Application Of VR And GIS Technology In Product Web Exhibition System

Electronic Commerce, EC for short, is a new business running way that arose in America and Canada countries in 1990s. Generally speaking, it realized the whole trading activity electronic. EC has many advantages, such as breaking the time and location restriction, low cost, high efficiency, virtual reality etc. Among these merits, virtual reality means that consumers don't see a real product, but only images and word illustration about it when they are ordering on the Internet, and that is the way to get information of products through EC process. While Internet becomes popular, competition of EC is much fierce. How to show products'exterior and functions really, and supply abound and clear service and selling information will be an important step in strengthening companies'market competency.Nowadays, information on EC web page is mainly embodied in two-dimensional spatial elements, such as words, photos, images, sound, animations etc., which are no longer able to satisfy consumers'sensible requirement. Then Virtual Reality, which describes three-dimensional spatial web page, appeared. Virtual Reality builds a virtual real world by high computer technology, in which participators have a real feeling as if in the real world. At the same time, with Geographic Information technology, to make geographic information and products'data visual and add them to product exhibition system will enrich companies'EC information and strengthen their market competency.By combining Virtual Reality and Geographic Information System with web page technology, to annotate products from both visual and attributive sides will not only help clients to know products much better, but also help companies to obtain special advantages in exhibiting, interacting, rich information, persuading and so on.This thesis mainly studied a company's selling exhibition stage, on which clients can check and operate products really, and know their exterior and functions from all directions; furthermore, clients can get relative products'market information conveniently, such as selling and repairing sites'map, current goods in stock,...