Walmart will let you use your own photos for a virtual garment fit check
When Walmart launched its virtual dressing room in March, it gave you 50 models with different body types and heights to choose from. It's up to you to find the model that looks the most like you, in order to see what a garment would look like on you. Now the retailer is enhancing the experience by letting you virtually try on clothes in your own photos.
In the company's announcement, Denise Incandela, executive vice president of apparel and private labels, said her virtual dressing room can show how clothes realistically fit. It doesn't just overlay images on your photos - when you choose an item to fit, you'll see where the shadows would fall and how the fabric would drape over your body. Theoretically, this means that different sizes of the same item would look different in your photo the same way they would fit differently on your body if you tried them on in real life. This is made possible through the use of machine learning algorithms and models originally used to develop accurate topographic images.
The new virtual try-on experience is available for 270,000 items from all brands on Walmart's website, including Levi's and Hanes, and will continue to grow. However, you cannot use previous photos with the feature: the first time you choose "yourself" as your model when you press the "Try on" button, you will be prompted to take a photo of yourself wearing something form- fit and enter your size.
The upgraded experience is now available on Walmart's iOS app, and iOS users can use the photos they take on mobile when they launch the experience on desktop or web" soon". The feature will also be rolling out to Android users in the coming weeks.
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When Walmart launched its virtual dressing room in March, it gave you 50 models with different body types and heights to choose from. It's up to you to find the model that looks the most like you, in order to see what a garment would look like on you. Now the retailer is enhancing the experience by letting you virtually try on clothes in your own photos.
In the company's announcement, Denise Incandela, executive vice president of apparel and private labels, said her virtual dressing room can show how clothes realistically fit. It doesn't just overlay images on your photos - when you choose an item to fit, you'll see where the shadows would fall and how the fabric would drape over your body. Theoretically, this means that different sizes of the same item would look different in your photo the same way they would fit differently on your body if you tried them on in real life. This is made possible through the use of machine learning algorithms and models originally used to develop accurate topographic images.
The new virtual try-on experience is available for 270,000 items from all brands on Walmart's website, including Levi's and Hanes, and will continue to grow. However, you cannot use previous photos with the feature: the first time you choose "yourself" as your model when you press the "Try on" button, you will be prompted to take a photo of yourself wearing something form- fit and enter your size.
The upgraded experience is now available on Walmart's iOS app, and iOS users can use the photos they take on mobile when they launch the experience on desktop or web" soon". The feature will also be rolling out to Android users in the coming weeks.
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you purchase something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. All prices correct at time of publication.
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