Analysis of 1 Million 3D Foot Scans from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to perform a preliminary analysis of 1 million 3D Foot scans. Data were collected with Volumental 3D foot scanners, located in footwear stores in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Foot length and foot width measurements were extracted from the 3D scans using an algorithmic method. Kernel density estimation was performed for each gender and region to compare the distributions of foot length and relative foot width across the studied regions. The results show that Asian customers have significantly shorter and relatively wider feet than customers in other regions.