The Splashscreen

The splashscreen is a preliminary screen that appears before a virtual tour fully loads. It is primarily used to provide visual feedback during loading, display branding (like logos), or, most importantly, to require user interaction to enable audio playback in modern browsers.

In Opus, splashscreens come under two different variations: Node and Image

Version A: Node

Node, as the name implies displays the first panoramic node in the virtual tour. A number of different elements can be layered above the node including;

Logo (jpg, png or svg)
Heading/Title
Description
Alt Description (smartphones)
Start Button (with Text)
Language Buttons
Top/Bottom Gradations
CSS Filters (Blur, Saturation, Tint)

Visibility and attributes of the elements and effects, except the Enter button, are optional and managed via the Edit Skin Configuration window.

Version B: Fullscreen Image

This version displays a fullscreen image as the background. Overlayed over the panorama are CSS top and bottom gradations, and on top of that is the title, description, enter button, logo and language buttons.

Version B: Video

This version displays a fullscreen video as the background. Overlayed over the panorama are CSS top and bottom gradations, and on top of that is the title, description, enter button, logo and language buttons.