The 3D body visualizer app is the 3D body visualizer running in a phone browser, with nothing to download from an app store. Added to the home screen of an iPhone or an Android phone, the tool gets its own icon and opens in its own window. The figure on the page is the male figure of 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) and 78 kg (172 lb).
How the 3D body visualizer app works
The 3D body visualizer app works as a web page that draws in 3D inside the browser. The drawing uses WebGL, which the Khronos Group describes as a web standard that brings plugin-free 3D to the browser. The numbers typed in stay on the phone.
To keep the app on a phone, add the page to the home screen. Apple and Google each publish the steps.
| Phone | Browser | Steps from the maker's help page |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | Safari | Tap Share, tap Add to Home Screen, turn on Open as Web App, tap Add |
| Android phone | Chrome | Tap More, choose Install and create shortcut, tap Create shortcut, tap Add |
Apple's guide says that an icon is added to the Home Screen and that the website then opens just like an app. A small file called a web app manifest tells the browser the name and the icon to use, as MDN Web Docs explains.
On a phone, one finger turns the figure, a pinch zooms and two fingers slide the view. The inputs sit under the figure, and the figure stays in view while the numbers change.
3D body visualizer app formula
The 3D body visualizer app works out 3 numbers on the phone for every body: body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio and waist to height ratio.
| Formula | For the opening figure |
|---|---|
| BMI = weight in kg ÷ height in m, squared | 78 ÷ (1.78 × 1.78) = 24.6 |
| Waist to hip ratio = waist ÷ hips | 84.2 ÷ 98.7 = 0.85 |
| Waist to height ratio = waist ÷ height | 84.2 ÷ 178 = 0.47 |
A BMI of 24.6 is in the CDC's healthy weight category of 18.5 to under 25. The waist and hips are the model's estimates for 178 cm and 78 kg until a tape measurement is typed in.
3D body visualizer app conversion chart
The 3D body visualizer app takes centimeters and kilograms, feet, inches and pounds, or feet, inches, stone and pounds. Switching units keeps every value.
| Height | In feet and inches | Weight | In pounds | In stone and pounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 cm | 4 ft 11 in | 50 kg | 110 lb | 7 st 12 lb |
| 160 cm | 5 ft 3 in | 60 kg | 132 lb | 9 st 6 lb |
| 170 cm | 5 ft 7 in | 70 kg | 154 lb | 11 st 0 lb |
| 178 cm | 5 ft 10 in | 78 kg | 172 lb | 12 st 4 lb |
| 190 cm | 6 ft 3 in | 90 kg | 198 lb | 14 st 2 lb |
For a figure from 2 numbers only, open the view with a height and weight chart. For tape numbers, open the figure with its tape lines on. The guide on how to choose a 3D body visualizer lists what to check in any tool of this kind.