CharpstAR Newsroom

Articles, page 3

Ideas, numbers and working demos on 3D and AR for online shops, from the team that builds them.

OCT2023
Sunglasses virtual try-on for fit, width and lens tint

Fashion4 min read

Sunglasses virtual try-on for fit, width and lens tint

How a sunglasses try-on estimates face width, renders the frame at true scale and draws the lens tint, and where to place it on the product page.

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OCT2023
Beauty ecommerce returns and what virtual try-on fixes

Fashion6 min read

Beauty ecommerce returns and what virtual try-on fixes

Why beauty products come back or go unused, which of those reasons a virtual try-on helps with, and why it cannot settle skin tone or texture.

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OCT2023
AR e-commerce trends 2026: the 2023 predictions checked

3D for e-commerce3 min read

AR e-commerce trends 2026: the 2023 predictions checked

Personalisation, gamification and mobile AR were the predictions for 2023. What happened to each of them by 2026, with sources.

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OCT2023
What 3D models do for SEO, and where they don't help

3D for e-commerce4 min read

Do 3D models help SEO? What Google documents

What Google indexes about a 3D model, whether 3DModel markup gets a rich result, what a viewer costs in page speed, and where the search effect comes from.

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OCT2023
How to A/B test a 3D product page properly

Guides6 min read

How to A/B test a 3D product page properly

Which metric to use, how much traffic a 3D A/B test needs, how long to run it, and the mistakes that produce a false result.

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OCT2023
Quiz and camera AR shade finders for beauty brands

Beauty4 min read

Quiz and camera AR shade finders for beauty brands

How a shade quiz and a camera shade finder compare on accuracy, completion, privacy and cost, and which one a beauty brand should build first.

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OCT2023
3D catalogues for B2B and wholesale: dealer portals, trade fairs and one model behind all of them

3D for e-commerce5 min read

3D catalogues for B2B and wholesale: dealer portals, trade fairs and one model behind all of them

How a single 3D model can serve a wholesale catalogue, a dealer portal and a trade fair stand, and what B2B needs that consumer pages do not.

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OCT2023
How augmented reality product visualization gets built

3D for e-commerce4 min read

How augmented reality product visualization gets built

The photos and measurements we need, the files we make, how the model gets onto a product page, the monthly price per product, and where projects stall.

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OCT2023
Retail smart mirrors: what they do and what they cost

Other4 min read

Smart mirrors in retail: what they do, cost and privacy

What a smart mirror in a shop does, what hardware, tagging and software cost, the privacy rules for a fitting-room camera, and where a phone does the job.

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OCT2023
Three kinds of virtual garment fitting technology compared

Fashion5 min read

Three kinds of virtual garment fitting technology compared

Body scanning, size recommendation and avatar try-on are all sold as virtual fitting. What each one solves, what it costs to run and where it fails.

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OCT2023
How to sell furniture internationally online

Furniture and home5 min read

How to sell furniture internationally online

Units, bed sizes, stairwells, hreflang and spec tables break before the translation does when a furniture shop goes abroad. One 3D model serves every market.

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OCT2023
Personalization vs customization in ecommerce

3D for e-commerce3 min read

Personalization vs customization in ecommerce

The difference between personalisation and customisation in e-commerce, the data each one needs, and which of the two a 3D configurator serves.

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