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Sadly, at the end of June Google is closing the doors on
Trip Creator. Im bummed about it because it is among my favorite creation tools. Fortunately, there are some companies dealing with making alternatives to Googles Tour Creator. Among those companies is
Explorations Pro..

There are some companies working on making alternatives to Googles Tour Creator. The process of creating a VR trip in Expeditions Pro is really comparable to that of Tour Creator. Explorations Pro supports the usage of zip files that are created when you use Google Takeout to download your Tour Creator files. I d recommend doing that prior to Google shutters Tour Creator at the end of the month.

Expeditions Pro is still in beta however I got to attempt it out previously today. My initial impression of it is that it will be an excellent replacement for Tour Creator once all of the quirks are exercised..
When I first signed into my beta Expeditions Pro account I was struck by the similarity to Tour Creators user interface. The process of developing a VR tour in Expeditions Pro is extremely similar to that of Tour Creator.
When you utilize Google Takeout to download your Tour Creator files, expeditions Pro supports the usage of zip files that are developed. In truth, I d recommend doing that prior to Google shutters Tour Creator at the end of the month. (Heres a video about how to utilize Google Takeout)..
Applications for Education.
As soon as Expeditions Pro leaves beta and appears to the basic public, I believe that it will be a fantastic alternative to Googles Tour Creator. Students will have the ability to utilize it to produce their virtual truth trips about local history, about books, about geography, about geology, and numerous other interesting topics.

Im hoping that Expeditions Pro is available to the public in time for the next academic year since Im excited to see what teachers and students will make with it.