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Google Thinks It Has Cracked Virtual Try-On With Generative AI

The tech heavyweight announced a new feature letting users see how a garment would look on a wide range of models using the AI technique underlying some of the most popular and powerful AI image generators.
An image of the interface for Google's virtual try-on showing a model in a green short-sleeve polo shirt from Everlane.
In Google's virtual try-on, the models are real but the clothes are not. (Google)

Virtual try-on has long promised a way to let online shoppers gauge how an item will fit before they buy it, but for all the ways companies have tried to make it work, it hasn’t caught on widely.

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The Rise of Google Shopping

Two decades after launching its shopping vertical, and many false starts along the way, the search engine giant has become a force in how people shop for clothes. Here’s how brands can make the most of it.

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Marc Bain
Marc Bain

Marc Bain is Technology Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of technology and innovation, from start-ups to Big Tech.

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