Films, animations & virtual visit
Science Animations
Enjoy 360° panoramas from more than 50 viewpoints in the reactor, neutron guide halls and support labs of the ILL.
Click here to taunch the Virtual Visit of the ILL (version November 2025)
Click the here for the help page
- Select a viewpoint on the map
- Move around the area by rotating the image with the cursor
- Jump from one viewpoint to another by clicking a hotspot
Here a list of the panoramas included in the Virtual Visit of the ILL as released in December 2024. The links given in the table below are for the default orientation and zoom level of each panorama. E.g.: <https://www.ill.eu/current-virtualvisit/#LADI_inside>
You can also directly obtain the orientation/zoom level of your choice by appending to the URL the parameters transfered to your clipboard by a click on the button: <https://www.ill.eu/current-virtualvisit/LADI_inside,108.0,11.6,60.9,4>
List of panorama included in the virtual visit
| NODE | URL to be used + optional parameters | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Exteriors | ||
| Restaurant | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#Restaurant | The landscape from the roof of the main ILL building - 2024 |
| Science_building | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#Science_building | The landscape from the roof of the main ILL building - 2024 |
| Reactor Level D | ||
| PF2 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#PF2 | Reactor upper level: PF2 - Ultracold neutron facility - 2024 |
| Reactor level C | ||
| HFR_guards | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#HFR_guards | From beside the guardian desk of the reactor - 2025 |
| D19 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D19 | Reactor hall: from the zone of D19 (crystal and fiber diffractometer) - 2010 |
| D2B | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D2B | Reactor Hall: from the experimental zone of D2B (high-resolution powder diffractometer) - 2021 |
| D20 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D20 | Reactor Hall: from the experimental zone of D20 (powder diffractometer) - 2021 |
| D3_D9 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D3_D9 | Reactor Hall: from between D9 (single crystal diffractometer) and D3 (polarised neutron diffractometer) - 2021 |
| GRANIT_UCN | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#GRANIT_UCN | Reactor Hall: from beside the Ultra Cold Neutron source of GRANIT (gravitational spectrometer) - 2010 |
| H1H2_pool | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#H1H2_pool | Reactor Hall: from the H1H2 platform overhanging PANTHER (time-of-flight spectrometer) - 2021 |
| H6_beam | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#H6_beam | Reactor Hall: from beside the H6 beam (its instruments are now decommissioned) - 2021 |
| IH3_platform | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IH3_platform | Reactor Hall: from the IH3 platform (formerly the BRISP location) - 2021 |
| IN20 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN20 | Reactor Hall: from the zone of IN20 (three-axis spectrometer) - 2006 |
| Panther | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#Panther | Reactor Hall: from beside PANTHER (time-of-flight spectrometer) and IN20 (three-axis spectrometer) - 2021 |
| PN1_D4 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#PN1_D4 | Reactor Hall: from the platform of PN1 (fission fragments) beside D4 (liquid diffractometer) and LAGRANGE (TAS spectrometer) - 2021 |
| PN1_IN8 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#PN1_IN8 | Reactor Hall: from the platform of PN1 (fission-fragment spectrometer) beside IN8 (TAS) and D20 (powder diffractometer) - 2021 |
| PN1_REDmag | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#PN1_REDmag | Reactor Hall: from the RED magnet housing of PN1 (fission-fragment spectrometer) - 2006 |
| Ricochet | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#Ricochet | Reactor Hall: from beside IN20 (three-axis spectrometer) and RICOCHET (neutrino experiment not yet installed) - 2021 |
| SUN_D9 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SUN_D9 | Reactor Hall: from between GRANIT (gravitational spectrometer), SUN (UCN source) and D9 (single crystal diffractometer) - 2021 |
| ThALES | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#ThALES | Reactor Hall: from the zone of ThALES (three-axis spectrometer) - 2016 |
| Guide hall 1 (ILL7) | ||
| CT1_T13C | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#CT1_T13C | Guide hall 1: from between the test benches CT1 (detector) and T13C (neutron optics) - 2023 |
| D11 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D11 | Guide hall 1: from the wall beside the sample area of D11 (small angle scattering) - 2016 |
| D007 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D007 | Guide hall 1: from the instrument area of D007 (diffuse scattering spectrometer) - 2025 |
| D23 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D23 | Guide hall 1: from the instrument area of D23 (two-axis diffractometer for single-crystals) - 2023 |
| D33_IN16B | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D33_IN16B | Neutron Guide Hall 1: from between D33 (small angle scattering instrument) and IN16B (backscattering spectrometer) - 2021 |
| DALI_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#DALI_inside | Guide hall 1: from inside the cabin of DALI (Laue diffractometer) - 2023 |
| FIGARO_D17 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#FIGARO_D17 | Guide hall 1: from between FIGARO and D17 (neutron reflectometers) - 2021 |
| FIGARO_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#FIGARO_inside | Guide hall 1: from inside the shield enclosing FIGARO (neutron reflectometer) - 2009 |
| FIPPS_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#FIPPS_inside | Guide hall 1: from inside the cabin of FIPPS (fission product gamma-ray spectrometer) - 2025 |
