Future Fashion Trend: AI Digitization And Recognition Of Unknown Is The Beginning Of Design

At the just concluded 2022 China International College Students fashion week, a 3D virtual show with the theme of "circular Zen" created inspiration with the new generation of design. While decoding the "fashion wonders" of the future world with digital technology, it brings the audience a new visual sense and immersive interactive experience.

Liu Yang, project manager of Beijing Xindong Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Yu Yuanshang, product manager of Beijing Xindong Network Technology Co., Ltd., recently accepted an interview with reporters to exchange views on how to help designers enter the meta universe to solve the relevant "physical problems" and the future industrial development prospects of virtual clothing in the digital environment.

　　 Knowing the unknown is the beginning of design

Liu Yang, project manager of Beijing Xindong Network Technology Co., Ltd

Reporter: is this scene and overall presentation the original design of Xindong technology?

Liu Yang: no matter the concept and details of the scene, or the final display and presentation of the overall vision, the creativity of this time is the original design of Xindong. The scene combines modern design, but also redefines the Zen aesthetics to show its unique design style in the dimensional space.

Reporter: Why did you come up with the concept of "circular Zen"?

Liu Yang: the concept of "Zen" originated from Buddhist culture, which is to understand people's inner world and the origin of life. "Zen" exists in people's imagination. "Cycle" is a concept that is both mysterious and objective. Everything is following the law of circulation, so is fashion. It is impossible to define the difference between "instant" and "eternity" by time, which is also the romance of cycle. This may be the answer and origin of the universe.

As a projection of the idealization of the human spiritual world, metaverse reposes the vision that people can't achieve in the real world. Therefore, the concept of "cycle · Zen" is refined from the two keywords of "meta universe" and "Oriental Culture" in this fashion week to present a scene of metaverse. I also hope that you will be able to repeat the process The sense of happiness brought about by understanding the true meaning of life in the seemingly unexplained life.

Reporter: has the presentation of this big show achieved the expected effect?

Liu Yang's original fashion has reached our expectation. But the spirit of Xindong technology is to constantly explore and improve. We still have a deeper extension space to show. We hope that the next cooperation can bring more rich visual effects to the audience.

Reporter: in the process of creating creative virtual fashion works, how to present fashion design inspiration in a more imaginative way and broaden the scope of fashion expression? Can you provide some suggestions for the design that wants to enter the fashion meta universe?

Liu Yang: I think it's easier for creators to "nurture" the feeling of heart. They might as well "record" each experience. Any despair or ecstasy that they feel is the color and shape of inspiration. And "play something else" is a good idea to broaden the scope of fashion expression. "Knowing the unknown is the beginning of design". When you stop looking at "what others have designed", it is not easy to be limited, and your interesting ideas can be ready to take off!

As for the design of fashion meta universe, each of us is in the process of exploration. This uncertain sense of future is leading the creativity forward, which is a process of creation. However, if you feel that 2D drawings and static effects can no longer achieve your imagination, then you can work with Xindong technology to achieve it!

　　 Virtual clothing ushers in the industry "tuyere"

Yu Yuanshang, product manager of Beijing Xindong Network Technology Co., Ltd

Reporter: how does Xindong technology help designers link virtual reality to solve the "physical problems" in the meta universe?

Yu Yuanshang: in November 2018, Xindong technology returned to China with a big axe, filling the data gap in the field of software simulation and the technical gap in the field of real-time calculation of materials. These three axes are: a huge data center for software and materials; Real time material solving technology; Self developed physical engine.

Through years of technical research, Xindong technology has deeply combined material engineering, textile engineering and computer science, and created a digital material structure layer based on real physical calculation. In this way, the physical data in the real world can be restored 1:1 in the virtual world, and the calculation results can be circulated in different fields, and the data boundary between the real world and the virtual world can be really broken through.

Reporter: what technology has been used in this virtual show? Is it different from the past?

