Issue 459 Digital modeling November 11, 2014

Ok, so this is not about crafting 3d designs for buildings or products. Instead it is all about you and seeing what you look like in cloths before you buy them.  Confused?  Well allow me to solve that by getting started.

The idea:  We have all these cameras and equipment that can help us create 3D figures on a computer, and yet why have we not done so with ourselves.  We can literally scan our bodies into the computer to make a 3d image for use in whatever capacity we wish.  We can use them to create avatars for interacting in the digital world or doing tasks.  But here I want to talk about the clothing industry and why they should embrace this technology.  Basically once you’re scanned in, you can place any clothing design you want onto your body digitally.  So you will see yourself in that tuxedo, dress or bathing suit to see how good you look.  And basically it works the same as a regular website, seeing the different colors and such.  But an advantage this method has over others could be you mixing and matching outfits to see what looks good on yourself.  See yourself in a complete clothing set like, shoes, shirt and pants with jewelry/accessories.  To make it even better, it could accurately tell what size you are so that whatever you buy will fit.  With the 3d modeling it could even tell you where you would need to alter it via a tailor to make it fit all that much better.  On top of this, this would reduce the need to have models model cloths for a company as they can just use your image whenever you yourself visit their website, or digital changing room.  Financially speaking, it can be advantageous, as clothing companies could even rent your image from you to use as models (and no this is not limited to just clothing companies either).  So maybe we can ditch those high priced ultra-thin models for our own more natural looks.

Conclusion:  3d scanners and modeling has numerous applications, and benefits.  But with the clothing industry this can change the way we view modeling and how we view ourselves.  Let us face it, even plus size models look ultra-skinny.  So this can eliminate any psychological issues that have occurred by children and young women viewing models in magazines for the model will be replaced by they themselves.  I know, this is only an idea, but the technology only has so far to go until it is ready and able to be used in this capacity.  So, how good do you look as a 3d model?  We may not have long to find out.