Take this situation as a starting point to explore the potential of the new virtual world technology (VRML+Java) to present the (overload of) information in a more adequate way, allowing for immediate inspection, more detailed analysis, and interaction with partners and potential sources of information.
For the realization of such a system it is required to build a server that maintains the knowledge about that particular world, and one or more client viewers with which one can navigate, ask information, and possibly also negotiate about possible transactions.