Cologne, Germany – June 26, 2024, DMIx by ColorDigital GmbH announces the launch of DMIx SamplR, a cutting-edge hardware device designed to simplify and enhance the process of creating digital material twins. Designed to meet the needs of professionals in the fashion, footwear, automotive, and architecture industries, the DMIx SamplR promises to revolutionize the way materials are digitized, communicated and managed.
This innovative scanner represents a significant advancement in the field of digital product creation (DPC), offering unparalleled accuracy, functionality and interaction for professionals in product sourcing and development.
“One Touch – Digital Twin Collaboration”
At the heart of the DMIx SamplR is its remarkable ease of use. With just one button, users can create precise digital replicas of flat physical materials. This device integrates advanced Apple iPhone technology and unique lighting, offering high-quality scans at 300 PPI. The result is an effortless, accurate color scan that seamlessly integrates into the DMIx platform.
DMIx SamplR delivers precise digital replicas of flat physical materials, like fabrics, textiles and other types of surfaces for the fashion, footwear, automotive and architecture industries.
Key Features
- Effortless High-Quality Scans: Achieve unparalleled scan quality based on Apple iPhone camera technology, ensuring detailed and accurate digital material representations.
- Instant 3D Previews: View materials instantly in 3D quality, allowing for immediate evaluation and adjustment.
- Remote Texture Development: Develop textures remotely without the need for physical samples, utilizing the device’s video feature for different lighting conditions.
- Full DMIx Integration: Automatically upload scanned content to the secure DMIx platform, making it immediately accessible to other DMIx users and tools. Use the included, comprehensive DMIx 3D-Magic tool for tiling and appearance adjustments.
- Comprehensive Texture Maps for 3D artists: Capture various texture maps, including diffuse albedo, normal map, glossiness, specular albedo, and displacement.
Industry Impact
The launch of DMIx SamplR marks a significant advancement in material digitization technology. By simplifying the scanning process and enhancing the quality of digital twins, DMIx SamplR addresses key challenges faced by professionals in design and production workflows. This innovation not only streamlines material management but also significantly reduces the need for costly and time-consuming physical sampling.
It facilitates better communication and collaboration between designers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders by providing a consistent and accurate digital representation of materials.
“We are thrilled to introduce the DMIx SamplR to the market,” said Gerd Willschütz, COO of ColorDigital GmbH. “This device embodies our commitment to bring innovation and excellence in the digital supply chain. With the DMIx SamplR, we are setting a new standard for material digitization, making it highly accessible and efficient for professionals across various industries. On brand and supplier side.”
The DMIx SamplR will be available for order in the 4th quarter of 2024.
The launch of DMIx SamplR marks a significant milestone for DMIx by ColorDigital GmbH, reinforcing its commitment to innovation and excellence in digital product creation. This new hardware device is set to revolutionize the way materials are digitized, offering unmatched precision, efficiency, and integration within the DMIx ecosystem and with leading industry applications. Find more information on www.dmix.info/SamplR
About DMIx
ColorDigital GmbH is the company behind DMIx, a unique ecosystem offering seamless digital interaction between brands and suppliers in the fashion and lifestyle industry. The DMIx platform enables all stakeholders to transform from physical to virtual collection development with real-time digital exchange of designs, using technology that reproduces colors and textures as close to reality as possible. Offering digital twin technology including material digitization, human avatars and real-time master data, DMIx enables collaboration with major design software applications and PLM solutions. Not only does this reduce costs and time in the product development process, but it also minimizes environmental footprint by controlling lab dipping and bulk production, thus reducing the vast number of samples and prototypes traditionally used. The innovative DMIx Software-as-a-Service solution creates new digitized levels of interaction and collaboration between brands and suppliers, encouraging full product transparency and quality in a color-and appearance-controlled environment. The company, based in Cologne, Germany, works with over 300 customers in the textiles, paint, plastics, dyeing, printing and packaging markets is devoted to support sustainable development and workflows for a better industry: better for brands, suppliers and the planet.
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