New Idea! (No, not the magazine)

With thanks to Rob for pointing out the limitations and difficulties with clothing recognition, and throwing in the idea of having special tags which users can “scan”, I’ve finally got something to work with that’s a little more feasible than my fantasy of having super-ultra-mega-special-awesome software which will make it possible for users to take pictures of clothing items and have the software match the photo with similar items from the online database.

 Possible working solutions:

• Stores with online catalogues can contribute to our database.
• Super-special-ultra-awesome-mega-cool-photo-recognition software powered by monkeys will work it all.
• Manufacturers can attach a special tag on clothes for users to scan.

Discussions regarding “solutions”:

1. Not all stores have online catalogues. This will be a problem with producing the database and for users to use the iStyle with the store which don’t have the catalogues.
2. Super-special-ultra-awesome-mega-cool-photo-recognition software powered by monkeys is not really a feasible option at this moment in time- because quality of the photos will depend on lighting/camera quality (2megapixel might not be sufficient).
3. Manufacturers attaching special tags can be costly – not a known fact, but theorised to be expensive. While it may be expensive to set up, I think it’s the most feasible and reliable method out of the three.