As more colleges feature virtual campus tours online, prospective students can explore a school’s grounds without ever setting foot on campus, the Huffington Post reports. It’s no secret students want to check out the lay of a school’s land prior to applying. However increasingly, parents and students posses less money and time to pile into the family car and drive cross country for physical visits to a lengthy list of schools. Colleges are seeing the potential pay-offs online tour services can have for their recruitment efforts. Digital formats eliminate the restraints time, cost [1] and attention spans present. The growing popularity of colleges’ virtual tours is relieving some of the financial burden prospective students face when planning visits to distant college campuses…