DESC:Field of Invention
The present invention relates to the field of virtual interactive environment. More specifically to hot spot technology based virtual interactive environment. In particular, the invention relates to a system and method for retrieving information of an object or an area of interest in the virtual interactive environmentbased on dynamic hotspot technology.
Background
The advent of internet and world wide web has given a substantial impetus to the areas of business and commercial transactions. Earlier,a person had to physically present himself or herselfto conduct any kind of commercial transactions. But with the advancement in technology, life has been easier for the user wherein the user is able to access all the information from his place of convenience. There are many web pages which allow the user to browse through the pages and purchase their merchandise without ever leaving the computer terminal. However, these web pages are limited in their choices and also the user has to open a new web page each time,which is cumbersome. Also, these business/location provide descriptions of the products, but the user can only view the static images of the goods without getting a “real feel” of the product. Hence there is a need for a means to enhance the experience of the users relating to a business or location.
In the recent past virtual reality has proved to be a boon to online shoppers. Virtual reality is a computer technology that replicates an environment, real or imagined, and simulates a user’s physical presence and environment to allow for user interaction. Virtual realities artificially create sensory experience. The virtual reality interface allows users to access this virtual reality and “walk through” the interface using specific controls. Many businesses, such as retail shops, restaurants, institutions and commercial establishments, along with virtual reality use 360 degree panoramic images to showcase their business environment to their online visitors.
US 8069095 provides a method for a user to shop online in a three dimensional virtual reality setting by receiving a request at ashopping server to view a shopping location, and displaying the shopping location to the user’s computer in a 3D interactive simulation via a web browser to emulate a real life shopping experience to the user.
Another prior art (WO 2005041099) provides a method for making a virtual business/location for use in shopping on-line includes the steps of digitally imaging using a digital imaging device.
Another prior art (CN 102496331 )provides for a virtual interactive display method for a scenic area. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) setting a plurality of scenic area scenic spots on a l scenic area map as key points, wherein the key points are displayed by using pictures or videos; and (2) displaying a traveling route between one key point and another key point by using the video, wherein preferably, the pictures or the videos of the key points are displayed in a panoramic mode or a three-dimensional (3D) mode.
However, the existing online platforms provide panoramic virtual tours that allow the visitors to only walk-through and view their environment and are not interactive enough to get more information of any specific object or an area viewable by the user in the virtual tour. In a physical environment, a guide at the venue may provide details/information for a query by the visitor. However, in a virtual tour scenario, the visitor, not being familiar with the environment, may not find the right objects or area of interest with required details as they are not tagged. This makes the virtual tour non-interactive and hence does not serve the purpose for the visitors. Also, the aforementioned applications provide static screen shots in the virtual environment. Accordingly, there remains a need for creating an interactive environment for visitors to retrieve information of an object or area of interest in a virtual environment of an online platform.
The present invention offers a solution by providing for a virtual interactive environment through a hotspot based technology to the user, wherein the user can walk through the virtual business/location which provides a panoramic view of the business/location and allows the user to retrieve the information of an object or area of interest.
Summary of invention
Accordingly, the present invention provides, a system to retrieve information of an object or an area in an interactive virtual environment wherein the object or the area of interest is identified by dynamic hotspots through a marker icon or a polygon object in the virtual environment and displaying stored information in a window; wherein the information is retrieved in a 360° panoramic virtual environment; wherein a layer of hotspots is associated with the object or area in 360° panoramic virtual environment. The system comprises databases which further comprises tour database, editor database, tour management module, navigation module and hotspot module to retrieve the information; wherein the hotspot module enables tagging the object or the area through the marker icon or polygon object to retrieve the information. The system can be accessed through a mobile phone, computer, tablet a smart television or a virtual reality gadget. The invention also provides for a method to retrieve information of the object or area in an interactive virtual environment wherein the method comprises acts of accessing database through the system, identifying the object or area of interest to the user in the virtual environment by dynamic hotspot technology through a marker icon or a polygon object and retrieving stored in a window on the object or area identified through the marker icon or a polygon object.

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The features of the present invention can be understood in detail with the aid of appended figures. It is to be noted however, that the appended figures illustrate only typical embodiments of this invention and are therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope for the invention.
