VIRTUAL TOURS FOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES
Your facility, visited remotely, without stopping production.
An industrial virtual tour starts at $395 under 1,500 sq. ft. and $1,295 for about 10,000 sq. ft., half a day of scanning with the Matterport Pro3 without stopping production. Measurable clearances (±20 mm at 10 m according to Matterport), a sheet on each piece of equipment, password access. Online within 24 to 48 hours in most cases, anywhere in Quebec. Call 514 262-9248.
- Matterport Pro3 camera (LiDAR)
- Scanning possible without stopping production
- Access by password and by team
- Matterport Service Partner
They trust us
A digital twin that serves your teams first.
A virtual tour of a factory is not a corporate video. The camera measures every room in three dimensions: the engineer checks a clearance, the contractor prepares the job, the new hire learns the site before setting foot in it. The same model is used to plan, train, document and show visitors around.
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Fewer site visits
Contractors, consultants and head office consult the same model remotely. According to Matterport, Danone reduced its on-site visits by 50%.
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Better-prepared planned shutdowns
Clearances are measured and access points identified before the shutdown. According to Matterport, Bayer reduced its project planning costs by 75%.
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Legible piping and cabling
According to Matterport, the Pro3 offers a high-density mode for pipes and fine cabling: mechanical and electrical rooms stay legible in the model.
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Controlled access
Password and, according to Matterport, up to 10 views of the same tour, each with its own information tags and access rights: maintenance, health and safety, training. Hosted on AWS, SOC 2 Type II and PIPEDA compliant, again according to Matterport.
A real tour to explore
The Gatineau pump room, room by room.
The City of Gatineau’s drinking water production plant, with nine information tags. Click to launch the tour: move from one room to the next, open the 3D dollhouse view and take a measurement between two pieces of equipment.
Six uses of an industrial virtual tour.
Planning a reconfiguration or a planned shutdown
Contractors measure clearances, locate access points and prepare their bids in the model, without travelling.
Training staff on a faithful replica of the site
Health and safety rules, traffic flow, equipment to know: new hires learn the premises before their first day, without risk.
Inspecting and documenting a remote site
A power plant, a substation or a warehouse in the regions can be consulted from head office, at any time, with a dated record of the premises.
Keeping an equipment register
Each piece of equipment gets an information tag with its spec sheet, its manual, its instructions and the name of the person responsible.
Preparing the emergency response plan
Exits, fire extinguishers, valves, electricity and gas shut-offs, assembly points: everything is located and can be shared with emergency services.
Showing the company to visitors
Clients, investors, partners and candidates discover the factory in a 360° tour from your website, without interrupting production.
You stay in control
Your maintenance team updates the tour itself.
On request, your team receives access to the Matterport editor for the tour. Maintenance replaces the sheet for a pump, health and safety adds an instruction, human resources prepares the new-hire route: the same day, without coming back on site.
- Add or edit information tags: text, photos, videos, PDF documents and links
- Name rooms and place labels on equipment
- Create separate views for maintenance, health and safety or training
- Choose the starting view and hide sensitive areas
- Editor access: $150 per year
Public pricing
The price by floor area scanned.
The price depends on the floor area captured. It includes the Pro3 scan, the 3D tour, the schematic 2D plan and one year of hosting.
From$395
| Under 1,500 sq. ft. | $395 |
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| 1,501 to 2,500 sq. ft. | $495 |
| 2,501 to 3,500 sq. ft. | $595 |
| 3,501 to 4,500 sq. ft. | $695 |
| 4,501 to 5,500 sq. ft. | $795 |
| 5,501 to 6,500 sq. ft. | $895 |
| 6,501 to 7,500 sq. ft. | $995 |
| 7,501 to 8,500 sq. ft. | $1,095 |
| 8,501 to 9,500 sq. ft. | $1,195 |
| 9,501 to 10,500 sq. ft. | $1,295 |
| Large sites, several buildings | Quote within 24 hours |
| Publication on Google Maps (Street View)If your site is open to the public | +$100 |
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| Standard branding: menu in your colours | $100 to $250 |
| MatterPak (XYZ point cloud, OBJ mesh) | $79 |
| E57 point cloudOrdered from Matterport, in US dollars, rebilled at cost | At cost |
| Editor access for your team | $150/year |
| Hosting after the first yearHigher for very large models | from $150/year |
| 360° aerial views by drone | $450 to $495 |
- Prices in Canadian dollars, taxes extra.
- Large sites and multi-building sites: written quote within 24 hours. For a project that needs a full day of capture or more, book a 30-minute video call: we scope the project and plan the capture together.
- Travel fee of $0.73/km beyond about 100 km from Montreal, shared between the sites on the same route.
What to know before scanning a facility
Sensitive areas can be excluded from the scan, hidden or blurred, and the tour can be password-protected. The Pro3 is accurate to ±20 mm at 10 m, according to Matterport: enough to plan a reconfiguration or check a clearance, but it is not an industrial laser scanner. For fabrication tolerances or machine alignment, you need a terrestrial laser scanner.
