Systems and methods for conserving computing resources 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, each image including one or more virtual objects;
• 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;
• determine a real time computing resource usage of the online shopping session at different times during the online shopping session;
• adjust a quality of the display of the virtual shopping environment;
• cause the display of at least one of the virtual objects at a first, reduced resource consumption setting to conserve computing resources in response to a determination that the resource usage exceeds a predetermined limit;
• and
• cause the display of the at least one virtual object at a second, higher resource consumption setting in response to a determination that the resource usage does not exceed the predetermined limit.