Close X
Thursday, December 5, 2024
ADVT 
Interesting

Mirror power! Try on clothes even when shop is closed

Darpan News Desk IANS, 07 Oct, 2014 10:38 AM

     

    How about trying on clothes via shop windows even when the shutters are down? This could soon be a reality thanks to new research led by an Indian-origin scientist that uses semi-transparent mirrors in interactive systems.
     
    Professor Sriram Subramanian, Dr Diego Martinez Plasencia and Florent Bethaut from the University of Bristol have built on a mirror's ability to map a reflection to one unique point behind the mirror independently of the observer's location.
     
    "So even when the shop is closed, their reflection would be visible inside the shop window and that would enable them to try clothes on using their reflection, pay for the item using a debit/credit card and then have it delivered to their home," Subramanian explained.
     
    In a museum, people in front of a cabinet would see the reflection of their fingers inside the cabinet overlapping the exact same point behind the glass.
     
    "If this glass is at the front of a museum cabinet, every visitor would see the exhibits their reflection is touching and pop-up windows could show additional information about the pieces being touched," Subramanian pointed out.
     
    Visitors could also interact with exhibits by focusing their eyes on them.
     
    According to Subramanian, by directly pointing at the exhibit with their reflection instead of pointing at them through the glass, people could easily discuss the features of the exhibits with other visitors.
     
    "This work offers exciting interactive possibilities that could be used in many situations. Semi-transparent surfaces are everywhere around us, in every bank and shop window," added Dr Diego Martinez, researcher in Human-Computer Interaction in the Bristol Interaction and Graphics (BIG) group.
     
    The possibility to blend together the spaces in front and behind the semi-transparent mirror could mean a whole new type of interactive experience, researchers concluded.
     
    The research paper is to be presented at ACM UIST 2014 "one of the world's most important conferences on human-computer interfaces" this month.

    MORE Interesting ARTICLES

    Oldest evidence of human brain damage found

    Oldest evidence of human brain damage found
    Anthropologists have unearthed a 100,000-year-old skeleton of a child in Israel who may have died because of a brain injury - the oldest evidence of brain damage in a modern human....

    Oldest evidence of human brain damage found

    Bees physically transfer heat to stay cool

    Bees physically transfer heat to stay cool
    To protect their young ones from heat, honey bees can absorb heat from the brood walls just like a sponge and later transfer it to a cooler place to get rid of the heat

    Bees physically transfer heat to stay cool

    Global film industry gender-biased: Study

    Global film industry gender-biased: Study
    A study has revealed that only 22 percent of the crew involved in making 2,000 of the biggest grossing films worldwide over the past 20 years were women....

    Global film industry gender-biased: Study

    Consumers who feel 'special' hunt for unique products

    Consumers who feel 'special' hunt for unique products
    Consumers who attribute their successes to internal character traits rather than hard work are more likely to feel 'special' and hunt for unique products...

    Consumers who feel 'special' hunt for unique products

    Background TV can impact kids' future

    Background TV can impact kids' future
    Do you watch your favourite television show after assigning homework to your kids? This may have a bearing on theirn learning and their success in future.

    Background TV can impact kids' future

    Made for each other? It actually hurts

    Made for each other? It actually hurts
    Those soulful thoughts like "made for each other" or "she is my other half" may no longer intensify love but actually hurt your relationship.

    Made for each other? It actually hurts