Patent ID: 8803914

Claim:
A machine-implemented method for use with a handheld device to enable a user to virtually try on a selected garment using augmented reality, the machine-implemented method comprising the steps of: (A) establishing a garment database containing information corresponding to at least one garment, the information corresponding to each of said at least one garment including a backside image of the garment; (B) establishing a marker database containing feature information of a backside marker; and (C) upon determining from a captured image of the user who is tagged with at least one physical maker that the physical marker corresponds to the backside marker with reference to the marker database, performing the sub-steps of (C-1) retrieving from the garment database the backside image of a selected one of said at least one garment, and (C-2) superimposing the backside image retrieved in sub-step (C-1) onto the captured image of the user to form a composite image for display on a screen of the handheld device.