I know from personal experience that one of the toughest things of buying clothes is trying them. Also, about 40% of clothing purchases are returned because they don’t fit right.The Kinect now will help u that also.
Bloomingdale’s recently contracted with British body-mapping firm Bodymetrics to provide an in-store service to help women purchase the correct size jeans. The Bodymetrics Pod system uses an array of eight Kinect for Windows scanners that analyze and categorize your body based on a 3D model. This helps you find clothes that fit and will reduce the 40% return rate in the process.
You step into the Pod and get scanned. Then it classifies you into one of three groups. Emerald, sapphire, or ruby. Then you can match yourself with sizes and styles that fit your classification before you buy. Here’s some footage from the system in action at an earlier installation at UK retailer Selfridges:
I’m sure this kind of technology will be in all clothes stores in no time and it might actually help women shop faster. I hope.
2 responses to “Microsoft Kinect Helps You Pick the Right Clothes!”
this is really fantastic, hope it comes in the showroom soon.
excellent one