How Microsoft is shaking up fashion with Mixed Reality, AI, and IoT | Windows Central
Microsoft and the London College of Fashion recently wrapped up its “Future of Fashion Incubator,” debuting a variety of cutting-edge concepts within the fashion industry. Under a partnership between the duo, students were provided with the opportunity adopt upcoming technologies and apply them within fashion space. Following several months of workshops and developing innovative concepts, students pitched their creations under a showcase event.
In line with Microsoft’s company ethos, the program set out to inspire individuals with new tools and overcome limitations through digital solutions. Leveraging Windows Mixed Reality, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), this highlighted how technologies can be approached from a creative standpoint and disrupt the existing norms. And while few, if any creations will make it to market, they show how Microsoft’s growing progressive impact the world.
Microsoft provided resources to select students drafted into the program, familiarizing them the three technologies and how these can be applied in the real world. Unifying students from varying fields of study in fashion, the six groups prototyped products to enhance the design process, marketing, and retail. Read more…