JP2007226614A - Providing system of merchandise and service by world excursion using virtual reality space, its system program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To build a system which makes human behavior ranges and purchasing behaviors on a network worldwide and which displays them virtually at a three-dimensional level with high realistic sensation. <P>SOLUTION: The system is provided with: a server device 2 which obtains a virtual world in a three-dimensional virtual reality space; and a world information database 3 connected so as to be accessible from the server device 2. The world information database 3 stores real estate information 3A, world excursion information 3B, geographic information 3C and merchandise and service information 3D, respectively. The server device 2 has a virtual reality space providing means 7 which is connected with user-side client devices 5 through the network 6 so as to be able to access the virtual world under management by virtual world manager P and which displays the virtual world where a universal space with the earth existing actually as a center is created at the three-dimensional level in the three-dimensional virtual reality space image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for providing goods and services by virtual world excursion using a virtual reality space at a three-dimensional level, a system program thereof, and a recording medium.

  In recent years, as in Rakuten Ichiba, selling on the network, selecting a specific product from multiple products, placing an order, and later requesting a courier to send the product to the customer There is a system.

  However, in such a sales system, since the catalog is only presented on the site on the network, for example, it is not possible to obtain the visual satisfaction of actually going to the department store and purchasing the product. there were.

Therefore, conventionally, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is provided with a server device for realizing a virtual department store composed of a plurality of virtual stores in a virtual reality space for an existing department store, Of the plurality of virtual stores arranged in the virtual department store, each of the stores corresponding to some or all of the virtual stores is connected to each client device used via the network and purchases the products in the virtual department store. A product sales system using a virtual department store connected to a client device of a user who is a purchaser via a network has been proposed.
JP 2003-30469 A

  However, the conventional product sales system using a virtual department store can provide a visual satisfaction of actually going to a department store and purchasing a product, but for a user, a specific area on the network, such as a map information database, can be used. The area where the store / shop is located is regarded as real in the three-dimensional virtual reality space, such as searching for the nearest store based on the address information designated by the user.

  Therefore, in the past, cities around the world can freely travel around in a three-dimensional virtual reality space to search for various department stores, stores, and shops in the cities and towns of the country they want. The world-wide purchasing behavior to do is not obtained. For example, if there is a target you want, you can go inside and see it freely, and if you don't like the department store / store in that country, go out of the target, The expansion of the range of action in the virtual reality space, such as traveling around cities and towns and searching for other objects, has not yet been realized.

  Therefore, the present invention was created in view of the existing circumstances as described above, and the range of human behavior and purchasing behavior on the network is made world wide, and it is virtually displayed so that a sense of reality is overflowing. It is an object of the present invention to provide a product and service providing system by virtual world excursion using a virtual reality space capable of constructing a system for displaying at a three-dimensional level, its system program, and a recording medium.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention includes a server device that realizes a virtual world in a three-dimensional virtual reality space, and a world information database that is connected to be accessible from the server device. The information database includes real estate information including buildings, public facilities, personal property and land in cities around the world constructed by virtual world managers, world excursion information by various means of transportation, department stores and stores in each city The geographical information of the user and the product and service information for purchasing the desired product by the user are stored, and the server device allows the user to access the virtual world under the control of the virtual world administrator. Connected to the device via a network and connected to the server device via a network A three-dimensional virtual reality space is displayed by displaying a virtual world created by creating a three-dimensional space around the earth that exists in reality for three or more user-side client devices. A virtual reality space providing means for providing the product, and the virtual reality space providing means for purchasing a product and a service in the virtual world by a user-side client device based on the product and service information in the world information database, and It has a service purchase means.

  Virtual reality space provision means can search for real estate information stored in the world information database by the client device on the user side, and own the desired building / land on the virtual (on the network) by negotiation with the virtual world manager It can be.

  The virtual reality space providing means can enable the owner of the virtual real estate to link to the home page or market of the owner in the real world.

