Method system and medium for generating virtual contexts from three dimensional models

A computing device implemented method for generating information, the method comprising:

• capturing, using a camera device of the computing device coupled to one or more processors of the computing device, a first environment image;
• generating, by a simulation module, a first environment model from the first environment image;
• selecting, by an access module, the first environment model based on an analysis of the first environment image;
• accessing, based on user input and from memory of the computing device by an access module of the computing device, a set of context data, the set of context data comprising the first environment model of a first environment in which to view a wearable item;
• accessing, based on user input and from memory of the computing device, a three-dimensional wearable item model of the wearable item, the three-dimensional wearable item model including a group of vertices associated with wearable item points that represent a tesselated surface of the wearable item;
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• accessing, based on user input that provides a plurality of body measurements, a three-dimensional body model comprising a three dimensional digital representation of a body, at least a portion of the three-dimensional body model being configured to be placed inside the wearable item points of the three-dimensional wearable item model;
• determining, by a simulation module, at least a first placement volume and a first perspective of the first placement volume within the first environment model based on a first set of placement cues, the first perspective being determined based on a score-based approach in which a score is computed for a plurality of placement points as a function of visibility characteristics associated with placement cues distributed around the first placement volume, and said first perspective is determined based on selection of a placement point based on the selected placement point's score;
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• positioning at least a portion of the generated three-dimensional body model inside the wearable item points to generate a clothed body model by iteratively solving a system of force-based equations that simulate forces that act upon the wearable item points, wherein the force-based equations consider position and one or more variables of the vertices to produce a defined state of the wearable item;
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• positioning the clothed body model within first placement volume of the model of the environment to generate a first context model;
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• generating, by a rendering module, a first context image using the first context model and the first perspective associated with the first placement volume.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a device, cause the device to:

• capture, using a camera device of the device coupled to one or more processors of the device, a first environment image;
• generate, by a simulation module, a first environment model from the first environment image;
• select, by an access module, the first environment model based on an analysis of the first environment image;
• access, based on user input and from memory of the device by the access module of the device implemented using the at least one processor, a set of context data, the set of context data comprising a first environment model of a first environment in which to view a wearable item;
• access, based on user input and from memory of the computing device, a three-dimensional wearable item model of the wearable item, the three-dimensional wearable item model including a group of vertices associated with wearable item points that represent a tesselated surface of the wearable item;
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• access, based on user input that provides a plurality of body measurements, a three-dimensional body model comprising a three dimensional digital representation of a body, at least a portion of the three-dimensional body model being configured to be placed inside the wearable item points of the three-dimensional wearable item model;
• determine, by the simulation module, at least a first placement volume and a first perspective of the first placement volume within the first environment model based on a first set of placement cues, the first perspective being determined based on a score-based approach in which a score is computed for a plurality of placement points as a function of visibility characteristics associated with placement cues distributed around the first placement volume, and said first perspective is determined based on selection of a placement point based on the selected placement point's score;
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• position at least a portion of the generated three-dimensional body model inside the wearable item points to generate a clothed body model by iteratively solving a system of force-based equations that simulate forces that act upon the wearable item points, wherein the force-based equations consider position and one or more variables of the vertices to produce a defined state of the wearable item;
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• position the clothed body model within first placement volume of the model of the environment to generate a first context model;
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• generate, by a rendering module, a first context image using the first context model and the first perspective associated with the first placement volume;
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• store the first context image in the memory of the device.