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P2JW350000-4-D00100-1--------XA The cost- Dan Neil benefit on the attainable, advantage acclaim-able of costume Honda Civic jewelry Type R D3 D10 EATING |DRINKING |STYLE |FASHION |DESIGN |DECORATING |ADVENTURE |TRAVEL |GEAR|GADGETS © 2017Dow Jones & Company. All Rights Reserved. **** THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Saturday/Sunday, December 16 - 17, 2017|D1 Fake ASeat, AnySeat Thanks to augmented-realityapps and 3-D imaging, DIY decoratorscan nowtruly envision designschemes SY MOD BY IONS AT TR US ILL COMMODITY OPTIONS Now that retailers have embraced augmented reality apps, which let you use your smartphone camera to ‘place’ virtual furnishings in your own space, you could test eight chairs before buying. Clockwise from top left: Caracole Abby Glass Writing Desk (shown throughout), $1,649, horchow.com; To m Dixon S Chair by Cappellini, $1,475, 1stdibs.com; Gamfratesi Beetle Dining Chair by Gubi, $1,209, hivemodern.com; Faye Slipcovered Desk Chair, from $469, rhteen.com; Daily Ta sk Chair, $599, bludot.com; Giò Ponti Livia Chair, $310, 1stdibs.com; Milo Baughman Dining Chair by Thayer Coggin, from $1,256, yliving.com; Paige Round-Back Dining Chair, $460 for 2, worldmarket.com; Ralph Lauren Home Palms Armchair, $4,400; onekingslane.com furnitureintheir spaces in sophisticated waysnot These technologies let shoppers make fewer mis- BY SARA BLISS possible just 18 months ago. Photo-realistic com- takes when ordering furniture because they give puter imageryrendersrooms in scale and perspec- people a clear sense of scale and let them try out NMYLATETWENTIES Ihad the crazy idea of tiveand includes both “sunlight” and “shadows.” You different designs easily, said New York architect and painting my bedroom red. As awriter,Icov- canviewthis 3-D imageryin360 degrees (panning interior designer Campion Platt. “The tools open an ered bold design moves and wow moments, so vertically as well as horizontally,aswith Google entirely new window for those who cannot afford, or whynot trymyown? Street View)onany desktopormobile device. do not want, an interior designer. That would be Unfortunately,when the paint dried, the Another newtool, augmented reality (AR), essen- 85% of the market.” Ishade looked likethe hot pink lipstick favoredbythe tially mergesobjectsinthe virtual world with the real Idecided to use my bedroom to test out the new 1950s geriatric set. Aftersix months,Ipainted over world as viewedthrough your smartphone’scamera. gadgetry. Ihoped, with abudget of $5,000,totakemy the agitating color with Benjamin Moore’sverysafe Thetechnologyexisted last year,but Apple’snew iOS11 spacefromconventional (floral headboard, inherited Sidewalk Gray. and itsARKit software has made developing AR apps vintagefurniture) to something moreglamorous— Imade other decorating blunders, too: aParsons- easier.Predictably,they’reproliferating.Now,instead without leaving my apartment. style dining table,socool in Domino magazine,dwarfed of nabbing aPokémon Squirtle at the corner of Main Only ahandful of brands,including IKEA,Wayfair, everything in my small apartment; atrio of one-of-a- and South Streets, youcan pull a3-D imageofan Amazon and Houzz, have launched AR featuresor kind embroidered Indian pillows painfully clashed with Eames Eiffel chair up to your kitchen table,aslong as apps.You click on furnitureyou like, hover your cam- the graphic printsonmycurtains and pillows. you’vedownloaded iOS11 or have one of afew Android eraoverthe floor so the app cancalibratescale,then I’m pretty typical, it turns out. “With design, most phone models.Virtual reality takesitupanotch, put- point your phone’scameraatthe spot in your room people have ahardtime understanding what aspace ting you“inside” adesigned virtual room. “It is amat- whereyou’dliketo“place” the item. Click onceand will look like,” explained AnthonyDeen, managing terofboth the hardwaretechnologyand software al- the object appearsinyour space. Continue to aim partner of Brooklyn’sPlace+MakeDesign, and adjunct gorithms coming together at the right time,” said Mr. your phone at the virtual pieceand youcan walk professor at NewYork’sParsons School of Design. Deen. “It is finally taking off forconsumers.” around it, scrutinizing from all angles.Zooming the Nownew technologyishelping amateursenvision The result: Now you can play before you pay. PleaseturntopageD4 [INSIDE ] WINTER TAKES IT ALL NO,YOU DON’T NEED 671PHOTOS... Acrisp argument forvisiting Dubrovnik ...of the same thing. Tips on decluttering in the cooler season D7 your smartphone image library D11 THE CAESAR VARIATIONS CARDIGAN SHARKS Oh, the romaine-ity! 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