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Sep 15, 2022, 10:53 AM UTCWalmarts latest Be Your Own Model feature lets you upload your own images to use in place of default clothing models.Walmart shoppers will now be able to virtually try on clothes from the comfort of their own homes using AR technology in the retailer’s app.experience requires customers to upload a full-body photo of themselves to create a realistic simulation of what an item of clothing would look like on their own bodies.
in March. Instead of virtually dressing the customer, however, it allowed them to select from one of 50 diverse female models with a variety of skin tones, heights between 5 feet 2 inches and 6 feet tall, and sizes from XS to XXXL. Walmart will continue to offer this feature for anyone not comfortable uploading their own photo.
Just take a full-body picture of yourself in a well lit room, put in your height when prompted and try on thousands of different items of clothing.A video walkthrough of the feature shows that users just need to take a full body shot of themselves wearing shoes and tight-fitting shorts and top in a well-lit environment and then input their height when prompted. They can then reuse the image as a model whenever shopping for clothing at Walmart through the app or via desktop.
Unfortunately, Walmart’s announcement of the Be Your Own Model feature makes no mention of how the world’s largest retailer plans to safeguard the semi-nude images it’s asking customers to upload en masse. We’ve reached out to the company for comment and will update this story should we hear back. The Be Your Own Model experience is available through the Walmart app, and is currently being rolled out to iOS users first, with Android support expected in the coming weeks.
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