"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
17 October 2006More than size mattersMary Stella's thinking cap obviously fits well:
I'm not saying that this will earn you anywhere near what the creators of YouTube raked in from Google, but I think it's an idea that could catch on and revolutionize clothing shopping on the Internet.
We need a program that will work with a company's website and a web cam to visually scan consumers top to bottom, front, back and both sides. That information will then be processed by the software so that the clothing companies know the exact size of each garment to fit and flatter each individual consumer. Better yet, let's add a feature so that a picture pops up of the customer wearing the garments instead of the models. Ohhh, that would multiply sales 100 times! Simply brilliant, right? Remember, I said it here first, so I deserve a cut of anything you make once you develop the software and sell the service to companies. We'll both be blissfully happy with the profits, I'm sure. I like. It might be easier, if more cumbersome, to tie this to newer, presumably higher-tech cams, which you could borrow from the store or purchase outright. (If this is as big a hit as I think it would be, the price would come down rather quickly.) This might simplify the software development, and as a fringe benefit, given the sheer sophistication of the cam, you'd hear from some disgruntled fanboys: "You built a tricorder, and you're using it to order clothing?" Which, if you think about it, is almost enough justification in itself. Posted at 8:08 AM to Rag TradeDidn't we see that in Minority Report? Posted by: Jay at 12:47 PM on 17 October 2006Those companies might like the technology, but I'm sort of leery about it. I guess I'm much more disturbed by the possible bad things that could be used for it than the convenience of shopping. Posted by: sya at 3:13 PM on 17 October 2006 |