Welcome to the VRDL Mesa Verde Sample Tour. This staff created project simply showcases a bit of what the VRDL can do and offers a taste of the possibilities to wet the students' appetite.

We'll touch on just a few highlights and features of the Mesa Verde Virtual Tour.

The tour was quickly created with VRDL included media elements from the Virtual Vacations Title Mesa Verde - The Mysteries of the Ancient Anasazi Culture. Media from two other titles Hoover Dam - The Eighth Wonder of the World and Machu Picchu - Incan Civilization Revealed are also included in the Sampler portion of the VRDL.

Maps are an integral part of the VRDL and are a breeze to implement. Simply scan or create a map-type representation (perhaps using the included version of Photoshop) then drag and drop your creation into the tour authoring software. Its really that simple!

The tour makes good use of the technique we call a "Still Pano creation." It is a method of creating a menu system and a multimedia content delivery vehicle to be served from within the tour itself. This completely opens the creative floodgates making room for more than just Panoramic environments. Students can include more detailed information in the way of text, images, object movies, narration, and sound effects all encapsulated within the virtual environments they create!

Additionally, as shown in Node 3 of the tour, you can link to external files, appications and media to include elements of a project that are not part of the tour. For example, linking to a GIS application for a satellite view or SketchUp to Illustrate future design plans for a specific location - or both! The possiblilites are truly limitless with this type of open-ended functionality.

Download the Mesa Verde Sample Tour:

92.2Mb .ZIP (Compressed .zip format)

These downloads are rather large file sizes that may take a number of hours to receive. Your internet connection speed will dictate download times.