  The virtual reality space providing means can use the acquired virtual real estate on the network freely in principle within the limits of the rules established in the virtual reality space including buying and selling.

  The virtual reality space providing means may be such that all objects in the real world such as subways, railways, buses, taxis, private cars, airplanes, and ships can be moved in the virtual world in the virtual reality space.

  Virtual reality space provision means virtual world management of control and elimination of those who disturb the order of the virtual world in the virtual world, handling of troubles between users of the virtual world, traffic arrangement in the virtual world and handling of traffic accidents It is possible to have a configuration in which a virtual police can be installed as a business content that a person performs.

  In the virtual reality space providing means, the acquisition and sale of the real estate described above goes through the virtual world manager, but each user can freely negotiate and contract with each other for the lease, the sale of goods and the exchange of services after the acquisition. It is possible to set a fee.

  The virtual reality space providing means allows the user side client device to enter the buildings, public facilities, private property, and land in cities in the world of the virtual world, and access the real world there. Can be displayed.

  The virtual reality space providing means may be configured to allow social objects and social negotiations between an individual object transformed into a temporary form in the virtual world and another person's object.

  A system program for causing a computer to function a system for providing goods and services by virtual world tour using the virtual reality space according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

  It can be set as the computer-readable recording medium which recorded the system program of Claim 10.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the system which displays on a three-dimensional level on a virtual can be constructed so that a human action range and purchase action on a network may be made world wide and overflowing with a sense of reality.

  In addition, when a product is sold on a network sales site, a virtual world excursion service is provided to provide a sense of realism and visual and auditory satisfaction as if the product was actually visited the world. A feeling can be given to the user side. And if there is a desired target, you can freely enter the world and see it, and if you do not like the department store / store in that country, you can go out of the target and go back to another country. You can travel around other cities and towns to search for other objects.

  Specifically, for example, when shopping while traveling around New York's Tiffany (which can be created), each user's master takes a plane to New York's airport and then takes a taxi from the airport to Tiffany's city. You can go around, travel around the city of Tiffany, for example, find a department store or store and enter the store, the store clerk responds, the owner can freely select while looking around the store and looking at various products You can also negotiate with the store clerk for discounts on the products you want to sell.

  Further, the product and service purchasing means for purchasing goods and services in the virtual world by the virtual reality space providing means according to the present invention is a user-side client device according to the internal arrangement of a department store, a store, etc. in each city of the virtual world. Since the user can select a product and a service according to the product and service information, the sales rate of the product and service in an actual department store can be dramatically increased.

  Virtual reality space provision means can search for real estate information stored in the world information database by the client device on the user side, and own the desired building / land on the virtual (on the network) by negotiation with the virtual world manager Therefore, the visual satisfaction of owning real estate in the virtual world is obtained, and the willingness to purchase goods and services is improved.

  The virtual reality space providing means enables the owner of the virtual real estate to link to the owner's own homepage and market in the real world, so that the movement to the personal site in the virtual world is possible. In the market, for example, a desired product can be easily found and purchased at a mail order site.

  The virtual reality space providing means can use the acquired virtual real estate on the network freely in principle within the restrictions of the rules stipulated in the virtual reality space including buying and selling, so the virtual real estate in the virtual world Usability is further improved.

  The virtual reality space providing means allows all objects in the real world of subways, railways, buses, taxis, private cars, airplanes and ships to move in the virtual world in the virtual reality space. Visual satisfaction can be obtained as if the user is moving freely.

  Virtual reality space provision means virtual world management of control and elimination of those who disturb the order of the virtual world in the virtual world, handling of troubles between users of the virtual world, traffic arrangement in the virtual world and handling of traffic accidents It is now possible to set up a virtual police for the work performed by the person, so that the order in the virtual world can be properly observed.

