3D Virtual Tours
Can't make it to the museum because
- it's midnight
- you live in Japan
- it's raining
Well, fear not... we have 3D virtual tours of the Royal Armouries Museum.
We realised that not everyone can visit visit our awesome museum in person so we created these virtual tours with help from our friends at Apollo 3D. Now, no matter where you are or why you can’t physically visit, you can explore our museum 24/7. For the best experience use a VR headset or launch the tours in full screen mode.
An accessible video version of the tour is available on YouTube
PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES
This is an archive of previous exhibitions and former galleries.
Guide to using our 3D virtual tours
You can use a mouse or keyboard arrows to move around the virtual tour, the menu or highlights gallery allow you to jump directly to key museum areas or objects. You can also use a VR headset for a truly immersive experience. Look out for yellow information icons throughout the galleries. Selecting them opens a video about each featured object.
To explore a virtual museum space select from list above.
- Click and drag a virtual space to look around
- Click on the static white rings throughout the virtual tour to move around
- Point and click the cursor to move to the nearest viewpoint
- Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out
- Jump directly to gallery highlight by opening highlights showreel and selecting one
- Play a montage of all highlights automatically by clicking on the small play icon
The keyboard navigation keys are:
- Arrow keys can be used to move the viewing position:
- Up - forward
- Down - reverse
- Left - rotate left
- Right - rotate right
- Letter keys can also be used to move the viewing position:
- W - forward
- S - reverse
- A - move left
- D - move right
- Getting closer to view:
- "+" key - zoom in
- "-" key - zoom out
A comprehensive guide to keyboard navigation is available on the Matterport website.
This icon can be found at the top right of the tour window.
The following icons can be found along the bottom of the tour window.
This icon can be found throughout the tour placed next to some interesting objects and indicates that more information about that object is available.
This icon can be found at the bottom right of the tour window. Select it to view the tour using a VR headset or viewer.
A help link is located at the bottom right of the 3D Tour screen for more detailed help.