Preserving the Past. Building the Future.

A behind-the-lens look at how AKSE works.

We believe the past is not a burden to carry —it is a competitive advantage waiting to be unlocked.AKSE exists to bridge the gap between physical heritageand the people who should inherit it.Every site we document becomes a digital monument.Every tour we build becomes a doorway to understanding.

Preserve

Every site is documented with clinical precision before a single restoration decision is made.

Present

Raw captures are transformed into immersive, navigable 360° experiences for any device.

Elevate

Heritage becomes a living asset — generating engagement, tourism, and cultural reverence.

Our Process

How We Capture Reality

A five-stage pipeline built around precision, authenticity, and immersive delivery.

Site assessment map spread on a survey table at a heritage location
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The Assessment

Planning the shoot

We begin every project with a full cultural and spatial feasibility study. Our team visits the site, maps access points, evaluates lighting conditions across the day, and produces a shoot blueprint — including equipment manifest, crew logistics, and heritage authority permits.

360° camera rig deployed in a historically significant courtyard
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360° Capture & Camera Tech

Details on the hardware

We deploy Matterport Pro3 and Insta360 Pro 2 rigs, supplemented by DJI aerial platforms for exterior envelope coverage. Structured-light scanning is applied to high-detail architectural surfaces. Capture sessions span multiple lighting conditions to ensure the tour remains visually authentic at any time of day.

Post-production workstation displaying 360° image editing software
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Editing & Post-Production

Colour, stitching, and polish

Raw spherical imagery is colour-graded to a heritage-neutral profile, aligned to a photometric standard established during the assessment phase. Blinding artefacts, crew reflections, and equipment shadows are removed. Each scan point is reviewed individually before delivery to the stitching stage.

Digital development interface showing tour node graph and hotspot placement
04

Tour Stitching & Digital Development

Assembling the experience

Individual scan points are stitched into a navigable tour graph. Hotspots, information panels, audio narration anchors, and embedded media layers are authored against a content schema developed with the site custodian. The tour is then packaged for web (WebGL), VR (WebXR), and embedded-app delivery targets.

Person wearing a VR headset exploring a heritage site virtual tour
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Deployment & VR Integration

Going live and beyond

Production builds are deployed to a global CDN with adaptive streaming for image tiles. VR headset compatibility is tested across Quest 3, Quest 2, and PSVR2. Analytics dashboards are handed over to the partner organisation. Post-launch SLA support covers a minimum 90-day monitoring and optimisation window.

Technology

Tools of the Trade

Purpose-built hardware and software that power every AKSE virtual tour, from capture to delivery.

Hardware

Insta360

Hardware

High-resolution 360° cameras used to capture immersive and accurate spatial visuals.

Software

Matterport

Software

Platform used for creating structured, high-quality 3D spatial experiences.

3DVista

Software

Software used to build interactive, customizable virtual tours with advanced navigation features.