  In the virtual reality space providing means, the acquisition and sale of the real estate described above goes through the virtual world manager, but each user can freely negotiate and contract with each other for the lease, the sale of goods and the exchange of services after the acquisition. Because it is possible to set a fee, etc., it is possible to further activate the transaction.

  The virtual reality space providing means allows the user side client device to enter the buildings, public facilities, private property, and land in cities in the world of the virtual world, and access the real world there. Since it is possible to display, it is possible to give the user a sense of reality, visual and auditory satisfaction such as actually going to the world and purchasing goods and services.

  The virtual reality space providing means has made it possible to have social and social negotiations between an individual object transformed into a virtual form and another person's object in the virtual world. improves.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Reference numeral 1 shown in the figure denotes a system main body constituting a system for providing goods and services by virtual world excursion using the virtual reality space according to the present invention. The system main body 1 is a virtual body as shown in FIG. A server device 2 for realizing a virtual world managed by the world manager P in a three-dimensional virtual reality space, and a world information database 3 connected so as to be accessible from the server device 2 are provided.

  The server device 2 is installed in the server-side computer 4 of the virtual world manager P so that the user himself / herself can access the virtual world under the management of the virtual world manager P. For example, it is connected to one or a plurality of user-side client devices 5 such as an installed general-purpose personal computer or mobile computer via a network 6 using a dedicated line such as the Internet, an intranet, an extranet, a WAN, or a LAN.

  The world information database 3 includes real estate information 3A including buildings, public facilities, private property and land in cities around the world constructed by the virtual world manager P, world tour information 3B by various means of transportation, Stores the department store / store geographic information 3C, the desired product by the user, the product for the service purchase and the service information 3D, etc., and provides each information to the accessed user side by the virtual reality space providing means 7 described later. As a thing.

  Further, in the server device 2 installed on the server-side computer 4 of the virtual world manager P, the virtual world manager P himself creates a space around the earth that exists in reality at a three-dimensional level in advance. In addition, the virtual world can be displayed by a well-known 3D virtual reality space image, thereby providing a virtual world based on the 3D virtual reality space to the user side accessed on the network 6 Means 7 are provided. In this way, the user-side client device 5 can freely access this virtual world via the network 6 under the control of the virtual world manager P.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the virtual reality space providing means 7 presents a real estate image that presents a virtual real estate image to the user side client device 5 in accordance with the real estate information 3A including buildings, public facilities, personal property, and land in the city. Means 26, world tour presentation means 27 for presenting world tour images by various means of transportation to the user side client device 5 according to the world tour information, and department store of each city to the user side client device 5 according to the geographic information 3C. -It has the geography presentation means 28 which presents geographical images, such as a shop.

  Furthermore, the virtual reality space providing means 7 is configured to display various products and services at department stores / stores in the virtual world based on the products and service information 3D stored in the world information database 3. . A product and service purchasing means 8 is provided for referring to the product and service information 3D by an input operation of the user-side client device 5 such as a general-purpose personal computer, etc., and purchasing desired products and services in the virtual world. ing.

  Next, as a specific configuration of the product and service purchase means 8, a product sales system using the following virtual department store can be employed.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the server device 2 is connected to each store-side client device 9 corresponding to a department store / store or the like in the virtual world via a network 6, and provides virtual reality space providing means. 7 is presented on the user-side client device 5 in accordance with the internal arrangement of department stores, stores, etc. in cities in the virtual world, and the user selects products and services according to the products and service information 3D.

  Specifically, the server device 2 can access the world information database 3 in which the product and service information 3D is stored, and the product and service information 3D is information that specifies a product and the like such as the product name and product number of the product and service. Of course, in addition, for example, store location information 3E in a department store, shelf location information 3F in a store, product display information 3G, product price information 3H, and the like are included.

