3D Product Presentation Online: the Virtual Design Exhibition

VRML offers a high potential for product presentation: Instead of regarding flat, static pictures, configurable and animated 3D models embedded in entertaining environments provide a new way of product presentation. But seriously using VRML for this application domain means facing several challenges. We discuss these issues by using the Virtual Design Exhibition as a showcase. In this exhibition seven interior design companies show products with high aesthetic quality. We discuss how these aesthetics influence the VRML presentation and give some guidelines resulting from our experience. CR Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation] Multimedia Information, Systems - Artificial realities H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation] User Interfaces - Screen design, I.3.6 [Computer Graphics] Methodology and Techniques - Interaction techniques