Yu Yuanshang: the common physical engine on the market, mostly serving for games and special effects production. The physical and chemical parameters in the real world can not be directly used in the simulation process, for example, the most common sag formula in the textile field can not be used. Moreover, it is impossible to generate data results corresponding to the real world. Let the calculation only stay in the visual effect simulation, not the physical simulation. Data cannot be generated and circulated across domains. At the same time, it also causes the problem of model to model penetration, such as characters and clothing, clothing and clothing. As a result, the production process needs a lot of time and manpower to modify repeatedly. Taking the mainstream engine on the market as an example, to make a character without wearing a mold, it is necessary to bind the collision body on most of the joints of the character, and adjust the size of the collision body repeatedly, so as to simulate the effect of clothing fitting the skin well.

Xindong technology abandons the traditional methods of games and special effects production, starts with material fiber to collect physical data, and establishes a set of positive data system. Different from the mainstream physical engine in the market, the simulation dimension of Xindong science and technology physics engine includes more than 80 groups of physical parameters from modulus to aging coefficient. Xindong technology not only solves the relationship between materials and human body, but also realizes the collision between multi-layer materials. The problem of penetration between objects in complex environment and the performance of real-time solution are solved.

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Reporter: what are the core advantages of Xindong technology in R & D and innovation?

Yu Yuanshang: the current 3D modeling of clothing is based on 3D garment design and typesetting software, adjusting the stitching plate, and obtaining a basic garment model. Then through the 3D carving design software to create and refine the details. Designers will first adjust and connect the panels on a static model. If you want the static model and clothing to move, you need to add animation to the static mannequin, and then through a long time of simulation, and finally render, in order to get the final rendering effect. Take mainstream software on the market as an example. One action in one second is 30 frames, that is, 30 pictures need to be rendered. According to the traditional rendering technology, the rendering time of a high-definition clothing picture is about 3 minutes or more. Then, to complete a one second high-definition action rendering, it takes about 3 minutes to multiply 30 pictures (that is, 90 minutes). With the real-time solution ability of Xindong physical engine, the above process can be completed in real time, and the physical properties of materials can be accurately presented.

On the other hand, the traditional modeling mainly relies on the designer's subjective cognition of materials and constantly adjusts the simulation options and material balls to realize the fabric effect simulation. Based on the real physical parameters, Xindong technology enables the Creator with real-time solution, so as to reduce the production cost and time, and greatly reduce the errors and problems in the production.

Reporter: in the future digital ecology, how will the clothing industry reshape the track?

Yu Yuanshang: integrating upstream and downstream resources to shorten the fashion cycle, yuancosmos will integrate buyers, designer brands and supply chain ports, and launch an efficient and convenient digital ordering platform, which will bring convenience to fashion practitioners and provide possibilities for independent creators. This powerful digital system also connects fabric manufacturers, manufacturers, brands and designers around the world, The future is for all fashion lovers. Everyone is a designer, not impossible. In the era of Web3.0, fashion circle is full of a large number of creative people. They can also realize loose management through the network. Creativity can get the source and source, which greatly provides fairness, which can stimulate the potential of the creative person.

What do you think of the future of virtual clothing industry?

Yu Yuanshang: many people don't know that textile and garment industry is actually the second largest polluting industry in the world, second only to oil. We believe that from production, sales to recycling links can be combined with digital technology to reduce unnecessary cost investment and waste of resources.

On the one hand, the "fourteenth five year plan" of China's clothing industry points out that it is necessary to form a sustainable development ecology of green design, green production, green marketing and green consumption around the product life cycle, focus on the formation of a green manufacturing system for the clothing industry, and break through a number of key common technologies for recycling and reusing waste clothing, Improve the level of clothing fiber recycling -- this is the virtual clothing industry "tuyere"; On the other hand, the boom of meta universe has been set off, and many enterprises have accelerated the "ticket admission". However, Xindong technology has been in the "bureau" for many years by focusing on the collection of material data and the research and development of physical engine, which is the technical "tuyere" of virtual clothing.

With the establishment of the virtual world, virtual brands show their magic power, and the online and offline layout of brands will be more and more, and virtual publishing has become the norm. The virtual platform can also provide new methods for brands. The innovative forms of offline show and meta universe online release will greatly break through the shackles of independent time and space in the post epidemic era.

(source: China Textile News)