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The Kenko experience was presented in a VR headset at an expo.
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Case study
Kenko
An interior capture published directly to Google Maps using suitable panoramic imagery, alongside a standalone interactive tour.
La Fortuna, Alajuela
Hospitality
Google Street View + interactive tour
Explore Kenko on Google Maps ↗ · 360° photography by YouSee360. Full tours: Kenko
One capture, different places
One project. Six ways to experience it.
From an expo headset and a tablet to Google Maps and the website, Kenko used the project across six settings.
The display frames below are illustrations using authentic Kenko imagery, not photographs of the expo or installed displays.
Google Street View
The interior can be explored through its published Google Maps imagery.
Open Google MapsOn the website
The standalone interactive tour brings the restaurant into a web page.
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The brief
What this property needed
Kenko needed two things that are related but not the same: a tour of its own, and a presence inside Google. Most businesses have the first and not the second, which means their interior only exists for people who have already found their website. Google Maps publishing can make suitable panoramic imagery available alongside a business listing — at the moment someone nearby is looking.
Approach
How we captured it
We captured the interior in 360° and took it down two paths. The imagery was published to Google Maps using suitable imagery and publishing tools and attached to the Google Business Profile, and the same capture was built into a standalone interactive tour for the website. One shoot, two placements, which is generally the most efficient way to buy both.
Scope
What we delivered
- 360° interior photography
- 360° panoramas published to Google Maps
- Standalone interactive tour for the website
- Imagery attached to the Google Business Profile
Why it matters
The problem this solves
Publishing the interior to Google Maps puts the space in front of people at the exact moment they are searching nearby — inside the result itself, not a click away.
In use
How the tour gets used
The Google Maps publication works passively — it is there whenever someone searches, without anyone having to click through to a website first. The standalone tour does the job the Maps imagery cannot: it lives on the site, carries navigation, and can be embedded or linked wherever the business wants it.
Common questions
Suitable 360° panoramas can be published to Google Maps so visitors can explore a business from its listing. YouSee360 provides capture and publishing support in Costa Rica; publication is subject to Google requirements.
360° interior photography, publication to Google Maps using suitable imagery and publishing tools, imagery attached to the Google Business Profile, and a standalone interactive tour for the website.
They do different jobs. Street View reaches people searching in Google before they reach your site; your own tour gives you navigation, branding and a link you control. One capture can feed both.
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