About This Site
The purpose of "The Real North Dakota Project" and the RealND.com website is twofold:
#1 The RealND.com website was constructed so that web surfers, the world over, can have the opportunity to experience the beautiful North Dakota, the progressive North Dakota, the REAL North Dakota. This site's purpose is to show people what the state of North Dakota is really like, as we find that most people, that have never had the pleasure of visiting North Dakota, have wild and sometimes strange misconceptions about our state. Most people have the funny idea that North Dakota means frigidly cold temps and barren flat lands, as this is what they hear and see in the media. This couldn't be further from the truth.
"The Real North Dakota Project" will serve to counter act these negative misconceptions about our state by allowing web surfers, the world over, to not just see what North Dakota is really like, but to actually immerse themselves in our state via the magic of 360° Virtual Reality Tours. Hopefully web surfers will come away from the RealND.com website with a changed attitude about the state of North Dakota - how could they not, once they see for themselves the beautiful landscapes, the developing cities, the quaint and charming "small towns", and the plentiful attractions and historical sites that "The Real North Dakota Project" will soon come to feature.
#2 The RealND.com website will serve as North Dakota's first "Virtual Tour Link Bank" for all other North Dakota promotional websites, no matter the size. By linking directly to individual virtual tours contained within the RealND.com website, other North Dakota websites can fortify their content and better show their visitors whatever they may be promoting. This means that your small personal website, business website, or State sponsored website can take advantage of RealND.com's cutting edge, interactive, and immersive content to better promote a North Dakota attraction, business, product, etc. And it is all free of charge to help promote accessibility and usage. If you need help locating a particular link, let us know.
About the Author:
The RealND.com website and all it's photographic and virtual tour content is the work of one individual...local Bismarck, North Dakota resident, Scott Schauer. Scott is the most prolific virtual tour author in North Dakota history and is on a personal mission to show the world what North Dakota is all about through the use of 360° virtual tours. He realizes that a negative stereotype about his beloved state of North Dakota has been widely accepted, by not only his own country men but through out the world. Scott would like to do his part to counter act these negative misconceptions, hence the creation of the RealND.com website and "The Real North Dakota Project".
How it all started....
Scott Schauer had the idea for the www.RealND.com website back in 2001...it would be a website that would show the world the truth about North Dakota and, once and for all, put an end to the wild misconceptions that others have about his beloved state by actually showing them North Dakota. But how do you show somebody an entire state? Mere photographs just wouldn't do the trick. The answer came in the form of interactive and fully immersive 360 degree virtual tours. On January 1, 2003, Scott began devoting his full time efforts to promoting North Dakota through "The Real North Dakota Project".
Where is this all going...
Scott Schauer has stated that he would like to see virtual tours added to the RealND.com website and "The Real North Dakota Project" until it is positively deemed the largest single collection of virtual tours in the world, having the effect of creating additional positive national media coverage for the state of North Dakota and that contained within its boundaries.
RealND.com...The Truth is Out There