Is there a program that will show me a virtual representation of a body?

April 6, 2008 4:56 PM

Is there a computer program that will allow me to put in weight and height and then get a virtual representation of a body?

I'm looking for something that will let me input weight, height and maybe body type too and then shows me some sort of picture. It would be cool if it would let me compare 2 different bodies side by side. Does something like this exist?

posted by bindasj to computers & internet (5 comments total)

http://www.mvm.com/ This is a virtual model website. Maybe?
posted by Phalene at 5:05 PM on April 6

Not a computer program, but Cockeyed has this pictorial representation of various heights and weights in a chart form.
posted by kimdog at 5:14 PM on April 6 [4 favorites]

Seconding My Virtual Model.
posted by cmgonzalez at 12:23 AM on April 7

I'm 6'1" and 225 lbs, my partner is shorter and heavier. My Virtual Model handles a simulation of me okay, but not of my partner, who is "apple shaped" and doesn't have big breasts.

I've been working on a project for a long time (and getting few sample sets because I think my submission parameters are too selective) called the Body Morphology Project (you can find a listing on Metafilter Projects if you're curious).

Kate Harding's been running a much simpler to participate in BMI Project (warning, Flash-driven slideshow) that collects pictures of women, listing their BMIs and other simple salient details - the slideshow just lists the BMI category the person fits in. I understand there is a magazine publication deal pending, and if you trawl the comments on that post, you may find other related links.

VaginaPagina, which is a Livejournal community, has additional images in their community, but you have to request to join the community and be approved to see the pictures.

If anyone knows other similar sources of pictoral projects like these, I'd definitely be interested in knowing.
posted by kalessin at 5:45 AM on April 7

P.S. The VaginaPagina Livejournal thing - more details. VaginaPagina also has its own site and publications, so the LJ is where they foster and manage the subscription/participatory community, I guess. Anyway, the project is called the Everyday Bodies Project, and is described/linked to on this community-locked post.
posted by kalessin at 5:51 AM on April 7