The dress-your-home app
Augmented furnishings. Online interior design and homeware outfit mydeco.com has partnered with Dassault Systemes to launch a free augmented reality iPhone app, Furnish Your Photo, which enables users to add 3D models of furniture to photos of their rooms so they can see how items might look in their homes.
“This isn’t an example of an app which uses technology for the sake of it – it’s fun but it’s also very practical,” says Brent Hoberman, mydeco exec chairman. “By positioning the sofa exactly where you want it, you can get a really good idea of whether it’s going to work in your home before you even shop for it. It’s like a virtual fitting room for your living room.”
Inspired by Tim Burton’s upcoming film Alice In Wonderland, the app also includes fantasy 3D models such as giant toadstools, thrones, and oversized tea cups, and mydeco.com is launching a competition for users to design the best fantasy Alice in Wonderland room, and win tickets to see the movie.