Figure 1 illustrates an environment view of a system for providing an interactive virtual environment according to an embodiment herein;
Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of a system for providing an interactive virtual environment that is deployed in the environment as depicted in Figures 1 according to an embodiment herein;
Figure 3 illustrates a flow diagram for calculating model coordinates in order to create a dynamic hotspot for an object inside a 360° panoramic view according to an embodiment herein;
Figure 4A illustrates an exemplary view of creation of hotspots for objects/area in a frame ofthe panorama image according to an embodiment herein;
Figures 4B–4C illustrate exemplary views of a navigation panel with sections on the frame to enable the user to navigate through the interactive virtual environment, according to an embodiment herein;
Figures 5A-5B illustrate a flow diagram for steps followed to create sections in the virtual environment for easy navigation, according to an embodiment herein;
Figure 5C is a flow diagram illustrating a method of creating polygon hotspots for an object/area in a 360° panoramic view according to an embodiment herein;
Figure 5D is a flow diagram illustrating a method of linking of hotspots menu with the hotspot panel database covering the details specific to the corresponding hotspot, in accordance with an embodiment;
Figure 6 illustrates an exploded view of a server of figure 1, according to an embodiment herein; and
Figure 7 illustrates a schematic diagram of a computer architecture of a user device, in accordance with the embodiments herein.
Detailed description of the invention:
The foregoing description of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purpose of illustration. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed as many modifications and variations are possible in light of this disclosure for a person skilled in the art in view of the figures, description and claims. It may further be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular “a” “an” and “the” include plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by person skilled in the art.
As mentioned, there remains a need for a system and a method for providingan interactive virtual environment in an online platform. The system and the method disclosed herein uses dynamic hotspot technology to enable a user to retrieve information associated with an object or area in the interactive virtual environment displayed to the user and provides the interactive virtual environment. As used herein the term “dynamic hotspot technology” refers to a process used to mark an area or an object through graphics (such as a marker icon or a polygon object), which when clicked activates a function to display a separate window of information (i.e. details, a video, an image, etc.). Further, the system enables the user to go directly to a specific section of the business that matches the user point of interest. A navigation drop down menu (i.e. a navigation panel) with sections and subsections are shown on the business iFrame for the user access. Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to Figures 1 through 7, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown preferred embodiments.
The present invention is in relation to a system and method to retrieve information of an object or an area of interest in an interactive virtual environment wherein the object or the area of interest is identified by dynamic hotspots through a marker icon or a polygon object in the virtual environment and displaying stored information in a window on the identified object or area.
In an embodiment of the virtual interactive system, the information is retrieved in 360° panoramic virtual environment.
In another embodiment of the virtual interactive system, a layer of hotspots is associated with the object or the area on 360° panoramic virtual environment.
In yet another embodiment of the virtual interactive system, the system comprises database and database further comprises of tour database, editor database, tour management module, navigation module and hotspot module to retrieve the information
In another embodiment of the virtual interactive system, the hotspot module enables tagging the object or the area through the marker icon or polygon object to retrieve the information.
In another embodiment of the virtual interactive system, the system(200) is positioned and accessed through a device selected from a group comprising mobile phone, computer, tablet, smart television, Virtual Reality gadgets and the like.
The present invention also provides for a methodof retrieving information of an object or an area in an interactive virtual environment, wherein the said method comprising acts of
a) accessing database through the system and
b) identifying the object or area of interest to the user in the virtual environment by dynamic hotspot technology through a marker icon or a polygon object and
c) retrieving the stored information in a window on the object or area identified through the marker icon or a polygon object.
In an embodiment of the invention, the information retrieved by the said method is obtained in a 360° panoramic interactive virtual environment.
In another embodiment of the invention, the database is accessed through a device.
In another embodiment of the invention the device is housed with system (200), selected from a group comprising mobile phone, computer, tablet, smart television, Virtual Reality gadgets and the like.
