I'm a little dismayed that Google is sunsetting Google Tour Creator tomorrow, forever. It was Janet Law who first introduced to me this app for creating 360 VR trips, and I fell in love with it immediately.
Compared with Google Tour Builder, Google Tour Creator is much easier to use (of course the two serve different functions). It has good potentials for English language teaching because teachers can set a topic (e.g., Chinese temples in Hong Kong), have students put together a 360 VR tour that consists of the destinations that they have found on Google Earth, and make an audio recording introducing each place on the trip. (The built-in audio recorder is easy to use.) The whole process can be a very educational project experience because students have to do online research, make decisions about what to include, and decide how best to introduce each place. The best part is that Google Tour Creator is technically easy for students to grasp.
Unfortunately, after tomorrow, it will be gone forever.
(Google Tour Builder will also sunset on July 15. Does anyone know after that, what apps can be used to create 360 VR trips?)
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