[Spivakov]

Impressive.

Not exactly the same thing but I have been thinking about the idea of 3D construction of cloth/jeans you want to purchase onto your own body, so that you have better idea before placing order, which could be really useful for online shopping.

I was thinking in game graphic way (bottom-up), such as building 3D model of myself, shopping website providing 3D models of their clothes, and then it would be a "fitting" problem to properly place clothes onto the body.

From this paper it seems that it is not necessary to have low-level data to achieve the objective.

[spyder]

It's called virtual try on, there are lot of research papers about it:

https://github.com/minar09/awesome-virtual-try-on

[blincoln]

In the early 2010s, I did a security evaluation of Styku's Kinect-based fitting room. Back then, it was in a similar vein as what you described - the sensors would build a 3D model of your body, and then recommend the jeans that would fit best.

Their original idea was even better, IMO. It was supposed to send the model to an on-demand automated clothing factory that would custom-sew entire pieces of clothing to your measurements.

I think the technology wasn't quite there yet at the time. Even with four first-gen Kinects, the body model was probably too inaccurate to compare to an actual tailor. They seem to have moved away from clothing in general since then.

[namibj]

Unfortunately the human body deforms from clothing... I have most faith in energy-dispersive CT or MRT to provide the required information about bone shapes and tissue types to extrapolate how a garment works while moving. Even much more so for shoes that I think need shape customization the most.

[blueblisters]

I think you would still need some form of 3D modeling if you want to achieve a good/accurate fit for apparel on your body.

[est]

phones with depth camera surely can help.