System for advertising on a network by displaying advertisement objects in a virtual three-dimensional area

Abstract

An advertising method on a network comprises displaying a plurality of advertisement objects in a virtual three-dimensional area, and allowing a user to select at least one of the plurality of advertisement objects. Moreover, the present invention relates to an advertisement method of additionally displaying a representation of a user, wherein the representation can be used by the user to move around the virtual three-dimensional area and to select at least one of the plurality of objects. Particularly, an Internet advertisement system uses virtual reality spaces based on three-dimensional graphics, wherein three-dimensional virtual reality programs are provided through an Internet home page. Also, virtual Web signboards, virtual Web advertising balloons (ad-balloons) and virtual Web shops move in a three-dimensional perspective representation manner with the movement of a specific character within a selected one of the virtual reality spaces as if they were really present around the character. This up-to-date advertisement technique is very effective in attracting consumers' attention and enabling consumers to have a higher respectable degree of recognition of advertisements on the Internet.

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