Campustours
{{Short description|American edu-tech and virtual reality company}}
{{Orphan|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = CampusTours Inc
| type = Privately held
| foundation = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1997
| location_city = Auburn, Maine
| location_country = U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Christopher Carson, president and chief executive officer
| industry = Educational technology
| products = CampusTours AnyMap
CampusTours AnyTour
CampusTours WalkingTour
| homepage = {{URL|campustours.com}}
}}
CampusTours Inc. (formerly CampusTours LLC) operates CampusTours.com a directory of information about tours of higher education institutions including virtual tours, and CampusMaps.com a directory of information about the campus maps of Higher education institutions. CampusTours is located in Auburn, Maine, and is privately held.
History
CampusTours Inc. is a software services vendor and online directory with headquarters in Auburn, Maine, that is primarily known as a developer of virtual tours and interactive maps, and as the proprietor of CampusTours.com, a source for virtual college tours, and CampusMaps.com a source for campus maps. CampusTours was founded in 1997 by Christopher Carson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=The New York Times: Universities Turn to Internet for Virtual Tours|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/us/06iht-educside06.html?_r=0|publisher=CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE|access-date=24 June 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.travelersjournal.com/articles2.php?ID=396 | title=A PRIMER FOR CAMPUS VISITS | work=The Traveler's Journal | date=1999-04-25 | access-date=February 14, 2012 | author=Bear, David}} The company provided links to the virtual tours, interactive maps and videos of colleges and universities, and was supported by advertising revenue.{{cite web | url=http://www.businessweek.com/1998/52/b3610108.htm | title=Web Destinations | date=28 Dec 1998 | access-date=February 14, 2012}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/circuits/articles/12geek.html | title=If You've Always Wanted to Go to Harvard... | work=News Watch | date=12 Aug 1999 | access-date=February 14, 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-667791.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611141103/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-667791.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 June 2014 | title=Campus Tours, The New Way; Online and on Videotape, as Well as in Person | date=28 July 1998 | access-date=February 14, 2012 | author=Warren, Rachel}}
In June 1999, CampusTours was acquired by the college services company College Enterprises Inc (later renamed {{Proper name|iCollege Inc}}). Blackboard purchased {{Proper name|iCollege}}/College Enterprises in November 2000 and CampusTours became a part of Blackboard.{{cite news |last=Irwin |first=Neil |date=November 29, 2000 |title=Blackboard to Chalk Up 2 Acquisitions; Smart-Card Companies Augment Technology And Customer Base |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2000/11/29/blackboard-to-chalk-up-2-acquisitions/4c5f8c66-201c-484f-8e18-ec2917e1ad11/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} CampusTours was spun out of Blackboard in 2001 as a separate company (CampusTours Inc.) and moved to Maine. In 2002 CampusTours began building tours for colleges and universities, and in 2004 CampusTours debuted the first version of the company's multimedia engine tour software system. CampusTours now builds content-managed virtual tours and interactive maps.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}
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External links
- [http://www.campustours.com Official site - CampusTours]
Category:Map companies of the United States
Category:Virtual reality companies
Category:Educational technology companies of the United States
Category:Education companies established in 1997