Virtual make up system
Have your ever shop for cosmetics like lipsticks, eyeshadow, blushers or even foundations only to find you bought the wrong color? Of course the test it on the bottom of your arm technique is a pretty accurate help but sometimes it is not. The Japanese have found a way to sort that problem out for you by installing a virtual make up system at their cosmetics section complete with a webcam so that you can take a picture of your face as a canvass.
You will never go wrong with colors again.
Tech-savvy but fashion-conscious Japanese women who want to try an instant makeover discreetly now have a chance to do it at the touch of a button. In a project meant to help design “the department store of the future,” Japan’s top cosmetics maker Shiseido on Friday launched with partners a virtual make-up simulator on a trial basis. The customer’s face appears on the computer and moves in real-time as she tries on lipstick, eyeshadows or blush at the top of the screen.
“This is the first time to be able to do this with moving images instead of still images,” said Shiseido spokesman Shigesato Kobayashi.
The customer touches on-screen tags that offer information about the products, including what ingredients are included or what skin type they are suited to.
The screen will also show the before and after results of the makeover, “so women can apply and reapply different kinds of color without having to use make-up remover and compare the results instantly,” Kobayashi said.
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