International Business Machines Corporation

Benjamin Miller

Nicholas K Lincoln

Hamish C Hunt

James K Hook

A method and system are provided for generating peer-to-peer augmented reality handlers. The method includes receiving, from a user wearing a pair of augmented reality glasses, an indication that the user intends to place an augmented reality handler at a location where the user is currently looking. The augmented reality handler is for visually associating content with an item of interest to the user. The method further includes determining, by the augmented reality glasses, the location where the user is currently looking. The method also includes creating the augmented reality handler in three-dimensional space at the location and presenting, by the augmented reality glasses, the augmented reality handler to the user. The method additionally includes creating an access control list to determine authorized individuals able to use this handler. The method further includes presenting the augmented reality handler to the authorized individuals, based on the access control list.

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Oxford, United Kingdom

Benjamin Miller