  The virtual reality space providing unit 7 is presented by the virtual store presenting unit 21 that presents each store in the department store to the user-side client device 5 in accordance with the store arrangement in the store arrangement information 3E. Shelf presenting means 22 for presenting the shelves in each store to the user side client device 5 according to the shelf arrangement information 3F, and the products on each shelf presented by the shelf presenting means 22 according to the product display information 3G The product presentation means 23 presented in 5, the product selection means 24 that causes the user side client device 5 to select the product presented by the product presentation means 23, and the product price information 3H of the product presented by the product presentation means 23 Product introduction means 25 to be presented and introduced to the side client device 5.

  The server device 2 is connected to each store-side client device 9 via the network 6, and from each store-side client device 9, the world information database 3 installed in the server-side computer 4 of the virtual world manager P The product and service information 3D is registered in the product and service information 3D data bank.

  The virtual reality space providing means 7 interprets the three-dimensional graphics data, displays the corresponding three-dimensional virtual reality space image, reproduces the rough geographical features, and presents a famous building (law If there is a problem, use a pseudonym on the network 6) and create an original on the 3D level. These buildings include public facilities (if you have legal problems, use a pseudonym on the network 6), including privately owned buildings. Note that the three-dimensional virtual reality space may be any space that allows a pseudo experience.

  Generally, there are three-dimensional space formats such as VRML, OpenGL, DirectX, and DXF based on geometry as a method for representing a three-dimensional virtual reality space on a computer in a pseudo manner. Three-dimensional display in computer graphics is performed by constructing an imaginary three-dimensional coordinate system in the system. In addition, as a cognitive approach based on the cooperation of two-dimensional retinal images, for example, there is a format such as Apple's Quick Time-VR, etc., in order to perform a spatial expression with a more realistic presence, It can also be configured in a short time using a material such as a digital photograph taken from a real space.

  In the virtual world, there are various cities such as Tokyo, New York, Paris, London, and Beijing. All the buildings in these cities are constructed by the virtual world manager P. The user can own these buildings and lands on a virtual basis (on the network 6) by negotiation with the virtual world manager P. Moreover, the owners of such buildings and lands can use their homepages in the real world, You can link to the market. In addition, the owner can use the acquired virtual real estate on the network 6 freely in principle within the restrictions of the rules established in the virtual reality space including buying and selling.

  The virtual reality space providing means 7 allows all objects in the real world such as subways, railways, buses, taxis, private cars, airplanes and ships to move in the virtual world within the three-dimensional virtual reality space. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, an image of each user going to the airport of each country on the airplane 31 is displayed, or as shown in FIG. 5, an image of going to each city by taxi 32 from the airport is displayed. Or

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a virtual police 33 is installed in the virtual world, and its operation is performed by the virtual world manager P. The main business contents of the virtual police 33 are the control and elimination of those who disturb the order of the virtual world, the handling of troubles among users in the virtual world, the traffic control in the virtual world, the processing of traffic accidents, and the like.

  The virtual reality space providing means passes through the virtual world manager P for the acquisition and sale of real estate as described above, but each user is free to rent, buy and sell goods and exchange services after the acquisition. Negotiations, contracts, pricing, etc. should be possible.

  The virtual reality space providing means 7 is a department store / store in a country of the world in the virtual world, or a country-specific building / public facility, and private property / land, etc. The touch panel T accessible to the real world can be displayed by operating the mouse pointer of the user side client device 5 (see FIG. 2E).

  Also, the virtual reality space providing means 7 displays an object (avatar) that is an individual person who has been transformed into a virtual appearance in the virtual world, that is, an object of another person, and an object of another person in the three-dimensional virtual reality space. It allows users to have social and social negotiations in the virtual world.

  Next, an example of specific visual field formation in the three-dimensional virtual reality space image of the virtual world created by the virtual world manager P will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, the topography of the earth 10 is input into the server-side computer 4 (see FIG. 2A).

  Then, the earth 10 is divided using a spherical net-like ruled line 11 for each latitude and longitude (see FIG. 2B).

