Systems and methods for adjusting the display quality of an avatar during an online or virtual shopping session

A system for providing an online shopping experience that conserves computing resources, the system comprising:

• a shopping server configured to receive a user request to view a virtual shopping environment comprising a plurality of virtual shopping images;
• a control circuit configured to cause the display of at least one of the plurality of virtual shopping images on a user computer in an interactive simulation view to emulate a real-life shopping experience for the user, the virtual shopping images being transmitted from the shopping server to the user computer during an online shopping session;
• wherein the control circuit is configured to:
• navigate the virtual shopping environment;
• cause the display of an avatar in the virtual shopping environment, the avatar representing the user or representing a portion of the body of the user;
• cause the display of the avatar at a first resource consumption setting where the avatar is interacting with a product selected from a first predetermined group of products;
• cause the display of virtual shopping images at a second, reduced resource consumption setting where the avatar is not interacting with a product from the first predetermined group of products.