Avatour Platform Glossary | 360° Video Collaboration Terms Explained

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Admin User

A licensed user with full account management privileges — including creating and managing Host and Guest Users, configuring organisation-wide settings, and viewing analytics across all users. Admin Users have all the capabilities of a Host User plus these administrative controls.

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Analytics

The Analytics section provides both aggregate and individual meeting reporting across live and recorded assets. Metrics can be filtered by date, workspace, user, or device, including meetings, duration, participants, travel avoided, time saved, cost, CO₂ reduced, and trees saved. Drill down into any meeting to see connectivity, participant activity, and feedback for operational insight.

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Asset

Any file stored on the Avatour platform: 360° videos, 2D videos, images, snapshots, and PDF files. Assets can be uploaded, downloaded, shared, and organised into Workspaces. AI-powered features can be applied at the individual asset level, including Face Blur for privacy protection, transcription to convert speech to text, automated summarization to generate concise overviews, and topic extraction to identify key themes and discussion points.

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Camera Operator App

Operator App

The application installed on the 360° camera that enables the on-site operator to start live meetings, record offline content, and manage camera settings.

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Checklist

A structured template that defines what should be reviewed during a live or offline recorded walkthrough, meeting, or inspection.

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Checklist Report

A report generated from a Checklist template. Avatour’s AI uses the template and audio from recordings to pre-fill the report according to the template’s structure and items.

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Collaborator

A registered Avatour user invited to a Workspace. Multiple Collaborators can access the Workspace simultaneously and independently, reviewing assets even when not in a live meeting together. Collaborators can have either Viewer or Editor access.

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Collaborator Editor

A Collaborator with full Workspace control: uploading and downloading assets, managing meetings, creating reports, modifying settings and starting live meetings from the camera — equivalent to the Workspace owner. Requires a Host User licence.

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Collaborator Viewer

A Collaborator with read-only Workspace access: viewing assets and joining meetings but not uploading or changing settings. Free with a Guest role within your organization.

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Face Blur

An AI-powered privacy feature that automatically detects and obscures faces in live and recorded assets. Can be applied per asset or enforced as an organisation-wide policy by Admin Users. Widely used for GDPR and data privacy compliance.

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Geo Location

GPS Tagging

The Avatour 360° camera has built-in GPS that automatically records location data whenever a signal is available. GPS coordinates are embedded in each recorded asset as metadata, allowing the Workspace to display walkthroughs on a map or satellite view.

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Guest User

A free registered Avatour user (email and password). Guest Users can view assets in Workspaces they have been invited to and join meetings. When SSO is enabled, Guest accounts are automatically created for users signing in with a corporate domain email.

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Host User

The primary licensed (paid) user type. Host Users can start Live Capture meetings, upload assets, create and manage Workspaces, and invite collaborators. A Host User license is required to act as a Collaborator Editor in another user's Workspace.

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Live Capture

Live 360° Meeting

A real-time 360° video meeting in which the on-site Camera Operator App streams live 360° video to all remote participants simultaneously. Each participant independently controls their own view within the 360° scene. Meetings can be optionally recorded to the cloud for later review.

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Lock Focus

A host-only meeting control that temporarily aligns all participants' views to the host's current viewpoint. Used to direct the group's attention to a specific area of the 360° scene.

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Map

A Workspace view that displays the geographic locations of GPS-tagged assets on a map or satellite image. Available when assets contain GPS metadata captured by the 360° camera.

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Meeting

An Avatour video conference in which participants join a shared space to review live or recorded 360° content together. Up to 20 interactive participants and 10 Spectators (30 total) can join a single meeting. Meetings are organised within Workspaces.

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Meeting Participant

Anyone who joins an Avatour meeting. Participants can independently control their 360° view, use chat, take snapshots, add notes, and share their webcam or screen. Up to 20 interactive participants can join per meeting.

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Note

Annotation

A comment attached to a specific moment in time and viewpoint within a recorded video or snapshot. Notes have a Type (Observation, Issue, Action, or Recommendation) and a Status (Open to In Progress to Resolved) for tracking follow-ups. Shareable via direct link.

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Point-of-View Indicator

POV Indicator

A visual overlay showing where each meeting participant is currently looking within the 360° scene, displayed as a labelled circle with the participant's name. Can be toggled on or off during a meeting.

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Quick Capture

Offline Recording

A recording mode that captures 360° video without an internet connection, storing footage locally on the camera for upload once connectivity is restored.

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Report

An exportable PDF document generated from the Notes, Topics, AI-Generated Summary, and/or Transcription associated with one or more assets. Users choose which elements to include. Reports can also be generated against a Checklist Template from the Workspace.

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Single Sign-On

SSO

An authentication method allowing users to log in to Avatour using their corporate identity provider (e.g. Microsoft Entra ID or Okta) via SAML 2.0. All authentication is delegated to the customer's identity provider — Avatour does not manage passwords. Available on Business and Enterprise licences.

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Snapshot

A still image captured from a live stream or recorded video during a meeting or workspace review. Snapshots can be 360° or 2D and are saved as Assets in the Workspace. A SuperFreeze Snapshot captures a higher-resolution 360° image (approximately 6K).

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Spectator

A meeting participation mode for audience members who want to observe. Spectators can follow the meeting and interact through text chat. Up to 10 Spectators can join per meeting in addition to the 20 interactive participants.

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Spotlight

A meeting tool that places a visible pointer in the 360° scene, visible to all participants and the camera operator. Used to draw the group's attention to a specific object or area on screen.

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Summary

AI-Generated Meeting Summary

An AI-generated structured overview of a recorded session, produced by analysing the audio transcription. The Summary appears in the asset's side panel and can be edited before being included in a Report.

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Topic

AI-Generated Topic

An AI-generated label identifying a key subject discussed at a specific moment in a recording, derived from the audio transcription. Topics appear in the video timeline for easy navigation to relevant moments in a long session.

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Transcription

An AI-generated full text transcript of the audio in a recorded session, time-stamped and linked to the video timeline. The foundation for Topic and Summary generation. Can be included in exported Reports.

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Turnkey Kit

Avatour Turnkey Kit

The complete hardware bundle for conducting Live Capture meetings and Quick Capture recordings: a compatible 360° camera with the Operator App pre-installed, extendable pole, tripod, Bluetooth headset, and extended battery pack. Available for purchase or as a Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) lease. Shipped globally.

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Web Console

The browser-based management interface for Host and Admin Users, accessible at avatour.live. Provides access to Workspaces, Assets, Meetings, Analytics, and Account Settings.

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Workspace

An organisational unit grouping related Assets, Meetings, Collaborators, and Reports — typically organised around a site, project, customer, or supplier. Multiple Collaborators can access a Workspace simultaneously and independently, without being in a shared meeting.

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