  After the division, the city 12 is constructed for each block. At this time, after closing up a specific block, for example, a city 12a in Tokyo is virtually constructed there (see FIG. 2C). For example, real estate information 3A including buildings, public facilities, personal property, and land taken with digital photographs in cities around the world, world tour information 3B by various means of transportation, geographical information of department stores and stores in each city 3C, the product and service information 3D for purchasing the desired product by the user are input by the server side computer 4 based on the information registration means (not shown) and stored in the server device 2.

  By an input operation of the user-side client device 5, the user can virtually travel around the city on a three-dimensional level (see FIG. 2D). At this time, the user's viewpoint, that is, the display image can be moved in, for example, the three-dimensional virtual reality space so that the user can see the city and the building with his / her line of sight.

  In addition, the user can enter a building in the virtual world and create a touch panel T accessible to the real world (see FIG. 2E).

  Also, in the virtual world, these anthropomorphic objects (avatars) are displayed in the virtual reality space so that the human 13 transformed into a temporary figure can have social and social negotiations with others. Make it moveable.

  In this way, the system main body 1 that can be displayed on a three-dimensional level in a virtual manner so that the range of action and purchase behavior of the human 13 on the network 6 can be made world wide and overflowing with a sense of reality can be constructed.

  That is, this virtual world creates the earth 10 or outer space at a three-dimensional level, and in this virtual world, cities 12, 12a and buildings 12b of each country are divided into blocks divided by latitude and longitude. There are virtual stores, transportation means, police 33, clerk 16, master (individual), and the like. Instead of the earth 10, it may be constructed in a space such as the moon or Mars.

  Next, an example of a virtual world three-dimensional virtual reality space image displayed on the display screen of the user-side client device 5 will be described.

  When using the virtual world, for example, when shopping while traveling around New York's Tiffany (or the name you created), as shown in FIG. An image of going to the airport is displayed.

  And as shown in FIG. 5, the image which goes to the city of Tiffany by a taxi 32 from an airport is displayed. A virtual police 33 is displayed in the city.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, an image of entering the target store 17 by finding the Tiffany, a department store, a store, or the like by traveling around the city of Tiffany in New York City is displayed. As shown in FIG. 7, the master visits the store 17 to see various products. After selecting the product, as shown in FIG. 8, the discount of the desired product is negotiated with the store clerk 16 and purchased. At this time, a shopping basket 14 for selecting and holding a product desired by the user and a column 15 for presenting various information are displayed at the end of the screen. Finally, the user decides whether or not to make a purchase for the item being sold.

  The above product charges are paid directly to the seller through the network 6. Purchased products are sent to the husband in the real world via courier or mail. In this way, the master who is each user can easily go anywhere on the earth or outer space, and in the virtual world, the same results as shopping or excursions in an actual store can be obtained virtually. It is also possible to receive various services such as purchasing tickets etc. through a travel agent.

  It should be noted that a program for causing a computer to function a product and service providing system based on virtual world tour using the virtual reality space according to the present invention, or causing a computer to execute the processing procedure of the system, or For example, a recorded computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a magneto-optical disk, a DVD-ROM, an FD, a flash memory, or a memory stick is also possible.

1 is a system configuration diagram in the best mode for carrying out the present invention. Similarly, it shows an example of a specific field of view in a three-dimensional virtual reality space image of the virtual world, (a) is an explanatory diagram showing an image in a state where the earth's topography is input into a computer, and (b) is a latitude of the earth And (c) is an explanatory diagram of a state in which a city is constructed by dividing it into blocks, (d) is an explanatory diagram of a state of virtually traveling around the city, (e) FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a state where the vehicle has entered the building. It is a system block diagram which shows the other example in the best form for implementing this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the image which each user goes to the airport of New York on an airplane. It is explanatory drawing of the image which takes a taxi from an airport to the city of Tiffany. It is explanatory drawing of the image which goes around a city and enters a department store or a store. It is explanatory drawing of the image which is circulating the inside of a shop. It is explanatory drawing of the image which is negotiating with a shop assistant.

