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by ajaymehta 4130 days ago
I'm hopeful that someday we'll be able to get measured once professionally, and then input a code/set of measurements to order perfectly-fitting clothes, glasses, shoes, etc online through different providers. That would be so cool. Seems like this is a step towards that.
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Unless you're planning to create a synthetic copy of your body to wear the clothes you got made, "measured once" doesn't really work. We kind of change shape over time :)
Totally our vision as well. Check out http://woodiesclo.com/. They're using ShapeX right now to let you do that!
This is pretty different than what they were asking for though. I, at least, wouldn't mind finding a professional/ scanner to measure me. It would be nice, though, to have that information that multiple manufacturers work off of. That way I can just send them my WhateverCompanyName measurements to the store and they would have a size adjusting model that uses those measurements that could be worked with to create my item.
Yes! We are working hard on perfect + consistent measurements. Here is a quick overview:http://imgur.com/ndgq2Ci And this feature will be released in API really soon. Stay tuned!