Apparatus and method of conducting a transaction in a virtual environment

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of training a user in a virtual environment, including: maintaining, using a training engine of a computer system, a plurality of training materials, educational information, tests, or information pertaining to training in merchandising of a merchandising application stored in a thematic content database of a training database; wherein the training engine is connected to a thematic application engine of a thematic application of the computer system, and communicates to the thematic application engine via an artificial intelligence engine of the computer system; providing for a user, using the training engine, information including a plurality of written material, tests, accounting projections, what-if scenarios, videos, or platforms for live discussions or chat sessions using a chat technology component connected to the thematic application; and storing in the thematic content system database of the training database, the information provided for the user by the training engine.

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