Aura by Digi-Clone · for apparel retailers

Virtual try-on for every store

Aura plugs into your storefront so shoppers can see clothes on themselves before they buy, helping brands cut costly fit-related returns. Today it delivers AI try-on; next, true-to-size 3D fit built from your own garment patterns.

Fit is hard to judge online

Shoppers can't tell how a size will look or sit on their own body, so many order several sizes and send the rest back.

Returns eat margin

Every fit return means shipping, handling, and restocking cost, plus product that often can't be resold at full price.

Returns waste resources

Reverse logistics and discarded returns add avoidable emissions and landfill waste.

2D try-on today. 3D fit next.

One Aura widget, two layers of confidence for shoppers.

Available now

2D AI try-on

After: Aura try-on showing the shopper in a black leather jacket Before: the shopper's own photo in a beige cardigan

Shoppers upload a photo, pick items from the store, and see a photo-realistic image of themselves wearing them, with a before/after slider and an add-to-cart button right in the panel.

  • Direct "Try It On" button on product pages
  • Floating fitting-room closet across the whole store
  • Checkout stays in Shopify
Coming next

Coming next: 3D fit on your body

3D garment simulated on a digital body

We simulate a brand's real garment patterns on a digital version of the shopper's body, created from the shopper's phone, to show true size and drape, not just a picture.

  • Built from the patterns brands already use
  • Shows how each size actually fits
  • Delivered through the same Aura widget

How it works

You send what your design team already has. We handle the 3D.

1Shopper snaps a few photos
Flat sewing patterns for a striped top and denim skirt
2Your real garment patterns
The striped top and denim skirt shown on the shopper's 3D body
3They see the true fit
Just a phone

No scanner, studio, or app download for your shoppers.

Patterns you already have

We work from the sewing patterns your design team already uses.

Right in your store

Try-on appears on your product pages through the Shopify widget.

Real garments, built from real patterns

Tops, dresses, tights, shorts and more, each converted from production patterns into a 3D garment ready for try-on. Every garment is stored with its designed shape and material properties.

Six garments from the library laid out flat: a tank top, a wrap dress, leggings, a button-up shirt, denim shorts and a knit sweater

One garment, many bodies

The same garment adapts to each body, so shoppers can see how it will actually hang and fit on them, not on a model.

A wrap dress from the garment library shown on a neutral gray template body
One garment, as designed
A woman in a white tee and jeans beside a gray body matching her shape, wearing the same wrap dress A woman in a green bomber jacket beside a gray body matching her shape, wearing the same wrap dress A woman in a striped sweater beside a gray body matching her shape, wearing the same wrap dress
Draped on bodies matching each shopper

One garment, true to its designed shape, draped on bodies matching each shopper. Images are illustrative renders.

Aura on Shopify

  1. Browse. A customer browses products on your Shopify store with our widget installed.
  2. Try It On. One tap on the product page, or choose the closet option to let your customers mix and match your items.
  3. Upload. The customer adds a photo of themselves.
  4. See it. Aura shows them wearing the item, with a before/after slider.
  5. Buy. Add to cart and check out through Shopify as usual.
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Screen recording on a Shopify demo store. Loading time shortened.

About Us

At Digi-Clone, we are pioneering the future of digital identity by transforming the way people interact with virtual environments. Our research is bringing tools typically reserved for production pipelines to the end consumer, making high-fidelity digital representations more accessible than ever.

Our first application, Aura, is virtual try-on, allowing users to see themselves in clothing with remarkable accuracy before making a purchase. Eventually, the technology could provide a versatile and scalable foundation for digital avatars across industries.

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Sustainability

An estimated 20-30% of online purchases are returned annually, and more than half are due to incorrect size and fit. The return volume drives unnecessary transportation cost and packaging waste resulting in 24 million metric tons of CO2 emissions each year. Our technology minimizes waste and promotes responsible consumption by reducing the need for physical samples and returns. By giving consumers a true depiction of fit and style before purchase, we reduce costs for our customers while creating a more sustainable future.

Our People

Core Team

Shawn Rigdon

Shawn Rigdon

Founder and CEO

Engineer with over 15 years of experience leading development of computer vision applications.

Alakh Aggarwal

Alakh Aggarwal

Founding Engineer

Ph.D. in 3D Vision at UT Dallas; multiple research papers with over 150 citations and best paper award.

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Operations

Entrepreneur and engineer; successfully founded and led 2 manufacturing companies.

Advisor

Allison Tate

Allison Tate

Strategic Advisor

Textile and product development leader specializing in apparel design, sourcing, and production.

Product Timeline

Milestone

NSF SBIR Phase I award

Funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop 3D body and garment technology for virtual try-on.

Live demo

Aura 2D try-on on Shopify

AI try-on widget running on a Shopify demo storefront, with direct try-on and fitting-room modes.

In development

3D factory garment try-on

Converting real production patterns into reusable 3D garments.

Invest in Digi-Clone

Digi-Clone is a recipient of the NSF SBIR Phase I award. We are raising a pre-seed round to bring 3D try-on to market and grow Aura with retail partners between Phase I and Phase II of the NSF program. If you share our vision of making online fashion fit, let's talk.

U.S. National Science Foundation logo Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation SBIR program

Contact Us

Questions or partnership inquiries? Email us at info@digi-clone.com.