| H112_footbridge | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#H112_footbridge | Guide hall 1: from the footbridge above the guide H112, beside the instrument test zone - 2021 |
| IN16B | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN16B | Guide hall 1: from beside the sample area of IN16B (backscattering spectrometer) - 2021 |
| IN16B_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN16B_inside | Guide hall 1: from inside the sample and analyser chamber of IN16B (backscattering spectrometer) - 2019 |
| IN22 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN22 | Guide hall 1: from the experimental zone of IN22 (three-axis spectrometer) - 2009 |
| IN5_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN5_inside | Guide hall 1: from inside the detector tank of IN5 (time-of-flight spectrometer) - 2010 |
| IN5_sample | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN5_sample | Guide hall 1: from the top of the beam shielding of IN5 (time-of-flight spectrometer) - 2006 |
| LADI_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#LADI_inside | Guide hall 1: from inside the cabin of LADI (Laue diffractometer) - 2024 |
| OrientExpress | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#OrientExpress | Neutron Guide Hall 1: from between OrientExpress (Laue diffractometer) and D10 (single crystal diffractometer) - 2021 |
| Pf1B_D10 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#Pf1B_D10 | Guide hall 1: from above the neutron guide of D10+ (4-circle neutron diffractomer) - 2023 |
| PF1B_D1B | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#PF1B_D1B | Guide hall 1: from the wall between PF1B (nuclear physics facility) and D1B (powder diffraction) - 2012 |
| S18 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#S18 | Guide hall 1: from inside the housing of S18 (neutron interferometer) - 2009 |
| SALSA | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SALSA | Guide hall1: from beside SALSA (strain scanner) - 2023 - Warning: FIPPS was moved in 2025 |
| SAM_D33 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SAM_D33 | Guide hall 1: from between the sample areas of SAM and D33 (small angle scattering) - 2024 |
| T3 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#T3 | Guide hall 1: from the instrument area of T3 (test bench) beside IN5 (time-of-flight spectrometers) - 2025 |
| Guide hall 2 (ILL22) | ||
| D16_SuperADAM | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D16_SuperADAM | Guide Hall 2: from between SuperADAM (reflectometer) and D16 (diffractometer) - 2024 |
| D22 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D22 | Guide Hall 2: from the experimental zone of D22 (small angle scattering instrument) - 2021 |
| D22_WASP | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#D22_WASP | Guide Hall 2: from between D22 (small angle scattering instrument) and WASP (spin echo spectrometer) - 2021 |
| IN15 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN15 | Guide Hall 2: from the experimental zone of IN15 (spin echo spectrometer) - 2016 |
| IN15_walkway | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#IN15_walkway | Guide Hall 2: from the walkway above IN15 (spin echo spectrometer) - 2016 |
| NeXT | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NeXT | Guide Hall 2: from beside NeXT (neutron and X-ray tomographe), SuperSUN & panEDM (UCN source and exp.) - 2023 |
| NeXT_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NeXT_inside | Guide Hall 2: from inside NeXT (neutron and X-ray tomographe) - 2023 |
| SuperSUN | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SuperSUN | Guide Hall 2: from the zone of SuperSUN (ultra-cold neutron source) - 2021 |
| WASP | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#WASP | Guide hall 2: from beside WASP (neutron spin echo spectrometer) - 2021 |
| WASP_inside | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#WASP_inside | Guide hall 2: from the sample position of WASP (spin echo spectrometer) - neutron flight chamber removed - 2018 |
| Support labs | ||
| SDN | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SDN | From inside the laboratory of the ILL detector service (SDN) - 2024 |
| SON_EVE | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SON_EVE | From inside the EVE multilayer laboratory of the ILL neutron optics service (SON) - 2024 |
| SON_Hard_X | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SON_Hard_X | From inside the hard Xray facility of the ILL neutron optics service (SON) - 2024 |
| SON_PI | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#SON_PI | From inside the PI multilayer laboratory of the ILL neutron optics service (SON) - 2024 |
| Tyrex_2 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#Tyrex_2 | Guide Hall 2: from beside Tyrex-2 (polarised helium-3 fill station) - 2023 |
| Inside the neutron guide blockhouses | ||
| NGHall1_1 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGHall1_1 | From the hall 1 inside the neutron guide casemate H1H2 (Chartreuse side) - 2025 |
| NGHall1_2 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGHall1_2 | From the hall 1 inside the neutron guide casemate H1H2 (Chartreuse side) - 2025 |
| NGHall1_3 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGHall1_3 | From the hall 1 inside the neutron guide casemate H1H2 (Chartreuse side) - 2025 |
| NGHall1_4 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGHall1_4 | From the hall 1 inside the neutron guide casemate H1H2 (Vercors side) - 2025 |
| NGHall1_5 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGHall1_5 | From the hall 1 inside the neutron guide casemate H1H2 (Vercors side) - 2025 |
| NGReac_H1H2 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGReac_H1H2 | From the reactor hall inside the neutron guide casemate H1H2 - 2025 |
| NGReac_H5 | https://virtual-visit.ill.fr#NGReac_H5 | From the reactor hall inside the neutron guide casemate H5 - 2025 |
Access to previous versions
Older versions of the virtual tour can be found on the ILL intranet. (restricted access)