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Fashion

Virtual try-on, fit and AR for fashion and eyewear online. 18 articles.

MAY2024
AR in fashion retail: four kinds of virtual dressing room

Fashion4 min read

What AR in fashion retail can and cannot do

In-store mirrors, phone try-on for shoes and glasses, garment try-on on a selfie, 3D on the product page. How each one works and where it stops.

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OCT2023
A shopper holds up a phone in a clothing store with mannequins and shelves of folded jeans behind it

Fashion7 min read

AR in Fashion Retail: Case Study, Try-On and Costs

What 3D viewers, AR and eyewear try-on do for a fashion or accessories shop, with a published case study, the KPIs to track and what it costs.

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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
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
Does AR fix fit and size problems in online fashion?

Fashion8 min read

Augmented Reality Clothing Fitting for Accessory Shops

Virtual try-on for eyewear, 3D and AR for bags, shoes and jewellery: how a fashion accessories shop cuts size returns and sells more online.

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OCT2023
Configurator upsell: accessories shown on the product

Fashion4 min read

Configurator upsell: accessories shown on the product

How a 3D configurator sells accessories and upgrades by showing them fitted to the product, with a cargo bike build as the worked example.

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OCT2023
Measuring 3D sampling and returns in sustainable fashion

Fashion5 min read

Measuring 3D sampling and returns in sustainable fashion

Digital sampling and fewer returned parcels are savings a fashion brand can count. Most other claims about AR and sustainability have no baseline.

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OCT2023
AI beauty advisor and AR try-on on an ecommerce page

Fashion4 min read

AI beauty advisor and AR try-on on an ecommerce page

How to combine an AI advisor with virtual try-on on a beauty product page, in which order, and which limits to tell your customers about.

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SEP2023
Augmented reality for accessories, jewellery and watches

Fashion5 min read

Augmented reality for accessories, jewellery and watches

How well a phone tracks ears, wrists and shoulders for accessory try-on, why scale and metal are the hard parts, and when a 3D viewer is the better choice.

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MAR2023
Why fashion brands adopt augmented reality, and what it costs them

Fashion8 min read

Why fashion brands adopt augmented reality, and what it costs them

Why fashion and accessory brands add augmented reality to their shops, the cases behind it, which products suit it and what a first project costs.

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MAR2023
Augmented reality for fashion: the features shoppers use

Fashion4 min read

What shoppers use in augmented reality for fashion

Fashion shoppers use AR for eyewear, watches and bags and rarely come back to full-body try-on. Which features get used and what to build first.

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MAR2023
Virtual makeup try-on in ecommerce: shade and lighting

Fashion5 min read

How virtual makeup try-on works in ecommerce

How face tracking, colour blending and light estimation work in makeup try-on, and why the shade on screen is often not the shade in the tube.

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MAR2023
AR beauty try-on: how it works and who builds it

Fashion5 min read

AR beauty try-on: how it works and who builds it

What AR try-on for cosmetics does well, where shade matching breaks, who the main providers are, and how to judge a vendor demo before you buy.

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MAR2023
3D fashion ecommerce tools for design and try-on

Fashion5 min read

3D fashion ecommerce tools for design and try-on

3D garment software like CLO and Browzwear is for design and sampling, and AR try-on is for shoppers. Which problem each one solves, and where they meet.

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MAR2023
3D fashion product page examples: what each element does

Fashion4 min read

3D fashion product page examples and what each element does

Spin, zoom, fabric detail, the item on real body sizes, AR and measurements on a fashion product page, with the order to build them in and what to skip.

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MAR2023
What it will take for AR glasses to change shopping

Fashion4 min read

What it will take for AR glasses to change shopping

Vision Pro, Galaxy XR and the Android XR glasses, with prices and dates, what they do for shopping today, what has to change first and what to prepare now.

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MAR2023
Augmented reality in the fashion industry by 2029

Fashion4 min read

Augmented reality in the fashion industry by 2029

What works in fashion AR now, what is likely by 2029, what is further off than vendors suggest, and which products to build 3D models for first.

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