VR Designer: enhancing fashion showcases through immersive virtual garment fitting

• DOI: 10.1007/s10055-024-00945-w
• Publication Date: 2024-03-08T09:02:33Z
• Authors: Orestis Sarakatsanos; Anastasios Papazo...; Machi Boikou; Elisavet Chatzilari; Michaela Jauk; Ursina Hafliger; Spiros Nikolopoulos; Ioannis Kompatsiaris
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

AbstractThis paper introduces a Virtual Reality (VR) application tailored for fashion designers and retailers, transcending traditional garment design and demonstration boundaries by presenting an immersive digital garment showcase within a captivating VR environment. Simulating a virtual retail store, designers navigate freely, selecting from an array of avatar-garment combinations and exploring garments from diverse perspectives. This immersive experience offers designers a precise representation of the final product’s aesthetics, fit, and functionality on the human body. Our application can be considered as a pre-manufacturing layer, that empowers designers and retailers with a precise understanding of how the actual garment will look and behave. Evaluation involved comprehensive feedback from both professional and undergraduate fashion designers, gathered through usability testing sessions.