SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SHOPPING OF WEAR ARTICLES

摘要

A system (10) for the electronic shopping of wear articles includes a plurality of vendor stations (14) having a virtual display of wear articles (16) to be sold. First data representing a three dimensional image and at least one material property for each wear article is provided. The system (10) also includes at least one buyer station (12) with access to the vendor stations (14) for selecting one or more of the wear articles and for downloading its associated first data. A virtual three-dimensional model (24) of a person is stored at the buyer station (12) and includes second data representative of three dimensions of the person. The first and second data are compared and the image of the selected wear article (16) is superimposed on the virtual model (24) within constraints imposed by the at least one material property to better approximate the real-life fit and look of the wear article on the person. A method of electronic shopping for wear articles is also provided.