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Virtual Reality’s Best Use in Fashion May Be For Design

The technology is letting designers create 3D products in a 3D environment, speeding the design process and allowing early concepts to be more spatially accurate.
As more companies embrace 3D product creation and sampling, footwear makers have turned to VR as a design tool that allows them to create their 3D concepts in a 3D space.
As more companies embrace 3D product creation and sampling, footwear makers have turned to VR as a design tool that allows them to create their 3D concepts in a 3D space. (Shutterstock)

Talk of virtual reality (VR) these days usually centres on immersive experiences and the technology as a precursor of a future metaverse. But in fashion, some brands are already using it for a very different purpose.

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How Virtual Sampling Went Mainstream

There’s been an uptick in brands from footwear to luxury adopting the technology as they look to speed up their processes, cut costs and burnish their sustainability credentials.

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Marc Bain
Marc Bain

Marc Bain is Technology Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of technology and innovation, from start-ups to Big Tech.

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