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AR digital signage kiosk goes to the Smithsonian

Augmented reality and natural UI developer Zugara's augmented reality patent for virtual dressing room technology recently was selected by the U.S. Patent Office for the Smithsonian Innovation Festival.

November 5, 2015

Augmented reality and natural UI developer Zugara's augmented reality patent for virtual dressing room technology recently was selected by the U.S. Patent Office for the Smithsonian Innovation Festival, according to an announcement from Zugara.

Zugara said its patent was one of 13 patents selected for the festival and the company showcased its patented WSS for Kiosks technology with both 2D and 3D functionality. 

During the festival, museum visitors were able to demo Zugara's WSS for Kiosks software with Kinect 2. The latest features of WSS for Kiosks on display included:

• 2D and 3D items for virtual try on within virtual background environments all running at over 30 FPS;
• Optimized virtual background functionality with ability to add any virtual background to any virtual item from the platform's admin;
• 2D engine that auto scales and sizes the 2D asset to the individual's body;
• 3D engine that allows for 3D asset placement, scaling and rotation tracking to the individual's motion, position and/or orientation in the live video view; and
• Dynamic user interface that auto-adjusts virtual navigation icons to individual's position in live video view.

Zugara said it has additional patents pending for AR technology specific to retail and will be releasing new prototypes based on its patents over the next few months.