Microsoft
Microsoft x London College of Fashion
Technical Director for We Are Listen on Microsoft x London College of Fashion: Accelerating the Future of Fashion, Old Spitalfields Market, 2019.
- Role
- Technical Director
- Agency
- We Are Listen
- Client
- Microsoft
- Year
- 2019
- Location
- London, UK
What was the brief?
Accelerating the Future of Fashion was a collaboration between Microsoft and London College of Fashion. Six student teams built fashion-industry prototypes using Microsoft mixed reality, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology, and exhibited them at Old Spitalfields Market on 4 June 2019.
Scale and constraints
- Six student teams
- A one-day public exhibition at Old Spitalfields Market
- Prototypes developed over three months
What was Kimber responsible for?
- Technical Director for the agency, We Are Listen
- Worked with the students at the college to create technical solutions for exhibiting their work using technology
- Managed the installation of the event
Technical and production highlights
- Microsoft HoloLens for mixed reality retail experiences
- Azure Cognitive Services applied to reducing waste in clothing production
- Kinect sensors and OLED screens in the exhibited prototypes
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