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From my observation rather than first hand experience, buying dresses online is like playing roulette. The models bodies rarely match the customers, so how the
by steve19 9y ago
From my observation rather than first hand experience, buying dresses online is like playing roulette. The models bodies rarely match the customers, so how the dress will sit and flow is near impossible to tell. I have enough trouble buying dress shirts online!
Not sure how VR would solve this, non-VR 3D people models that could be customized in various dimensions, along with models of the dress and simulation of the fabric could improve the shopping experience.
VR is probably more applicable to buying items for the home, rather than clothes.
- dawnerd 9y ago> VR is probably more applicable to buying items for the home, rather than clothes. Ikeas ar app actually does a pretty good job of this. It's a bit quirky but works well enough to get an idea of how something would look in the space.
- kornish 9y agoThere have actually been a couple apps which tackle the simulate-trying-clothes-on problem, notably Avametric (https://www.avametric.com/ https://www.avametric.com/). I remember the CEO showed me some of their generated models a few years ago and it seemed like very impressive technology. Not VR, but related.
- Impossible 9y agoVR (or AR) might be good for clothing purchases once accurate full body scanning and tracking is integrated. There is no commercial tech that does this with anywhere close to enough accuracy to be helpful though. Either its rough or expensive hacks (kinect, vive tracker) or expensive research only stuff like Microsoft Holoport.