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Store Offers Kinect Body Scanner To Help You Find Jeans That Fit

Posted by samzenpus on from the tailor-of-tomorrow dept.

itwbennett writes "For those of you who can't count on a friend to tell you that a little more air should come between you and your Calvins, a Bloomingdales store in Palo Alto has just the solution: An Xbox Kinect-based body scanner that will help you find your best fit. While body measuring systems aren't new, using the Xbox Kinect is a much more affordable solution. Which means that soon we'll all have the opportunity for a computer to tell us that we should 'avoid wearing low to mid rise jeans.'"

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  1. Re:where is my clothing synthesizer? by jamesh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just about every time I try to buy clothes I walk away thinking about how they used to predict that in the future (that is, by now) we'd stand in front of a big screen that projected an image of us, we'd be able to fiddle with some knobs to pick clothing, see how it would look on us, and it would get custom-made to not just fit perfectly but also in whatever fabric, color, style, etc. we wanted. Note to the folks who make 3D printers, make one that does fabric.

    Sweat shop slave labour is cheaper.

  2. Already know wha I want/need by smooth+wombat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I already know what jeans fit me. Stores simply refuse to get them in my size since I'm not a hippo.

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  3. Just like in the good old times, ... by zapyon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    in the 20th century, when they hyped x-ray scanners for fitting shoes in shoe shops. And probably just as healthy. Have fun!

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