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# What is Metareal Stage?

**Metareal Stage** is a **software as a service (SaaS) application** that lets photographers and designers transform **360 panoramas** and **3D renders** into:

*   **3D & VR-ready virtual tours**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/eec84205a593c00/ede871f3-b919-4f9e-90d0-dd7375_p5drnr.png)

*   **3D Models**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/1923f012514dd000/797f7dbc-4bb2-4970-8e7d-76a234_1t24qxr.png)

*   **Floorplans**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/8d5fe85fed1af800/1baf03eb-e633-4e8b-9246-021bc5_kb6ked.png)

Panoramas can be taken using any digital photography equipment (as long as it can take equirectangular panoramas) and only requires a web browser to edit and view the tours. 

3D renders can be imported from applications such as Revit, 3ds Max, Sketchup, etc.

Projects can built by either doing them yourself or hiring our production team to build the tour for you.

The resulting outputs can be viewed on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices, or in VR using Google Cardboard or any WebVR-enabled device.