Research and consulting services company Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation TC2 recently launched the NX-16 3D body scanner, an updated version of its popular 3D scanning technology. Some of the key changes introduced in this include capability to create virtual fashion on 3D body scans for real time viewing, integrated high fidelity 3D avatar mesh creation in seconds, addition of 40 new measurement extraction points giving a total of over 400 points of measure, and a Lectra and Gerber Technology measurement file format compatibility.
The virtual fashion element of TC2 is a simplified approach to clothing simulation that eliminates the need to virtually sew over the body or to do cloth draping simulations. This simulation is automatic, fast, and robust and is created by morphing a pre-existing 3D model template which has the target clothing on and then using the same parameters to create the body avatar. The result is a highly realistic image produced automatically within seconds. The garments which work best with this simulation are those that fit close to the body such as jeans, T-shirts, swimwear, intimates, etc. or those that are relatively unstructured. This results in a much lower total cost of virtual fashion construction for brands and retailers versus traditional processes. With this new product one can now produce size predictions, made-to-measure garment specifications, and virtual fashion visualization using 3D body scans.