Virtual tour of a factory: what an industrial digital twin is for
An industrial virtual tour starts with a scan using the Matterport Pro3 camera. The camera is moved on a tripod every few metres; at each position, it takes a panorama and measures the space with a laser (LiDAR). Matterport’s software assembles these positions into a single 3D model: you move through it room by room, see it in dollhouse view and take measurements in it. This is the digital twin of your factory, your power plant or your warehouse, open in a browser, with no software to install.
Planning without bringing everyone in
Take a line reconfiguration or a planned shutdown. Usually, each contractor comes to survey the premises, measure a clearance, check where the equipment will go through. With the 3D model, they do it from their office: the clear height under a walkway, the width of a dock door, the distance between two pumps. Information tags show access points, constraints and the person to contact. According to Matterport, Bayer reduced its project planning costs by 75% with its digital twins.
Training on the real site
The pump room of the Gatineau drinking water plant, above, is a good example: a new hire can walk through it before their first day, read the instructions in each information tag and find the valve they were told about. In a view reserved for health and safety, the same model shows the exits, fire extinguishers, electricity and gas shut-offs and assembly points. Shared with emergency services, that view becomes a response plan that can be consulted on a cellphone, from outside the building.
Showing the company to visitors
A 360° tour of a business also serves those who will never enter the factory: a client who wants to see your facilities before signing, an investor, a candidate. Embedded in your website and enriched with videos and documents (enriched virtual tour), it welcomes these visitors without disturbing production. The Produits Zitta and Vicostone showrooms are an example: every product in them is clickable. If your site is open to the public, the tour can also be published on your Google Maps listing.
Facilities scanned across Quebec
Panosphere 360 has scanned Hydro-Québec’s Beauharnois dam, the City of Gatineau’s drinking water production plant, the Quebec Ministry of Transport’s fleet management centre in Laval, industrial showrooms and the Air Transat offices. Each virtual tour of a business is captured in a single visit on site, most often without interrupting operations, in the evening or on Saturday morning if needed.
Need a technical survey (E57 point cloud, CAD drawings, Revit model)? The same scan serves as the basis for building 3D scanning. For a job site, see the construction sector; for a public building, the municipal sector.
Why entrust your industrial virtual tour to Panosphere 360
- A single person responsible for your project, Marc Durand Bréard, from the quote to training your team.
- Matterport Service Partner, equipped with the Pro3 camera, and certified drone pilot for aerial views.
- More than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015.
- Public prices, displayed above, and a written quote within 24 hours for large sites.
- Your team stays in control: editor access, one-hour training included, service in French across Quebec.
Browse our portfolio and our prices, or write to us for a 30-minute call: we look at your drawings together and you receive a written quote.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions, our answers.
Another question? Write to marc@panosphere360.com or call 514 262-9248.
Can you scan during production?
Yes, in most cases. Large buildings and big projects can take several days. The camera moves on a tripod, from position to position, without stopping the equipment; employees step out of the frame for a few seconds or are blurred. For high-traffic areas, we scan in the evening or on Saturday morning.
Does the tour stay confidential?
Yes. It is never public without your consent: password, and separate views with their own access rights for maintenance, health and safety or visitors. According to Matterport, tours are hosted on AWS and the platform is SOC 2 Type II and PIPEDA compliant.
Can certain areas be excluded?
Yes. We do not scan the areas you designate, and we can blur equipment, documents or faces, or crop part of the dollhouse view. According to Matterport, blurring does not apply to the E57 file: in that case the area is excluded from the scan.
How accurate are the measurements?
±20 mm at 10 m with the Pro3, according to Matterport. That is enough to plan a reconfiguration, check whether a piece of equipment will fit through, or prepare a bid. For fabrication tolerances, you need an industrial laser scanner.
Are large volumes and high ceilings a problem?
No. According to Matterport, the Pro3 has a range of up to 100 m for E57 and BIM files, and 20 m in the processed tour. Production halls, warehouses and machine rooms scan well; very large sites receive a quote within 24 hours.
Can you scan outdoors, in full sun?
Yes. The Pro3 works indoors and outdoors, even in full sun, according to Matterport: yard, loading docks, tanks and outdoor substations are part of the same model. Our certified drone pilot can add aerial views.
How do you update the tour after work is done?
We rescan the modified area and merge it into the existing model, without redoing everything; according to Matterport, information tags can be carried over into the new model. To follow a job site step by step, see our construction sector.
Will our employees know how to use it?
Yes. A one-hour training session by videoconference is included: sharing the tour, adding information tags, creating a view for a team. We remain available afterwards, in French.
What are the lead times?
The tour is online within 24 to 48 hours after the scan in most cases. The scan itself takes from a few hours to a day depending on the floor area; the quote states the expected duration.
How much does a virtual tour of a factory cost?
From $395 for under 1,500 sq. ft., then $100 per additional 1,000 sq. ft., up to $1,295 for 10,500 sq. ft., with the 3D tour, 2D plan and one year of hosting included. Beyond that, or for several buildings: quote within 24 hours.
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A 30-minute call is enough to settle the area, the deliverables and the price. Written quote within 24 hours, large buildings included.