CyberWearz began in 2003 with a project between the Fashion Institute of Technology and designers to create fashion for avatars. They developed techniques for designing and constructing a "cybergarment" using holographic spandex materials. In 2006 the project expanded to allow avatars to walk between virtual and real spaces wearing these virtual garments. Current work is continuing the CyberWearz project to motion capture garments worn in real life to animate avatars.