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In the United States, 3D scanners are
now providing new opportunities for technical manufacturers such as
bicycle makers to raise the level of product personalisation and thereby
attract new customers.
3D
modelling using scanners is helping to shape the future of product
personalisation. The apparel industry seems to have lost no time taking
on board this way of making garments, for both protective wear and
made-to-measure suits. Now the technology looks set to spread fast to
more technical industries. The Ohio-based company Roll:
is a good example. The company, which sells bicycles, has come up with
the idea of creating 3D body images of its customers in order to ensure
that the bike s/he has chosen is totally personalised to his/her body
metrics.
A tailored bike, based on 3D scan data
In fact the system, which is called Roll: Perfect Fit,
makes use of both lasers and cameras to create a 3D image. First of all,
the customer slips inside a cylinder for scanning. A laser then
generates a dense point cloud on the body surface. Next, a sensor
calculates the position of each point on the surface and the distances
between them, and on this basis can create a 3D map of the customer’s
body in around 10 seconds. The data are sent directly to a modelling
software programme, where they are combined with personal information on
lifestyle and the type of use which the customer envisages making of
his/her bike, in order to help build an even more closely tailored bike.
Later on, the bike fit can be adjusted, if the bicycle owner undergoes
any major changes in body weight, lifestyle or specific needs.
Tailoring is the future – not only for tailors
The idea of personalising bicycles using 3D scanners has
just appeared on the market. However the apparel industry was almost
certainly the first to become acutely aware of the potential afforded by
3D body scanning techniques. For example, the New York-based Acustom Apperal
brand uses a customer’s precise body data to make him or her a pair of
jeans. In fact 3D imaging provides faster and more precise measurement
of the human body than even a professional bespoke tailor could. The
concept could also become popularised through the crowdfunding efforts
on KickStarter made by menswear firm Arden Reed’s Trailor Truck. The truck, equipped with 3D body scanners, travels through major US cities to make suits to measure for their customers.
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