Amazon Technologies, Inc.

A9.com, Inc.

Jack Mousseau

Mukul Agarwal

Xing Zhang

Kevin May

Simon Fox

Karl Hillesland

Jonathan Bernadel-Huey

Kai Chieh Liu

Asfand Yar Khan

Chun-Kai Wang

Anandram Sundar

Aliaksandr Shchurko

Xi Zhang

Ruokan He

Sanket Radder

Mani Kishore Chitrala

Devices and techniques are described for dynamically disabling occlusion in augmented reality. Point cloud data representing a physical 3D environment may be generated. An occupancy grid including a plurality of cells representing the 3D physical environment may be generated including first occupancy data for a first cell of the occupancy grid. The first occupancy data may indicate that the first cell is occupied based on a point of the point cloud data being present in the first cell. First data representing a placement of a first 3D virtual object may be received, the placement corresponding to a first set of the plurality of cells. A first number of the first set of the plurality of cells with occupancy data indicating occupancy may be determined. The first 3D virtual object may be rendered on a display of the mobile device in front of any physical objects in the 3D physical environment.

Dynamic occlusion for augmented reality interface

Devices and techniques are generally described for three dimensional room modeling. In various examples, a three-dimensional (3D) room model comprising at least a first wall and a floor may be received. A first sphere sized and shaped such that the 3D room model fits within the first sphere may be determined and a virtual camera may be positioned on the first sphere at a first position. A first command may be received to move the virtual camera in a first direction. The virtual camera may be translated in the first direction along a surface of the first sphere to a second position. A view of the interior of the 3D room model may be displayed from a second viewpoint of the virtual camera at the second position.

User interface for three-dimensional room modeling

Techniques for placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality (AR) are described. One technique includes receiving a first request to initialize an AR simulation of a first product for sale within a physical environment. In response to the first request, a first 3D model of the first product for sale is rendered onto the screen. After rendering the first 3D model, a second request to visualize a second product for sale within the physical environment is received during the AR simulation of the first product for sale. In response to the second request, a second 3D model of the second product for sale is rendered onto the screen with the first 3D model.

Placing and manipulating multiple three-dimensional (3D) models using mobile augmented reality

Techniques for improving the visualization of three-dimensional (3D) models of items on computing devices for augmented reality (AR) are described. One technique includes obtaining a virtual representation of an item and detecting a plane within a physical environment. A range of distances to the plane from a computing device for visualizing the virtual representation on a screen of the computing device is determined based on (i) physical attribute(s) of the screen and (ii) physical attribute(s) of the virtual representation. The virtual representation is rendered on the screen for positions on the plane that are within the range of distances from the computing device. The virtual representation is not rendered on the screen for positions on the plane that are outside of the range of distances from the computing device.

Visualization of a three-dimensional (3D) model in augmented reality (AR)

Systems and methods for displaying digital objects in multiple configurations based on a placement location within an Augmented Reality (AR) display. The systems are enabled to receive image data, identify multiple horizontal surfaces within the image data, and place a digital object model within the image data. The digital object model is placed in the AR display in a first configuration when placed with an anchor of the digital object model on a first horizontal surface and in a second configuration when placed with the anchor on a second horizontal surface.

Augmented reality object model configuration based on placement location

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