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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2023
Shopify Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Russ Maschmeyer, Berkeley, CA (US);
Eric Andrew Florenzano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brennan Letkeman, Calgary, CA;
Diego Macario Bello, Montreal, CA;
Daniel Beauchamp, Toronto, CA;
SHOPIFY INC., Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
To improve user experience when interacting with AR content within an AR environment, the AR content may be overlaid over a proxy object in a real-world space. However, issues such as the AR content and the proxy object not being aligned, or occlusion of the proxy object leading to glitching of the AR content, may decrease user enjoyment. In some embodiments, an AR system for the overlay of AR content may be implemented. The system may anchor a virtual model to the proxy object based on detected features on the proxy object. The anchoring may include aligning elements of the virtual model and proxy object. In response to an occluding object occluding some features on the proxy object, the system may anchor the virtual model to the occluding object, or to both the proxy object and the occluding object, based on detected features on the occluding object.