Simulating touch in a virtual envrionment

A method comprising,

• displaying an item included in a listing for a network-based marketplace in a virtual environment;
• receiving a texture signature associated with the item;
• determining a haptic output associated with the texture signature;
• and
• causing at least one touch simulator to output the haptic output simulating a texture of the item.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• displaying an item included in a listing for a network-based marketplace in a virtual environment;
• receiving a texture signature associated with the item;
• determining a visual representation associated with the texture signature;
• and
• causing a visual display to output the visual representation associated with the texture signature.