Exploratory Analysis of College Student's Satisfaction of Body Scanning with Kinect

Lin, Shu‐Hwa; Johnson, Rayneld; Stricker, Didier; Cui, Yan

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“…7 Kinect employs a revolutionary technique designed for games, entertainment and fitness (Wii-Fit). 8,9 For the design process, personalized programmed avatars also assist a designer's visualization of a garment before production. 10 However, if the designer is creating a garment for himself or herself, an avatar that matches one's own body as closely as possible offers a more realistic visualization of the garment.…”

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Fitting simulation evaluation on personalized avatars

Lin¹,

Johnson²,

Kang³

2018

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This study examines visualization of fit of select garment designs on two types of virtual avatars: a personalized avatar developed through self-body scanning technology, and a selected avatar from a pre-programmed software program. The purpose is to increase understanding of the visual elements, accuracy and reliability of fitting simulations. For this exploratory comparative analysis, a purposive sample of design students designed five garments on a custom avatar using the Kinect system and an avatar selected from the Optitex computer program that most closely resembled the designer. Design professionals rated the appearance, smoothness and fit of the front, back and side views of each garment and avatar, and included qualitative comments. Results show a low range of difference but the pre-programmed avatar scored higher on appearance, smoothness and fit. Qualitative responses suggest the pre-programmed avatar is more aesthetically pleasing but the self scanned avatar showed more accurate body proportions of the torso and drape of fabric relative to the body. Implications for further research are included.

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Fitting simulation evaluation on personalized avatars

Lin¹,

Johnson²,

Kang³

2018

JTEFT

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“…Another method to provide more realism and mirror imaging in virtual avatar representation is through 3D body scanning systems such as Kinect. Kinect, developed by Microsoft, is an affordable home device that senses motion as output [5]. Kinect employs a revolutionary technique designed for games, entertainment and fitness (Wii-Fit) [5,6].…”

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“…Kinect, developed by Microsoft, is an affordable home device that senses motion as output [5]. Kinect employs a revolutionary technique designed for games, entertainment and fitness (Wii-Fit) [5,6].…”

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“…However, if the designer is creating a garment for himself or herself, an avatar that mirrors one's own body as closely as possible could offer a more realistic visualization of a garment and increase the potential for a successful design outcome. Also, research studies suggest favorable attitudes toward the body scanning process [4,5,8,12]. It follows to raise the question.…”

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Fitting Simulation Evaluated on Self Body Scanned and Programmed Avatars

Lin¹,

Johnson²,

Kang³

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Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies, Long Beach CA, USA, 19-20 November 2013

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Avatars and virtual fitting simulations provide an opportunity for designers to view designs and fit on the body prior to construction. Additionally, computer programs now offer a selection of avatars. This study explores and evaluates a fitting simulation using a custom avatar developed through self body scanning and a pre-programmed avatar selected from 3D CAD virtual prototyping software. For the fitting simulation, a convenience sample of ten volunteers developed their own custom avatar using the Kinect 3D Body Scanning system and then selected an existing computer avatar based on their measurements from the prototyping software, Optitex. Pattern designs were then selected from the software and fitted on both avatars. Using select criteria, three design professionals assessed the fit of the designs on each avatar and compared the results. Findings indicate differences in the appearance and aesthetics of the avatars, realistic reflection of individual differences in body types and accuracy of the relationship of the garment to the body. Although the programmed avatar offers a more refined aesthetically pleasing body image, the custom self body scanned avatar provides more realistic body proportions, fabric drape and fit.

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Exploratory Analysis of College Student's Satisfaction of Body Scanning with Kinect

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Fitting simulation evaluation on personalized avatars

Fitting simulation evaluation on personalized avatars

Fitting Simulation Evaluated on Self Body Scanned and Programmed Avatars

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