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Everyone in computer vision uses SMPL for human body reconstruction. There is one problem: SMPL has a non-commercial license that blocks production use, unless you pay a lot. For us — a tiny, two-person startup — it was out of reach.

Instead we built a fully commercial pipeline using Naver’s Anny and Meta’s MHR — both Apache 2.0. Both appeared in November 2025. The whole pipeline is cheap enough to become consumer-grade — and by consumer-grade I mean not just cost, but also time and UX. A normal person shouldn’t need instructions, a special photo, or more than a minute. Did we solve the holy grail of fashion? Here is how it works, what it costs, and where it breaks down.