In brief
JD.com says it has launched JD.Vision, a shopping app designed for Apple Vision Pro, ahead of the device’s scheduled China release on June 28. The app lets users view virtual products in their homes, including appliances, electronics and furniture, and interact with items such as refrigerators, robot vacuums and coffee machines. JD.com says the spatial-computing experience is intended to help shoppers assess product dimensions and appearance beyond what conventional images and text can show. The app also incorporates the company’s ChatRhino language model to support conversations with its mascot Joy and provide product suggestions. JD.com lists future additions including virtual interior decoration, payments using iris recognition, vehicle simulations, delivery tracking and collaborative shopping.
Key takeaways
- JD.com launched JD.Vision for Apple Vision Pro ahead of the device’s China release.
- The app lets shoppers preview products in their homes using spatial computing.
- JD.com says its ChatRhino model powers an interactive shopping assistant featuring mascot Joy.
- Potential future features include virtual interior design, iris recognition payments and delivery tracking.
June 18, 2024 -- On June 18, JD.com announced the launch of JD.Vision, a native Apple Vision Pro app that offers an immersive shopping experience leveraging spatial computing. Launched on the final day of JD’s 618 Grand Promotion—China’s largest mid-year shopping festival—JD.Vision exemplifies JD.com’s commitment to revolutionizing retail through advanced technology.
Ahead of Apple Vision Pro’s official release in China on June 28, JD.Vision is set to transform home shopping. The app now features a range of appliances, electronics, and furniture from top brands such as Samsung, Casarte, Harman Kardon, MORROR ART, and Honeywell, among others. Starting today, users can access JD.Vision by searching for “京东.Vision” in the App Store on their Apple Vision Pro devices.
Vision Pro has an infinite canvas where apps can scale beyond the boundaries of a traditional display, and introduces an intuitive and powerful three-dimensional user interface that users navigate with their eyes, hands, and voice. Featuring visionOS, the world’s first spatial operating system, Vision Pro lets users interact with digital content in a way that feels like it is physically present in their space.
Leveraging spatial computing technology, JD.Vision delivers an experience that closely mirrors in-store visits and transcends the limitations of traditional shopping. Consumers can virtually “place” products in their home, visualizing real dimensions, texture, and design compatibility with accuracy and ease. This immersive approach addresses common online shopping challenges by eliminating the need for frequent trips to brick and mortar retailers and reliance on 2D images and text descriptions. Instead, shoppers can enjoy a reliable and realistic experience where “what you see is what you get.”
With JD.Vision, users can interact with a virtual refrigerator to assess space for groceries, test a robot vacuum under furniture, or visualize how a coffee machine would look in their kitchen. The app enhances the shopping experience with realistic visual feedback, such as lighting effects on virtual objects, allowing for more informed purchasing decisions.
JD.com integrates its ChatRhino large language model into JD.Vision, introducing an AI-powered shopping assistant. This feature enables interactive communication with JD’s mascot “Joy,” who provides tailored product recommendations, enhancing customer engagement and personalization.
As JD.com continues to pioneer the fusion of technology and retail, future enhancements for JD.Vision include virtual interior decoration, iris recognition payments, virtual car driving, logistics tracking, and remote collaborative shopping. Through these innovations, JD.com is not only leading the charge in next-generation retail but also shaping a dynamic and personalized shopping future, ensuring consumers’ diverse needs are met with cutting-edge solutions.
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Questions around this news
What can shoppers do with JD.Vision?
The app lets users view selected appliances, electronics, and furniture in their home through an immersive interface. Shoppers can check how an item’s size, appearance, and design might fit their surroundings, and explore examples such as placing a refrigerator or coffee machine in a room before deciding whether to buy.
How does JD.Vision use spatial computing for shopping?
JD.Vision uses spatial computing to present virtual products as objects that appear situated in a shopper’s surroundings. The release describes users assessing an appliance’s fit or viewing a robot vacuum beneath furniture. It also says the app can show visual effects such as changes in lighting on virtual items.
Does JD.Vision include an AI shopping assistant?
Yes. The release says the app incorporates JD.com’s ChatRhino large language model to support conversations with the company’s mascot, Joy. The assistant is intended to offer product suggestions tailored to users, adding an interactive recommendation feature to the app’s spatial shopping experience.
What is spatial computing?
Spatial computing is an approach to digital interaction in which software relates virtual content to the physical environment. Depending on the system, users may view digital objects as placed in a room and interact through gestures, gaze, voice, or other inputs. It can support activities such as visualization, design, and shopping.
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