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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Virtual Dressing Room Lets You Try Outfits Without Taking Off Clothes
DesignTAXI.com: Calabasas-based company FaceCake Marketing Technologies has developed a real-time virtual dressing room that allows users to virtually change outfits without taking off their clothes.
While this sounds cool and convenient, I have trouble believing that this program could be thorough enough to really base any shopping decision on, let alone to apply it to costuming. I just cant imagine that the physics engine can account for the nuances of an individual human body and the fine texture of fabric. Every garment is different, even if mass produced, and of course, everybody is different physically. I can't imagine that this can give an accurate depiction of what something will look like on. The person also will not get a sense of how a garment feels to wear, what different ways they can wear it, or how it can be adjusted. It seems like this could be a useful tool, but only for the most basic things or maybe some early stages of costuming. I would not rely on this, though.
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While this sounds cool and convenient, I have trouble believing that this program could be thorough enough to really base any shopping decision on, let alone to apply it to costuming. I just cant imagine that the physics engine can account for the nuances of an individual human body and the fine texture of fabric. Every garment is different, even if mass produced, and of course, everybody is different physically. I can't imagine that this can give an accurate depiction of what something will look like on. The person also will not get a sense of how a garment feels to wear, what different ways they can wear it, or how it can be adjusted. It seems like this could be a useful tool, but only for the most basic things or maybe some early stages of costuming. I would not rely on this, though.
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