Patent ID: 7529690

Claim:
A system for virtual shopping, comprising: a virtual reality navigation system; and a virtual reality headgear comprising sensor, vision unit, smell generator, camera, and audio communication systems communicably coupled to the virtual reality navigation system via a wireless connection; wherein the virtual reality headgear is worn by a user for entering a virtual reality environment; wherein a user, upon wearing the headgear, causes the sensor system to active a virtual reality environment to be displayed on the vision unit of the headgear, a smell to be emitted by the smell generator, and audio to be emitted by the audio system; wherein the virtual reality navigation system further comprises: a virtual reality walkway that permits the user to physically walk on the walkway and convey information about the walk in the virtual environment to the virtual reality headgear via the wireless connection; a virtual reality steering module that permits the user to physically navigate using the steering module and convey information about the navigation to virtual aisles in the virtual environment while on the virtual reality walkway, wherein the virtual reality steering module is communicably coupled to the virtual reality walkway, and a virtual reality seating mechanism that the user can physically sit on, that creates an illusion in the virtual environment that the user is physically seated with another individual at a remote location, wherein the virtual reality seating mechanism is communicably coupled to the virtual reality walkway; wherein the user can enter the virtual environment in a sitting posture by physically sitting on the virtual reality seating mechanism or in a standing posture by standing on the virtual reality walkway; the virtual reality navigation system further comprising sensors communicably coupled to the virtual reality walkway or virtual reality seating mechanism, wherein the sensors facilitate the user interacting with the merchandise appearing in the virtual environment; and the virtual reality navigation system further comprising touch pads communicably coupled to the sensors and to the virtual reality walkway or virtual reality seating mechanism, wherein the touch pads link the user to an item for interaction with the actual item at the remote location.