I tried ChatGPT’s new virtual fitting room — it got the clothes right, but changed my body

ChatGPT has been pushing further into becoming a shopping assistant for a while now.

You can ask it for product recommendations and it’ll find specific items, show you images, prices and links to buy them.

Sometimes it’ll even add contextual details from what it knows about you, like your color preferences or budget, to help personalize its recommendations even more.

I've been testing it over the past few months and I find it a strange way to shop.

OpenAI has tried to make the experience as slick as possible, but I still like visiting a retailer’s website, seeing more photos, browsing the rest of the range and checking reviews and product details before I buy anything.

But its latest shopping feature is much more interesting.

Because you can now virtually try on clothes within ChatGPT.

This makes a lot of sense.

ChatGPT’s image generation capabilities have become much more realistic since its Images 2.5 update .

With more natural lighting, convincing textures and a better understanding of how objects should look in the real world.

Apply that to shopping and suddenly the idea of virtually trying on a jacket or dress becomes much more appealing.

To use the feature you’ll need to upload a photo of yourself and then look for something you want to buy, with a Try On button now appearing alongside supported shopping results.

Alternatively, you can give ChatGPT an image of an item and ask it to show you what you’d look like wearing it.

Now, this sort of virtual try-on technology itself is nothing new.