{"id":11,"date":"2025-01-29T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-01-31T23:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:01:08","slug":"introduction-and-project-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/introduction-and-project-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction and Project Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Augmented Reality (AR) mirrors have seen a significant rise in retail, particularly in boutiques and jewelry stores. These mirrors enhance the shopping experience by allowing customers to virtually try on makeup, clothing, and accessories with convenience and efficiency. Compared to traditional fitting rooms, AR mirrors enable customers to try on <\/span><b>4x as many products<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> while also increasing engagement\u2014users are <\/span><b>9x more engaged<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> than with traditional video ads. Retailers also benefit, experiencing <\/span><b>3x higher foot traffic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">when AR mirrors are placed in storefront windows to attract passersby. Additionally, AR mirrors can operate <\/span><b>24\/7<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, providing an interactive and personalized shopping experience at any time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite these advantages, traditional AR mirrors still face challenges. <\/span><b>Accuracy and rendering speed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> remain key issues, particularly in aligning virtual elements with a user&#8217;s reflection when they move. Tilting the head or stepping away from the mirror can cause virtual overlays to remain fixed in place, disrupting the immersive experience. This misalignment is especially problematic for applications requiring precision, such as virtual clothing try-ons and makeup simulations. Additionally, concerns over <\/span><b>privacy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">due to facial recognition technology and <\/span><b>high costs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> associated with software, hardware, internet connectivity, and maintenance, especially for high-quality cameras, pose significant barriers to widespread adoption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our product aims to create a more cost-effective and efficient AR mirror. By integrating multiple cameras, LED lighting, and advanced display technologies, our solution will provide users with <\/span><b>multiple viewpoints<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of themselves for a more immersive experience. <\/span><b>Real-time interaction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will be achieved through efficient algorithms and specialized GPU hardware, while an extensive library of AR filters and overlays will further <\/span><b>enhance user engagement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Additionally, we plan to incorporate smaller, low-cost displays and gesture recognition technology as an <\/span><b>affordable alternative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to expensive touchscreen interfaces.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augmented Reality (AR) mirrors have seen a significant rise in retail, particularly in boutiques and jewelry stores. These mirrors enhance the shopping experience by allowing customers to virtually try on makeup, clothing, and accessories with convenience and efficiency. Compared to traditional fitting rooms, AR mirrors enable customers to try on 4x as many products while &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/introduction-and-project-summary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introduction and Project Summary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1077,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/s25-teama4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}