Virtual Retail
Intuitive
navigation of huge databases
for web-hosted Electronic Commerce.
A virtual planet, with cities - Entertainment City, Financial City, Sports City ... we're orbiting the Retail City; floating billboards tell us what's there.
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We look around the City Center, and discover the Food Building.
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Franz, our personal assistant, offers us a choice of nationally themed cuisines. |
We choose Italian, and travel through the Italian Portal ... |
... where Franz offers us a variety of menus.
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Here's one pre-coordinated menu. Clicking on the bowl icon will give us recipes and preparation guides.
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If we'd prefer to customize our menu, we can visit an Italian Village. Here's the wine shop ... |
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... where we can view the labels and other information. |
When we've made our choices, the system prints recipes and arranges for the ingredients to be delivered to our door. It feels like exploring, not shopping! |
