VR eCommerce

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VR eCommerce

• By Mike Pigott and Ryan Jerchau

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The Project

• Exploring VR eCommerce systems using existing
  technology to fill todays needs.
• Using Quicktime VR and Servlets/JSPs to create a
  new customer experience
• Destination shopping
• In store panoramas
• Object rotations on key items

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What Were Doing Right Now

• Working with the Town of Saratoga.
• Creating a destination based on Saratogas main
  strip, Broadway
• Making a prototype eCommerce interface with
  Celtic Treasures and Mabou

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What Does This Have To Do With NetProg?!?!?!11??!

• Earlier in the semester we made a proof of
  concept prototype
• Used Amazon.coms web services to provide
  eCommerce style functionality
• Allowed rapid development

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In Search of an E-Commerce Platform

• Our Solution Must Co-Exist With Existing
  e-Commerce Systems
• Avoid Reinventing an e-Commerce System
• Search for an Existing, Fully Functional Platform

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Amazon E-Commerce Service

• Amazons Entire e-Commerce Platform, Available
  Via Web Services
• http//aws-beta.amazon.com/AWSAlexa/AWSAlexa.wsdl

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Apache Axis

• Java Web Services Toolkit
• Considered to be the Next Generation of Apache
  SOAP
• Built with a WSDL ? Java Translator

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The New ECS Interface
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Using the Web Service

• //Sets the search information
• itemIds0 itemId
• responseGroups0 "ItemAttributes"
• responseGroups1 "Images"
• requests0 new ItemLookupRequest()
• requests0.setItemId(itemIds)
• requests0.setResponseGroup(responseGroups)
• searchInfo.setSubscriptionId(config.getProperty("a
  ws.subscriptionID"))
• searchInfo.setRequest(requests)
• //Performs the lookup
• try
• response port.itemLookup(searchInfo)
• catch (RemoteException e)
• throw new UrpException("Unable to perform
  search", e)

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Getting the Response

• //The ItemAttributes Response Group
• dvdInfo response.getItems(0).getItem(0).getItemA
  ttributes()
• //The Images Response Group
• dvdImage response.getItems(0).getItem(0).getMedi
  umImage()
• dvd new DVD()
• dvd.setActors( dvdInfo.getActor() )
• dvd.setDirectors( dvdInfo.getDirector() )
• dvd.setPrice( dvdInfo.getListPrice().getFormattedP
  rice() )
• dvd.setReleaseDate( dvdInfo.getReleaseDate() )
• dvd.setStudio( dvdInfo.getStudio() )
• dvd.setTitle( dvdInfo.getTitle() )
• dvd.setUpc( dvdInfo.getUPC() )
• if (dvdImage ! null)
• Image image
• new Image(
• dvdImage.getURL(),
• dvdImage.getWidth().getValue(),

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Using Servlets and JSPs

• Servlets
• Used to parse and validate requests
• Perform the actual Web Searches
• JSPs
• Display the Query Results
• Book Information
• DVD Information
• Error Messages

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Other Web Services

• Amazon
• Shopping Cart Functionality
• Federal Express
• Estimate Shipping Cost
• Google
• Search for Competing Retailers and Prices

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Demo!

• http//pigotm.stu.rpi.edu/vr_ecommerce