Housing-related commodity sales support system, housing-related commodity sales support method, housing-related commodity sales support program, and computer-readable storage medium storing such program

A housing-related commodity sales support system capable of providing information regarding a housing-related commodity to a computer of a prospective purchaser via a network system, comprising:

• a database which stores a plurality of interior display data for display of an image of a housing and including information regarding interior equipment of the housing;
• a housing data creating tool provider which, upon request from the computer of the prospective purchaser, provides, via the network system, a housing data creating tool with which housing display data, including information regarding a layout of the housing, is created;
• a browser provider that provides a browser to the computer of the prospective purchaser in response to a request from the computer, the browser enabling the prospective purchaser to view a three-dimensional display of the housing and including at least a first display performing section which displays the interior of the housing as a three-dimensional virtual space based on the housing display data, a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing, said second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser, and a third display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to select the interior equipment of the housing to be displayed in the virtual space from the plurality of interior display data;
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• a data transmitter that transmits the interior display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system in response to a request from the browser on the computer of the prospective purchaser.

A housing-related commodity sales support method for providing information regarding housing-related commodity to a computer of a prospective purchaser via a network system, comprising:

• storing housing display data for display of an image of a housing and including information regarding a layout of a housing in a database;
• receiving a request from the computer of the prospective purchaser that a browser is to be provided to the computer of the prospective purchaser, the browser including at least a first display performing section which displays an interior of the housing as a three-dimensional virtual space based on the housing display data, and a second display performing section that enables the prospective purchaser to move, within the displayed housing, a viewpoint location from which the interior of the housing is seen and to change a view of the interior of the housing in accordance with a movement of the viewpoint location, thereby providing a view as if the prospective purchaser is looking around the interior of the housing;
• said second display performing section including a viewpoint height changing section for changing the height of the viewpoint in response to a viewpoint height changing operation by the prospective purchaser,
• providing the browser to the computer of the prospective purchaser upon request therefrom;
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• transmitting the housing display data stored in the database to the computer of the prospective purchaser via the network system upon request from the browser on the computer of the prospective purchaser.