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CNET News - Need a new size? Just tap the mirror

2014-12-18
the mirror mirror on the wall maybe more than a reflection after all and these digital dressing rooms it's a touchscreen for customers well now you touch the mirror and it tells you exactly what's in stock and you can get it within a minute besides sizes customers can check additional colors find matching accessories adjust the lighting and request help you're not gonna have someone knocking on the door all the time it's only the moment you want help but come to you online retailer ebay developed the technology that projects images onto the glass from behind designer rebecca minkoff is the first to use this tech in a New York boutique select Nordstrom department stores will also be testing ebays touchscreen mirrors while Bloomingdale's has its own version of the smart dressing rooms with tablets at the Rebecca Minkoff store every item is marked with one of these special tags that transmits the items data directly to the dressing room and then as soon as you walk into the dressing room that items specific information size color immediately pops up on the mirror you can remember this visit so these items are saved so you can purchase them later online or through the app or you can finish your session and you can check out using your paypal account with the sales associate here and the clothes you didn't buy the retailer now knows what you left behind it's kind of like there's abandoned cart online well now we have abandoned fitting room so we can say hey car you try these on now there's only one left on the floor would you like it ebay says customers can choose not to share any personal information if they have privacy concerns in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News
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