Photo Gallery UPcload Measures Up
Two young Berlin entrepreneurs, Sebastian Schulze (left) und Asaf Moses (right), have an ingeniously simple idea for helping the clothing industry break through on the Internet.
Their UPcload service measures people with a webcam more accurately than any person could. All you need to do is load the website, turn on your webcam, take eight photos -- done. The whole process takes only three minutes and works in any living room, and yet the results are accurate within a centimeter.
UPcload's trick is surprisingly simple. The user holds a compact disc while standing in front of the webcam. The fact that the CD has a standard size allows the photo-recognition software, with the help of some statistical magic, to calculate the exact body size, and check it for plausibility.
UPcload could revolutionize shopping for clothes online -- if the fashion industry cooperates.
