Undressing The Human Body: Program Created To Calculate Body Shape Under Clothing

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 10:08 in Mathematics & Economics

Imagine you are a police detective trying to identify a suspect wearing a trench coat, baggy pants and a baseball cap pulled low. Or imagine you are a fashion industry executive who wants to market virtual clothing that customers of all shapes and sizes can try online before they purchase. Computer scientists have now created a computer program that for the first time can accurately estimate the human body's shape from digital images or video.

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