Realistic Simulation in Virtual Fitting Room Using Physical Properties of Fabrics

Abstract

Abstract Virtual Dressing Room (VDR) is the popular topics during the past 10 years and it seemed to have the bright future when Microsoft's Kinect tracking system appeared in the market. The VDR is not only helping the online customer making decision on buying apparels but also helping customers in department store to save time in waiting for the fitting room. In facts, there are few parts of VDR that make virtual fitting more realistic and tracking the movement of the body is only one of them. The other parts are dealing with the clothing and how they interact with the body even when the customer moves around. The virtual fitting rooms available in the market today and on the website used 2D dresses putting in front of the body. These dresses did not fit on the body and did not interact with the body except they were appeared on the front part of the body. In order to make the simulation process of the virtual fitting room more realistic, 3D virtual dress will be used along with the physical interaction of the fabrics and the environment. In this research, we have to define the shape of the 3D dress and the physical properties of the fabrics. Since the dress did not come as one piece of fabrics but composed of many pieces with different textures and physical properties, for example, some parts is thicker than others or made with different materials, so all these issues have to be taken into account. In this research, the interaction occurred between fabric and the environment were calculated and applied. This covered all of the interactions occurred on the fabrics such as stretching, bending, damping, accelerating, colliding and gravity pulling. The simulation results can tell the difference among customers wearing jean, satin, silk or cotton. In this research, Unity 3D game engine was used for simulation process along with Maya for model creation and Microsoft's Kinect2 was used for tracking the dress and the body.