Figure 1 illustrates an environment view 100 of a system for providing an interactive virtual environment, according to an embodiment herein. The environment view 100 includes a user 102, a user device 104, a network 106, and a server 108. In an example scenario, the user 102 may access the user device 104 to login to an online platform and the user 102 may be displayed a 360° panoramic view. When the user 102 clicks on an object in a panoramic view on an online platform, the system of the present technology enables the user 102 to retrieve details of the object, watch multimedia clip, or link to any other option about the object of the 360° panoramic view. The user device 104 retrieves information on the object of the 360° panoramic view from the server 108 via the network 106. In one embodiment, the user device 104 may be selected from a group comprising a mobile phone, a computer desktop, a laptop, a tablet, or a smart TV. In one embodiment, the network 106 may be a wired network (LAN), or a wireless network (WAN). In one embodiment, the information associated with the object is displayed on a side panel over an iFrame. In one embodiment, all the objects details are stored in a single database. In an embodiment, the system for providing the interactive virtual environment is employed within the user device 104. In another embodiment, the system is employed within the server 108.
Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of a system 200 for providing an interactive virtual environment that is positioned in the user device (104) of the environment view as depicted in Figure 1 according to an embodiment herein. The system 200 includes a database 202 including a tour database 206 and an editor database 204, a tour management module 208, a navigation module 210 and a hotspot module 212. The tour database 206 and editor database 204 are accessed by the tour management module 208, the navigation module 210 and the hotspot module 212. The tour database 206 consists of data saved as tables with description that will be accessed by the editor, including for example, business tour database, section panel database and hotspot panel database. The business tour database may include, for example a list of businesses with details such as name, description, contact details and the like. The section panel database consists of section details with name (section/sub-section) description, specialties, multimedia links and the like. The hotspot panel database may include details of objects such as description, sizes, make, specialities, offers etc. The editor database consists of data saved using the system 200 and consists of a tour management database, a navigation database and a hotspot database. The tour management database may include, for example, data associated with a list of virtual tours with descriptions, the virtual tour launch orientations, the special effects (such as auto rotation) being given and details for viewing and accessing the tours created. The navigation database may include details of list of sections and sub-sections menu list created dynamically for the virtual tour. The hotspot database may include for example, a list of dynamic hotspots with labels created in the virtual tour. The tour management module 208 is responsible for creation of the virtual tour for businesses and linking the corresponding details of businesses to the tour from the tour management database enabling creating of an iframe (embed URL) for the tour. The iframe may be added in any external web links in any frame size by just embedding the iframe URL. Also, it provides an additional feature of auto rotate of the tour which is explained in details in later section. Using the center pan and tilt of the 360° panoramic view features, the system 200 enables the user 102 to go directly to a specific location of the venue that matches the user 102 area of interest through the navigation module 210. The navigation module 210, that is configured to section a venue, provides the orientation and direction of the section to be viewed when clicked. The section panel list created in the tour is linked with the editor’s navigation database. Further, the hotspots (marker icons or polygons) can be manipulated (moving the location, changing colors, modify, remove, link to real-time information) in the panoramic view by dynamically varying the input parameters in the editor database 204 with external functions and live information.
The hotspot module 212 is configured to tag the objects in the 360° panoramic view that identifies the tagged object either using a marker icon and/or a polygon icon (i.e. polygon hotspot) in the shape of the object. The hotspot module 212 retrieves and provides detailed information of the selected tagged object, by linking the hotspot panel database with the hotspots created in the virtual tour through the editor. A layer is created on top of the 360° panoramic view to generate the hotspots. The hotspots are created on this layer in the 360° panoramic view that takes into consideration several parameters and provides coordinates on current view of the panorama images. In one embodiment, any movement of the panoramic image is translated to the corresponding movement of the layer created; hence the hotspot is kept bound to the object marked. In one embodiment, if the object is to be tagged anywhere other than the centre pan and tilt, model co-ordinates are calculated using an object tagging module. The model co-ordinates calculated are linked to the hotspot module 212 that displays the information dynamicallyfrom the editor database 204.
