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Nike Wants Your Sneakers to Fit Better, So It's Using AR

Nike Wants Your Sneakers to Fit Better, So It's Using AR

Nike Wants Your Sneakers to Fit Better, So It's Using AR

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May 17, 20199m 3s

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Sometime last fall, a man walked into the Nike store in Pasadena, California. He was a runner, it was a running-centric store, and he was there to buy a pair of running shoes just like the ones he had worn in the past. The clerk asked him if he'd be willing to have his feet measured a new way. "I'm a 9," the runner said. "I've always been a 9. Just give me a 9." Still, he relented. The runner walked out with a size 10. What size shoe do you wear? Wait, let's make that more specific.

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