Computer scientists at Brown University have created a computer program that for the first time can accurately estimate the human body's shape from digital images or video. Brown has filed two provisional patents covering the technology, which may be used in the fashion, film, video gaming and sports medicine industries, as well as forensics.
Introductions:http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2008/10/3-d
Site:http://www.cs.brown.edu/~alb/scapeClothing/
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