Wouldn't it be nice if we could shop for clothes without constantly having to try them on in the fitting room? The vision could soon become a reality thanks to the "virtual mirror" presented by Fraunhofer researchers at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin from August 29 to September 3 (in the Science and Technology Forum TWF, Hall 5.3). This mirror-like display enables shoppers to see themselves wearing different items of clothing without having to undo a single button.
"There is more than a grain of truth in the old cliché that men hate shopping for clothes. They find fitting rooms a nuisance and prefer to go on wearing the same things that they have always worn. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut HHI have developed a magic mirror that takes the stress out of trying on new clothes. You simply have to choose one T-shirt or shirt, and the virtual mirror will show you wearing a range of different designs, without having to take off one to try on another."
“The principle is similar to the virtual shoe-fitting mirror that we developed last year for the Adidas flagship store in Paris,” says Anna Hilsmann of the HHI. “But it is somewhat more difficult to create a realistic impression of T-shirts, shirts or sweaters in a virtual mirror. These items of clothing develop folds that partially distort the image depending how the wearer moves about."
Trying on clothes in a magic mirror
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