Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto

[Skanky Vamp]

for wearing the clothes I dont want to

SHOPPING online has its drawbacks; mainly the problem of accurate fit and sizing without the opportunity to try before you buy, but a new machine might remove that obstacle altogether.

FITS.ME provides a virtual fitting-room for ecommerce sites using shape-shifting robots to model clothes in different sizes. Co-founders Heikki Haldre and Paul Pällin have eight robot mannequins that morph into a variety of body shapes, to ensure you know just how a garment will fit.

"Our algorithm takes four minutes to work out each shape," Haldre told Wired magazine. "Until recently, we had 500 computers taking a week to calculate one body-shape. It would have taken us 130 years. Fashion might have moved on by then."
The robot is already being used by menswear sites including www.hawesandcurtis.com but - as with Fashion Week - where menswear leads, womenswear is sure to follow right behind.

You can try out the VFR here

 

[SlayerFae]

wow... just... Wow...

 

[caitaintdead]

This is amazing! I do so much online shopping, but have so much trouble with finding the right fit for my body shape. Hurry up womenswear one! Seriously, if modcloth endorsed something like this I would be a very very happy cait!