Figure 3 illustrates a flow diagram for calculating model coordinates in order to create a dynamic hotspot for an object inside a 360° panoramic view according to an embodiment herein. The method starts at step 302 and parameters Pan (horizontal rotation angle corresponding to centre of the panoramic view), Tilt (vertical rotation angle corresponding to the centre of the panoramic view), screen clicked point coordinates in pixels (x,y), w (width of the image in pixels), h (height of the image in pixels), fov (current field of view angle in degrees depending on the zoom level) are given as an input at step 304. Further, specific correction factors (e1 for x, e2 for y and e3 for fov) are added to improve the location accuracy of the clicked point for hotspot before further processing. At step 306, Cartesian coordinates of vector from origin to clicked point (ax, ay and az) are calculated. At step 308, transformed vector of picked point (bx, by and bz) are calculated. At step 310, output parameters such as actual Pan and Tilt (Click Pan, and Click Tilt) corresponding to the hotspot are obtained from the transformed vector and the process ends at step 312. In one embodiment, the output parameters from the transformed vector are derived and assigned to the marker icon on the layer to create a new location for the hotspot. In one embodiment, the panorama image uses spherical coordinates (Pan (i.e., horizontal rotation angle), and Tilt (i.e., vertical rotation angle)) as the model coordinates.
Figure 4A illustrates an exemplary view 400A of creation of hotspots for objects/area in a frame of the panorama image according to an embodiment herein. The exemplary view 400A includes objects that are shoes 402, and clothing 404 with hotspots in the panorama image. The regions within the interactive virtual environment corresponding to the shoes 402 are linked to for example a polygon hotspot and regions within the interactive virtual environment corresponding to the clothing 404 are linked to for example a marker hotspot. For example, when the user 102 selects or moves the cursor over the shoes 402 at any location within the region bound by the polygon (represented by a region forms within dotted boundary), such as 403, the polygon hotspot corresponding to the shoes 402 is selected and the user 102 is allowed to retrieve the information associated with the shoes 402. Similarly, when the user 102 selects or moves the cursor over the marker hotspot 405 corresponding to the clothing 404, the user 102 is allowed to retrieve the information associated with the clothing 404. The hotspot panel database consists of the shoes and clothing details which are linked with the hotspots marked on the panorama image in the editor. In one embodiment, some functionalities added in the creation of the hotspots are (a) moving the hotspots, once the maker are created, the hotspots can be moved if there is a change in the object or the area location, hence avoiding creation of new hotspots and adding details all over again, (b) polygon hotspots take the shape of the object instead of the marker icon which enables the user 102 to easily click anywhere on the object rather than specifically on the marker icon and (c) Playing video frames in the polygon hotspot (i.e.rectangular). For example, when the user 102 moves the cursor on the computer screen within the polygon hotspot, a video may be displayed to the user 102.
Figures. 4B–4C illustrate exemplary views of a navigation panel 406 which includes the list of sections 406A on the frame to enable the user 102 to navigate through the interactive virtual environment according to an embodiment herein. The system enables the user 102 to navigate directly to a specific section of the venue / business that matches a point of interest for the user 102. When the user 102 selects the navigation panel 406, the options are displayed in the sections 406A. For example, when the user 102 selects one of the options such as “paintings” in the sections 406A, the sub-sections 406B, 406C, and 406D are displayed (shown in figure 4C) with the options of paintings such as Tanjore Paintings, Glass Paintings, Oil Paintings respectively. If the user 102 selects the Oil Paintings 406D (as shown in figure 4C) then the user 102 can directly navigate to the corresponding location in the painting section 408 without traversing through the whole venue. The section panel database consists of the paintings section details which is linked with the 360° panoramic view marked in the tour through the editor.
In one embodiment, the navigation feature includes an auto rotate feature where a 360° panoramic view automatically rotates (either in clockwise or anti-clockwise direction) at a predetermined speed in, for example, a horizontal elevation. The auto rotation feature is achieved through the following steps: (a) upon a user 102 clicking the auto rotate feature, a timer is set for ‘x’ms (configurable), (b) during every ‘x’ms, the pan parameter is increased by ‘y’ degrees, and (c) the iframe is rendered and the cycle continues. The auto rotate feature can be disabled by hovering the mouse pointer over the iFrame. Further, upon complete 360° rotation, the auto-rotation can be enabled to move from one panoramic view to another or from one section to another for better user view.
