摘要 |
PURPOSE: An electronic commerce system, and a device and a method for supporting merchandise purchase are provided to allow a user to know the details of a commodity selected by a user and to see how the commodity looks like when the commodity is placed in a background selected by the user. CONSTITUTION: A server(1) is connected to user terminals(4-1 to 4-N) and vendor terminals(5-1 to 5-N) via a network(3). The server(1) is also connected to a graphics engine(2). The graphics engine(2) is incorporated in the server(1). The graphics engine(2) combines the image data, a scale image and texture data indicating a background supplied from the server(1) into a final image. The graphics engine(2) is capable of rotating, expanding, or reducing a 3-dimensional image of a commodity thereby providing, for example, a change in the viewpoint associated with the image of the commodity.
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