Title: Remote Online Shopping System with 360-Degree Streaming and Spherical Display

Main Contributor: Jana Hoffard, Shio Miyafuji, Sora Takeuchi

Abstract

In traditional on-site shopping, communication with sales staff and interactions with friends or family members play a major role in selecting products and sometimes lead to unexpected discoveries. On the other hand, in online shopping, the lack of communication often leads consumers to make purchases with a predetermined mindset. This is due to the tendency to select the same products or rely on recommendation algorithms, which reduce opportunity for spontaneous product discovery. To address this, we proposes a remote online shopping interface that offers an experience similar to shopping in physical stores, even for online users, by utilizing 360-degree streaming and a spherical display located in the store. We implemented a prototype and present a demonstration. The demonstration shows that the 360-degree footage displayed on the spherical screen made it easier for sales staff to understand the customer’s focus and intent.

Citarion format

  1. S. Miyafuji et al., “Remote Online Shopping System with 360-Degree Streaming and Spherical Display,” 2025 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), Saint Malo, France, 2025, pp. 777-779, doi: 10.1109/VRW66409.2025.00157