Systems and methods for progressively displaying images in a viewer to create a video-like display of a rotating item

A computing system for displaying images of an item to create a display of the item on a user interface, the computing system comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage mediums storing computer-executable instructions for controlling the one or more computing systems to:
• receive a plurality of datasets,
• wherein the plurality of datasets includes an initial dataset and one or more subsequent datasets, the initial dataset being received at least in part before the reception of the subsequent datasets,
• wherein the initial dataset includes initial images of a gemstone, each of the initial images depicting the gemstone at a different perspective around an axis of rotation, the perspectives of the initial images being spaced apart around the axis of rotation between one and 360 degrees, and
• wherein each subsequent dataset includes subsequent images of the gemstone, each of the subsequent images depicting the gemstone at a different perspective around the axis of rotation between one and 360 degrees compared to the initial images and compared to other subsequent images, the perspectives of the subsequent images being spaced between the perspectives of the initial images;
• and
• progressively display each of the initial and subsequent images in a viewer,
• wherein at least some of the initial images are displayed before receiving the entirety of the one or more subsequent datasets, and
• wherein the viewer interleaves the display of each of the subsequent images with the initial images by displaying initial images and subsequent images in order of increasing or decreasing angular perspective around the axis of rotation;
• and
• one or more processors for executing the computer-executable instructions stored in the one or more computer-readable storage mediums.