Today something for geek chicks out there. Some hot tech-news from the world of fashion.
First - you have a trouble with deciding whether to buy this online dress? Not sure about the size, or how it will go with your jewelery? Well, folks at Tobi Shopping created Virtual Dressing Room, Fashionista. It works as augmented reality, so you print a special marker, stand in front of your computer camera, and just change the dresses or other clothing that overlay on the top of your body image, with everything showed in your browser display in a real time. With printed marker you adjust the position of the dress in the virtual camera space. It is a bit crude, but very interesting idea in terms of applying augmented reality in the user interface. I tested it with Ola, and she got hooked on it quite quickly. Below are her photos with the virtual dresses :) But watch the tutorial before you try the dresses.
Second - remember those gang members from Gibson's Virtual Light? Or drummers from Stephenson's Diamond Age? Yes, the ones with interactive tattoos which were displaying different images under their skin depending on emotions and their behavior. Now research team from University of Pennsylvania finally made it, with the LED tattoos technology that can turn your skin into the full color screen. Those LED's will be the combination of silicon microchip with silk substrate, allowing the chip to smoothly dissolve into your body. Unnoticeable microelectronics implanted in the surface of your skin will allow to hook it to any electronic device, displaying anything you want. They will be also useful in diagnostic aspects, like monitoring vital metabolic signals, blood pressure, etc. Initial displays will be black and quite basic, but the potential application for the future is limitless, from full body displays to microchips being implanted to your retina to regulate the amount of light coming to your eye or displaying augmented reality. Philips is already exploring some commercial use of electronic tattoos. It is a bit creepy, but... I love it ;-)
First - you have a trouble with deciding whether to buy this online dress? Not sure about the size, or how it will go with your jewelery? Well, folks at Tobi Shopping created Virtual Dressing Room, Fashionista. It works as augmented reality, so you print a special marker, stand in front of your computer camera, and just change the dresses or other clothing that overlay on the top of your body image, with everything showed in your browser display in a real time. With printed marker you adjust the position of the dress in the virtual camera space. It is a bit crude, but very interesting idea in terms of applying augmented reality in the user interface. I tested it with Ola, and she got hooked on it quite quickly. Below are her photos with the virtual dresses :) But watch the tutorial before you try the dresses.
Second - remember those gang members from Gibson's Virtual Light? Or drummers from Stephenson's Diamond Age? Yes, the ones with interactive tattoos which were displaying different images under their skin depending on emotions and their behavior. Now research team from University of Pennsylvania finally made it, with the LED tattoos technology that can turn your skin into the full color screen. Those LED's will be the combination of silicon microchip with silk substrate, allowing the chip to smoothly dissolve into your body. Unnoticeable microelectronics implanted in the surface of your skin will allow to hook it to any electronic device, displaying anything you want. They will be also useful in diagnostic aspects, like monitoring vital metabolic signals, blood pressure, etc. Initial displays will be black and quite basic, but the potential application for the future is limitless, from full body displays to microchips being implanted to your retina to regulate the amount of light coming to your eye or displaying augmented reality. Philips is already exploring some commercial use of electronic tattoos. It is a bit creepy, but... I love it ;-)
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ReplyDeleteWhile it's not there yet, the cool thing about virtual clothing technology is that it will let me take part in important teleconferences without wearing any pants :D
ReplyDelete(Sorry about reposts, I have trouble coping with situations where I can't edit what I wrote.)
Hehe thats a good point, you will be able just jump out of bed and wear your best suit in a second :D
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