hobbis
04-21-2006, 10:44 AM
My company has asked me to invesitigate the possibility of building an online shopping experience using a rich media platform. Not a problem I here you say? Well, the e-ccommerce backend will be updatable using jpeg images etc, and they would like a 3D feel to it (!) so that you really feel as though are in a shop....hmmm. I said gimme two weeks and I'll see what I can find.
So, after a few days scouring the net for anything vaguely similiar, I have found nothing that hits the spot. Plenty of 3D models to look at, such as rotating mobile phones, but this is not practical as each client will have to build the 3D model themselves! What they're looking for is minimal effort for the client, using the same content they already have in their existing e-commerce system (such as images and text), then transforming this into a rich media version of the shop!
The key here is the 'virtual shopping experience' element of it.
Any thoughts or ideas? Is it worth the hassle? I have played around with 3d classes and Swift 3D but has anyone ever tried this before? Can Director do it?
Thanks in advance.
So, after a few days scouring the net for anything vaguely similiar, I have found nothing that hits the spot. Plenty of 3D models to look at, such as rotating mobile phones, but this is not practical as each client will have to build the 3D model themselves! What they're looking for is minimal effort for the client, using the same content they already have in their existing e-commerce system (such as images and text), then transforming this into a rich media version of the shop!
The key here is the 'virtual shopping experience' element of it.
Any thoughts or ideas? Is it worth the hassle? I have played around with 3d classes and Swift 3D but has anyone ever tried this before? Can Director do it?
Thanks in advance.