Clothing In The Augmented And Virtual Worlds

Is this the End of Changing Rooms? App Creates a Virtual Reality Fitting Service for Shoppers to ‘Try On’ Clothes

App generates an augmented reality image of a person's form. It then allow user to 'try on' clothing to see exactly how it would look. Creators of the app envisage shoppers using the app in-store, to place several garments to a shortlist, or while shopping online 

Ellie Zolfagharifard | June 17, 2015

Garish lighting, snaking queues and groups of loud, chattering teenagers.

The chaos of changing room can be enough to make anyone want to ditch their armload of clothes before ever making it to the check out. But a new app under development could mean you never need to try on clothing before you buy – at least not in the literal sense.

Scientists at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) are working a mobile app they hope will help online and in-store shoppers get their purchases right first time. The app will generate a composite image of a person's form and then allow that person to 'try on' items of clothing.

Virtual dressing room uses Kinect and augmented reality, makes shopping even easier. Source: http://www.geek.com/games/virtual-dressing-room-uses-kinect-and-augmented-reality-makes-shopping-even-easier-1379829/

<more at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3128651/Is-end-changing-rooms-App-creates-virtual-reality-fitting-service-shoppers-try-clothes.html; related links and articles: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/augmented-reality-clothing-has-arrived-with-the-iappareli-project (Augmented Reality Clothing Has Arrived With The Apparel Project. August 20, 2012) and http://www.geek.com/games/virtual-dressing-room-uses-kinect-and-augmented-reality-makes-shopping-even-easier-1379829/ (Virtual dressing room uses Kinect and augmented reality, makes shopping even easier. May 18, 2011)>