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Virtual Dummy To Try On Clothes

Posted by simoniker on from the real-dummies-can't-find-arm-holes dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "BBC News reports that Toshiba is working with a Japanese software company to create a 3-D fashion simulator that will allow virtual modelling and coordination of clothes, cosmetics and accessories in real time. This means that by as early as 2006, you will no longer have to contortion yourself in a minuscule fitting room. 'Video cameras snap the shopper, then clothes and accessories are selected and displayed immediately. The process of turning the images of the shopper into photo-realistic avatar -- or virtual representation -- happens in real-time.' This summary contains more details and references. It also contains images of a virtual model trying different clothes and accessories adapted to different backgrounds."

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  1. They just don't get it by Capt'n+Hector · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People don't try on cloths to see what the cloths look like. They can do that by just looking at them. People try cloths on to see how they fit - ie, how big their boobs/asses look.

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    1. Re:They just don't get it by RevRa · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Exactly. There is no way in hell that I'll ever trust a computer simulation or robot to tell me how clothes are either going to look on me or how they're going to fit.

      I can pick out something that'll coordinate and look great on a manequin, but it'll look like crap on me. I don't care if the manequin is my identical twin, it's still not the same.

      Years ago I was given a free program at a women's expo...something virtual makeover whatever. I could scan a photo of myself, and try all sorts of makeup on the photo. I played with it for about 15 minutes before I decided that there's no way they could simulate what the makeup was going to look like on MY skin, and un-installed the program.

      I'm pretty confident the dummy/model/whatever would turn out the same way. Interesting to try once or twice, but I'd never rely on it or use it for any "serious" clothing/accessory purchase.

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    2. Re:They just don't get it by RevRa · · Score: 5, Insightful

      But you don't understand. Women are not about efficiency. :-) Shopping is an experience that cannot and should not be "computerized".

      Now, if they had some sort of system where I could say, "Find me one just like this but in size 12." THAT would be nice. Greppable clothing racks would be neat, perhaps there's a non-evil use for RFID after all?

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  2. Hmm... by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is my coffee defective, or is this concept just underwhelming?

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  3. Commercial Biasing? by slifox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    After these roll out, how long would it be until the software is modified to bias how you look?

    It could make you more "perfect," and you would buy that dress!

  4. That only solves some problems by dsplat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    First of all, the same size is never the same size is never the same size. If you really want to know whether the clothes fit, you have to put them on. A second, related point is whether the clothes are comfortable. No matter how good they look, in the end you need to wear them.

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  5. Marketing Improvements by allrong · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How long before the representations are secretly tweaked (displaywaist = size 6) so that the shopper will "look good" in the clothes? And I can see the tie-ins with advertisers, with avatars saying things like:

    "Hi shopper, this is what you look like now, but here's what you would look like (shrinks waist) if you go the XXX diet!".

    Just wait until the kids start hacking it!

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  6. Re:Oh, great. by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what happens to these representations of people after they're done using the system? Does it remain there for others to laugh at (or do other, much less socially acceptable things with them)?

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  7. Nope by donutello · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I fully expect that most retailers would have a version of the software in which your big, fat butt doesn't look quite as big or fat in the clothes you're modeling. People want to buy clothes that make them look good and it is the job of the software to convince them that they look good in those clothes.

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  8. By this logic, catalog shopping is out, too by spun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hey, it's better than looking at a picture in a catalog, and people have been buying clothes that way for years.

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  9. Image over substance by ozbird · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't try on clothes to see how they look - I can see what hideously colours and styles they have just by looking at the rack. I try on clothes to find out how they feel - if it isn't comfortable, I ain't wearing it (even if my bum doesn't look fat...)