The Virtual Tailor
Group One
Michael Peoples, Brent Rowe, Bat-Ulzii Bataa
Key Words: 3-D Body Halo Scanner.
Using your cell phone and virtual apparel fitting proposed software, you enter your information such as weight, height, hair color, and waist size into the phone. Then while you are shopping, you enter a code on the clothing tag and the phone shows you what you would look like wearing the item. You can also go to a 3-D scanning kiosk to have yourself scanned into the system to get an exact replica of your shape. In another word cell phone and tailor are all wrapped up in one package. Wireless cell phone takes data from the 3-D body scanner and from store’s database and matches everything to your taste. Basically mobile wireless communications command enters into an identification code, a transmitter adapted to transmit the identification code for the article of apparel directly to a virtual apparel fitting system and to transmit one of a 3-D body model, and 3-D body model body measurements directly to the virtual apparel fitting system. This scanning system and its application software enable apparel manufacturers to provide custom design services to consumers seeking personal fit garments.
One of the most powerful reasons is he 3D Virtual Fit system helps increase sales by
giving people the confidence to purchase clothes at any time from wireless
phone device.
Important benefits of the 3-D Virtual Fit system is how it helps
retailers reduce the number of returns that they get from poor fitting clothes.
The 3D Virtual Fit kiosk has been specifically designed to provide a fun and
engaging experience for your customers. It's so easy to use the wireless
communications device sends a bar code directly to the virtual apparel fitting
system and produce excellent comfort and fit, which helps to create and maintain greater
customer loyalty and support.
A creative new technology makes big impact on businesses. For example,
consumers are able to walk around the object, change styles and colors, and
feel confident about their items before making a purchase. Consumer
applications of this new technology can open up new markets for e-Commerce by creating a new ideology which
businesses can provide value to consumers and other organizations. Will it
allow them to do things they have not done before, do things they do better,
gain competitive advantage in some way, or what? This is an opportunity for you to demonstrate
your ability to think.
Sony Ericsson is going to start practice a virtual apparel fitting system which involves virtual apparel fitting system.
In Conclusion, another way, it’s a method of seeing how well the
clothes fit you without trying them on. A bit of software on your phone lets
you enter your weight, height, waist size, ages and hair color into the phone.
Then consumers go shopping and look for clothes that carry a matching
identification tag, coded with the item’s size, style and color. Consumer
enters that code into the phone, and a screen in the store will display a
picture of you wearing the items.
References
Free patents online (2007). Virtual
Apparel Fitting. (Online), 09-14-07. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070005174.html
New Scientist Tech. (2007). Invention: The “suits you” cell phone. (Online), 09-14-07.
US Patent and Trademark Office. (2007). Virtual Apparel Fitting. (Online), 09-14-07.
Questions about Virtual Apparel Fitting System (Group 1)
Multiple Choice
1) Who invented Virtual Apparel Fitting?
A) Gary D. Thomas B) Gary B. Thompson
C) Grant D. Thomson D) Thomas D. Gary
2) Which of the following phone companies has picked up the Virtual Apparel Fitting system?
A) Motorola B) LG
C) Sony Ericsson D) Samsung
3) Which of the following is a possible wireless communication channel between a Virtual Apparel Fitting equipped phone and a retailer’s inventory system.
A) Bluetooth B) WiFi
C) WiMax D) All of the Above
4) Your measurements are entered into the phone that creates a 3-D model of yourself, these measurements include.
A) Height B) Leg Length
C) Weight D) All of the Above
5) The Virtual Apparel Fitting system will dramatically change the retail world...
A) Overnight B) In less than 1 year
C) Within a week D) Over a longer period of time
6) The new phone will be able to store the size settings for how many individuals?
A) One B) Unlimited
C) About five D) One Hundred
7) The phone will most likely store the information using what memory device.
A) Hardrive B) None of the above
C) SIM Card D) All of the above