Figures 5A-5B illustrate a flow diagram for steps followed to create sections of the navigation database explained in Figures 4B-4C, in the virtual environment for easy navigation, according to an embodiment herein. The options enable sectioning of an interactive virtual environment using the following steps of (a) the section panel is opened for the virtual tour at step 502, (b) the section details including images, videos, details, and offers are added/updated for each section of the virtual tour at step 504, (c) the section panel is previewed for correctness at step 506, (d) the virtual tour sections are saved in a section database within the database 202 of system 200 at step 508, (e) the section navigation part is opened in an editor at step 510, (f) different virtual tour sections and sub-sections are added in the navigation menu at step 512, (g) the section, the sub-section are selected, then navigate across to identify the right view for the same at step 514, (h) a “change location” is selected to set the selected view (with exact orientation) as the new section/sub-section launch view at step 516, and the steps are repeated for each section and sub-section at step 518, (i) a “link” button is clicked for a section/sub-section at step 520, (j) the appropriate section is selected from the section panel corresponding to the navigate section/sub-section and submit at step 522, and the steps are repeated for each section/subsection to complete the virtual tour navigation menu and store the information in the navigation database within database 202 of system 200 at step 524.
The navigation sections/sub-sections are stored in the navigation database. In an embodiment, the mapping of navigation menu (section/sub-section) with the section panel database is done by the navigation module 210. In an embodiment, using the system 200 one can map each of the sections / sub-sections created to any external link added in the database. The external links may be for example, a link to a side panel with information/details, to a weblink, a Facebook page or just a text box.
Figure 5C is a flow diagram illustrating a method of creating polygon hotspots by the hotspot module for an object/area in a 360° panoramic view according to an embodiment herein. In an embodiment, an open-source JavaScript library may be used for drawing the polygon to create the hotspots. This JavaScript library uses a SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) recommendation and VML (Vector Markup Language) as a base for creating graphics. In an embodiment, at step 526, an SVG layer is created on top of a panorama image. At step 528, a first point of the polygon is created using the application programming interface calls of the open-source JavaScript library and hotspot marker technology method as described along with FIG. 4A. In an embodiment, at step 530, a next point around the object to be linked by a line (created by using the open-source JavaScript library) is clicked upon. At step 532 it is determined if the last point is created. If the last point is not created step 530 is repeated. At step 534, the polygon is completed by connecting the last point and first point and hence, forming a polygon. The co-ordinates (actual pan and tilt) for each of the vertices of the polygon are calculated using the model coordinates method as detailed in Figure 3, and stored together in hotspot database to create a dynamic polygon hotspot. The hotspot is saved and the properties/details of the object are filled in. The polygon hotspot may be moved across the virtual tour from one object to another object with/without any change in the properties. The polygon may also be highlighted by just hovering over the hotspot which gives a better demarcation of the object within the panoramic image.
Figure 5D is a flow diagram illustrating a method of creating and linking of hotspots menu with the hotspot panel database covering the details (e.g. images, audio, videos, description or external relevant weblinks) specific to the corresponding hotspot, in accordance with an embodiment. Similar to the linking of the navigation menu, the hotspots may also be linked in a unique way by getting the list of the objects/area to be tagged in the panorama image. This is done by navigating through a virtual tour in a specific section. At step 550, a list of different objects/areas to be tagged may be obtained from a venue / business. At step 552, the hotspot panel database for the virtual tour is created in the tour database 206 for the each object/area. At step 554, a dynamic hotspot section for the virtual tour may be opened in the editor. At step 556, a navigation menu may be clicked to go to a specific section in the virtual tour and to identify and add hotspots for the specific object/area. At step 558, to create multiple views for the same hotspot, if object/area is visible in other panoramic views, add additional hotspots (only one point in a selected panoramic view) as required and link to the corresponding hotspot database. At step 560, the object/area link is clicked to get connection details and change icon as required. At step 562 each object/area is assigned with a link within the hotspot panel database and submitted. At step 564, when the hotspot icon is clicked, object / area details will be displayed in the side panel or taken to an external link. At step 566, these details corresponding to the hotspot icon are verified for correctness. The steps are repeated for each object/area (i.e. the dynamic hotspot) to complete the virtual tour object/area display at step 568. The system disclosed herein enables modification if there is a change in the location of the objector change in the area.
