Aunt Crystal's birthday goes on tour

Mapwing.com, a virtual tour Web site that formally launched this week, offers free virtual tours to everyone – and that means everyone.

Some popular tours at the site include "Aunt Crystal's Birthday!" – over 1,000 views; "Angus the Cat Returns!" – over 1,500 views, and "A Walk with Charlie," (Charlie is described as a "slightly overweight Corgi") – over 3,250 views.

Virtual tours are no longer just for those pristine 5-bd., 3-ba. chateaus in the countryside. Mapwing.com looks like the MySpace and YouTube of virtual touring. The site allows viewers to comment about individual tours.

While it's free to create basic tours, the site does offer paid subscriptions for more advanced tours.

Aunt Crystal probably didn't expect 1,000 virtual ”guests" at her birthday party, but it does look like a tasty cake.

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