Amazon has now patented a reality mirror that will let you try on clothes virtually, to see what they would look like, while placing you in a virtual reality location. Also read Amazon, Microsoft yet to roll out smart assistant partnershipIn the past, Amazon has acquired Body Labs, which uses computer vision to create a more accurate 3D avatar, for gaming and clothes modeling. This would fit correctly into a ‘reality mirror’ product strategy too. Recently, global giants Amazon and Microsoft, who had announced a partnership in August 2017 to integrate Alexa and Cortana digital assistants, are yet to roll out their smart assistant partnership. While Microsoft and Amazon had formed a close partnership, founder and chief executive officer, Amazon, Jeff Bezos had also welcomed Apple and Google to offer similar integration, saying that he would support it.

Source: dna January 03, 2018 12:30 UTC