmerizing way as it ‘transports’ the user to the ‘scene’. The viewer is the director.

Available to the public beginning January 12, visit Nimmo Bay’s website at www.nimmobay.com to experience the technology first hand. northStudio360 can provide additional demonstrations at www.northstudio360.com.

Note: Media interviews can be arranged in advance for same day to meet outlet deadlines.

Media contacts:  
Deirdre Campbell, Tartan Group, 250-882-9199 (cell) Victoria
Kate Rogers, Tartan Group, 604-880-1494 (cell) Vancouver