Figure 6 illustrates an exploded view of a server 108 of figure 1 having a memory 602 having a set of instructions, a bus 604, and a processor 606 capable of processing a set of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies herein, according to an embodiment herein. The processor 606 may also carry out the methods described herein and in accordance with the embodiments herein.
Digital content may also be stored in the memory 602 for future processing or consumption. The memory 602 may also store program specific information and/or service information (PSI/SI), including information about digital content (e.g., the detected information bits) available in the future or stored from the past. A user of the server 108 may view this stored information on display and select an item of for viewing, listening, or other uses via input, which may take the form of keypad, scroll, or other input device(s) or combinations thereof. When digital content is selected, the processor 606 may pass information. The content and PSI/SI may be passed among functions within the server 108 using the bus 604.
The techniques provided by the embodiments herein may be implemented on an integrated circuit chip. The embodiments herein can take the form of, an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment including both hardware and software elements. The embodiments that are implemented in software include but are not limited to, firmware, resident software, microcode, etc. Furthermore, the embodiments herein can take the form of a computer program product accessible from a computer-usable or computer-readable medium providing program code for use by or in connection with a computer or any instruction execution system.
A representative hardware environment of a user device 104 for practicing the embodiments herein is depicted in figure 7. This schematic drawing illustrates a hardware configuration of an information handling/computer system in accordance with the embodiments herein.
The system disclosed herein is used for providing an interactive virtual environment to the user 102 using the dynamic hotspot technology and sectioning of the virtual environment. The system is used to retrieve information of the object in the 360° panoramic view. The system creates the interactive environment for the user 102 to retrieve information of an object/area. Since all the details associated with any entity displayed to the user 102 in the virtual environment is stored in a single database and the system enables the user 102 to perform multiple transactions using the details provided to the user through a single server 108. In the system, the side panel is shown to display the information about the object/area to the user 102. Using the navigation module 210, development of interactive virtual tour is easy for any business/venue. The navigation method provides the user 102 the real feeling of being inside the business/venue and getting to know its ambiance. Using the dynamic hotspot technology, a tool for creation of the business/venue tour, and an easy method of tagging multiple objects in the 360 degree virtual tour are provided. The system 200 disclosed herein reduces the time to develop a virtual interactive business tour. The dynamic hotspot technology also provides multiple options like linking to different panels, different actions such as watching a multimedia file etc. being attached. The system 200 works flawlessly on all browsers, media devices such as a tablet, a smart phone and the like.
The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope.
,CLAIMS:We claim
1. A system (200) to retrieve information of an object or an area in an interactive virtual environment wherein,
the object or the area of interest is identified by dynamic hotspots through a marker icon or a polygon object in the virtual environment; and
displaying stored information in a window on the identified object or area to retrieve information about the object or area of interest.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information is retrieved in 360° panoramic virtual environment.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a layer of hotspots is associated with the object or the area on 360° panoramic virtual environment.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system comprises database (202); and database (202) further comprises tour database(206), editor database (204); and, tour management module (208), navigation module (210) and hotspot module (212) to retrieve the information.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hotspot module (212) enables tagging the object or the area through the marker icon or polygon objects to retrieve the information.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system is positioned and accessed through a device selected from a group comprising mobile phone, computer, tablet, smart television, Virtual Reality gadgets and the like.
7. A method of retrieving information of an object or an area in an interactive virtual environment, said method comprising acts of
a) accessing database (202) through system (200) by user (102);
b) identifying the object or area of interest to the user (102) in the virtual environment by dynamic hotspot technology through a marker icon or a polygon object; and
c) retrieving stored information in a window on the object or area identified through the marker icon or a polygon object.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the information is retrieved in 360° panoramic interactive virtual environment.
9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the database (202) is accessed by the user (102) through device (104).
10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the device (104) is housed with system (200); selected from a group comprising mobile phone, computer, tablet, smart television, Virtual Reality gadgets and the like.