Virtual orientation and modernization for educational campuses
Present your school, university, or academy online as a modern educational facility. We create interactive tours and accurate inventory data for building management.
Our specialization: Virtual orientation and modernization for educational campuses for a future-proof optimization of your processes.
Benefits for schools and universities
Innovative location marketing
Future students and parents explore laboratories, lecture halls, libraries, and sports facilities online.
Efficient building management
Accurate 3D data simplifies the management and energy-saving renovation of large campus buildings.
Optimal orientation on site
Makes it easier for first-year students and visitors to find their way around large building complexes.
Typical Use Cases
Virtual information day & campus tours
Interactive tours for prospective students with embedded videos from the faculties and information points.
Energy renovation planning
Precise 3D inventory of outdated school buildings to prepare for energy-efficient modernization.
Barrier-free route planning for students
Visualization of elevators, wheelchair-accessible access, and toilets to ensure inclusion.
Making educational locations a digital experience
For universities and schools, visual presentation online is an important factor in attracting students. A virtual campus tour shows the high quality of your learning environment. At the same time, facility management benefits: Through regular scans, we document conversions, manage building technology (TGA) directly in the 3D model, and plan classroom occupancy digitally.
Turnkey Integration
We support you from concept creation to on-site data capture and the final API interface to your management systems.
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Start inquiryCampus digitalization: Facility management and student recruiting in the 3D age
Universities, colleges, and private academies today operate in a highly competitive education market. They compete nationwide and worldwide for the brightest minds, renowned guest professors, and urgently needed research funds. A key deciding factor for enrollment is the quality and technical equipment of the campus. At the same time, the facility management departments of schools and universities often struggle with historically developed, extensive building complexes, a lack of construction plans, and a massive energy renovation backlog. FotoEstate meets these dual challenges with holistic spatial data solutions. From interactive 360-degree tours (Digital Twins) for university marketing to high-precision 3D laser scanning (LiDAR) for CAFM integration - we make educational institutions fit for the digital future.
1. Immersive location marketing: The virtual open day
The decision about where to study is no longer just based on the curriculum, but rather on a highly emotional basis. When high school graduates from Hamburg consider studying at RWTH Aachen, a physical campus tour is time-consuming. With our photorealistic 3D tours, we bring the campus into the homes of prospective students. Future students can virtually stroll through the high-tech laboratories, look at the library, or take in the atmosphere in the Audimax. Using integrated multimedia tags (hotspots), professors can introduce themselves in short welcome videos directly in 3D space. This increases enrollment rates and positions the university as a digital pioneer.
2. Orientation for first-year students and accessibility (inclusion)
The start of studying at a gigantic campus university is often characterized by disorientation. 'Where is seminar room C1.04?' – this question costs a lot of time in the first few weeks. We integrate the digital twins of your buildings into your existing campus management system. Students can use AR navigation via their smartphone to guide them to the right lecture hall with centimeter precision. Particularly important: inclusion. Wheelchair users or students with physical limitations can use the virtual model to find out in advance about barrier-free entrances, ramps, and the location of accessible elevators, which significantly reduces fear of thresholds.
3. 3D laser scanning for energy renovation and fire protection
Many public school and university buildings from the 1970s and 1980s have an extremely poor energy balance and urgently need to be renovated (GEG compliance). However, old paper floor plans are unusable for modern renovation planning. Our surveyors use terrestrial 3D laser scanners to digitize the often intricate architecture of educational buildings down to the millimeter. From the generated 3D point cloud, we derive error-free CAD and BIM models. These form the essential basis for architects to plan new facade insulation, complex technical building equipment routes (ventilation systems), and modern fire protection concepts—without the risk of costly additional demands from construction companies.
4. Space management and CAFM (Facility Management) integration
The efficient use of lecture halls and seminar rooms is a logistical masterpiece. Facility management (FM) requires precise square footage and detailed inventory lists (seating, projector technology). We connect the digital building twin (e.g., provided via Matterport or NavVis) directly to your CAFM (Computer-Aided Facility Management) software via API interfaces. The FM team can virtually inventory room furnishings (asset tracking), plan cleaning concepts based on actual square meters (and floor covering types), and manage maintenance work on building technology through deep links to external service providers.
5. Acquisition of sponsors and research funds
The acquisition of third-party funding from industry is essential, particularly for technical or scientific faculties (STEM). If you want to present your research institutions to sponsors (e.g., automobile companies), a boring PDF exposé is not enough. Show investors your state-of-the-art robot laboratories or clean rooms in an impressive, interactive 3D tour. This absolute visual transparency builds trust in the research infrastructure and significantly accelerates the approval of grants and sponsorship contracts.
What our partners say
"Through virtual tours, we were able to reduce the number of physical viewings by 60%, which massively lowered our costs."
"The 3D printed models in our showroom catch everyone's eye. They are the perfect icebreaker in sales talks."
"The drone mappings are not only visually impressive but also provide valuable data for documenting construction progress."
"For us, FotoEstate is more than a service provider; they are a strategic partner for the digital transformation of our sales."
"The photorealistic renderings evoke emotions and generate high-quality leads. Our sales team benefits from them every day."
"The high level of detail in the LiDAR scans saved us from expensive surprises when planning our remodeling measures."
"Through virtual tours, we were able to reduce the number of physical viewings by 60%, which massively lowered our costs."
"The 3D printed models in our showroom catch everyone's eye. They are the perfect icebreaker in sales talks."
"The drone mappings are not only visually impressive but also provide valuable data for documenting construction progress."
"For us, FotoEstate is more than a service provider; they are a strategic partner for the digital transformation of our sales."
"The photorealistic renderings evoke emotions and generate high-quality leads. Our sales team benefits from them every day."
"The high level of detail in the LiDAR scans saved us from expensive surprises when planning our remodeling measures."
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