Japan to buy virtually from 2020

The Tokyo-based company team S has now developed a virtual reality system that allows people to enter the shop digitally and shop in real life.

The so-called full-scale service is set to launch in 2020, when the new 5G telecommunications standard becomes available. The President of team S, Akira Takashima, wants to use the new system to create a next-generation online shopping platform. To round off the shopping experience, he is planning an AI that advises customers and guides them through the shop.

However, the image that customers see when they put on the glasses is not a simple simulation. The system shows real live images from the relevant shops. The shops then deliver the selected and ordered goods to the customer's door. The practical thing about this is that the owners do not have to open a separate online shop, which often takes up a lot of time and money.

Team S is currently testing the system together with a large Japanese communications company. The first trial will start on 25 July in shops in Ishikawa Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture. Two cameras help to create a 3D image of the shop. By 2020, team S wants to recruit numerous shops for the system and set up a complete online shopping service.

Source: Sumikai