Explanation of symbols

P Virtual world manager 1 System main body 2 Server device 3 World information database 3A Real estate information 3B World excursion information 3C Geographic information 3D Product and service information 3E Store placement information 3F Shelf placement information 3G Product display information 3H Product price information 4 Server computer 5 User side client device 6 Network 7 Virtual reality space providing means 8 Product and service purchasing means 9 Store side client device 10 Earth 11 Ruled line 12 City 12a City 12b Building 13 Human 14 Shopping basket 15 Column 16 Clerk 17 Store 21 Virtual store presentation means 22 shelf presentation means 23 product presentation means 24 product selection means 25 product introduction means 26 real estate presentation means 27 world tour presentation means 28 geography presentation means 31 airplane 32 taxi 33 virtual police

Claims (11)

  A server device that realizes a virtual world in a three-dimensional virtual reality space, and a world information database that is connected to be accessible from the server device. The world information database is constructed by a virtual world manager in each country in the world. Real estate information including buildings, public facilities, privately owned properties and land in cities, world tour information by various means of transportation, geographical information of department stores and stores in each city, products and services for users to purchase desired products Information is stored, and the server device is connected to a user-side client device via a network so that the user himself / herself can access the virtual world under the control of a virtual world administrator, and connected to the server device via a network. For one or more user-side client devices And a virtual reality space providing means for providing a 3D virtual reality space by displaying a virtual world created by creating a space in the 3D level centered on the earth that exists in reality in a 3D virtual reality space image. The virtual reality space providing means includes product and service purchasing means for purchasing a product and service in the virtual world by the user side client device based on the product and service information in the world information database. A system for providing products and services through virtual world excursions using virtual reality space.   Virtual reality space provision means can search for real estate information stored in the world information database by the client device on the user side, and own the desired building / land on the virtual (on the network) by negotiation with the virtual world manager A system for providing goods and services by virtual world excursion using the virtual reality space according to claim 1.   The virtual reality space providing means enables the owner of the virtual real estate to link to a home page or a market of the owner in the real world by using the virtual reality space according to claim 1 or 2. A system for providing goods and services through world tour   The virtual reality space providing means can use the acquired virtual real estate on the network freely in principle within the restrictions of the rules established in the virtual reality space including buying and selling and renting. A system for providing products and services through virtual world excursions using real space.   5. The virtual reality space providing means allows any object in the real world of a subway, a railroad, a bus, a taxi, a private car, an airplane, or a ship to move in the virtual reality space in the virtual reality space. A system for providing products and services through virtual world excursions using the virtual reality space described above.   Virtual reality space provision means virtual world management of control and elimination of those who disturb the order of the virtual world in the virtual world, handling of troubles between users of the virtual world, traffic arrangement in the virtual world and handling of traffic accidents A system for providing goods and services by virtual world excursion using the virtual reality space according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a virtual police can be installed as a business content performed by a person.   In the virtual reality space providing means, the acquisition and sale of the real estate described above goes through the virtual world manager, but each user can freely negotiate and contract with each other for the lease, the sale of goods and the exchange of services after the acquisition. 7. A system for providing goods and services by virtual world excursion using the virtual reality space according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein charges can be set.   The virtual reality space providing means allows the user side client device to enter the buildings, public facilities, private property, and land in cities in the world of the virtual world, and access the real world there. A system for providing goods and services by virtual world excursion using the virtual reality space according to any one of claims 1 to 7.   9. The virtual reality space providing means allows a personal object transformed into a virtual form in a virtual world and an object of another person to have social and social negotiations. A system for providing products and services through virtual world excursions using real space.   A system program for causing a computer to function a product and service providing system by virtual world excursion using the virtual reality space according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the system program according to claim 10 is recorded.

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