[KaiserPro]

> Does a service like this already exist?

Its how the french navy (used/experimented with) to do uniforms.

You'd stand in a room, they'd scan you using structured light (I think, this was ~2000) then they'd extract the key measurements. However, instead of just in time tailoring, they had a bunch of trousers/shirts/tops/jackets in common sizes based on the population, rather than pattern type.

This allowed quick mix and match without manual measuring. It also allowed sub sizes to be used

[gregoryl]

They had these out in shopping centres in Australia, but they didn't last very long. It's a hard sell, I think you needed to get down to underwear in the thing?

Dug out an article, didn't read, but the picture is the device I recall.

https://www.techguide.com.au/news/gadgets-news/new-3d-body-s...

[KaiserPro]

> I think you needed to get down to underwear in the thing

Yes, you had to be in nothing but underwear, which was funny because when my dad tried it, we were in the middle of a massive convention centre.

[gregoryl]

Glad I wasn't making that up Hah! I think the main mistake they made was throwing these in the middle of shopping centres (similar placement to vending machines). If they had managed to get them integrated into a store, and made users feel safe, it might have been more successful.

[minetest2048]

iirc they're using iPhone 3d scanner now