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Samsung Unveils Mirror OLED Panels for 'Virtual Fitting Rooms' at Retail

Samsung Display unveiled mirror and transparent OLED display panels at Retail Asia Expo 2015 in Hong Kong Wednesday. The technology, designed for retail use, is integrated with Intel RealSense technology to allow consumers to “self-model” clothes, jewelry or other retail…

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items using a “virtual fitting room,” said Samsung. The Intel technology combines consumer-grade 3D “depth capturing” cameras with an automated library of stored “perceptions.” In RealSense, a front-facing camera captures subtle facial movements, precisely tracks widely varying finger and hand movements and distinguishes between backgrounds and foregrounds, said a news release. A rear-facing camera can accurately scan and measure rooms and objects, and a snapshot camera can alter a photo’s background after a photo has been taken, it said. In the future, the OLED mirror display could replace home mirrors and provide digital information services in addition to reflective glass, said Samsung. It said the advanced OLED display panels could provide new opportunities for visually interactive computing technology.