Amazon just bought a startup that models people's bodies in 3D

Amazon is about to get a little bit more familiar with the shapes of its customers’ bodies.

The online shopping giant just acquired a startup called Body Labs that makes three-dimensional body-imaging software that can be used for everything from virtually trying on clothes to custom gaming avatars. 

Body Labs claims it can extrapolate a 3D graphic of anyone’s body from a single image using artificial intelligence. 

TechCrunch first reported the news of the acquisition, which the startup later confirmed on its website. The price tag was between $70 million and $100 million, based on anonymous sources. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Amazon just bought a startup that models people's bodies in 3D