System and method of sharing an augmented environment with a companion

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computer system to:

• receive, from a first computing device, environmental data comprising audio and visual information representing a physical environment;
• augment the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data comprising data associated with a merchant;
• transmit, to the first computing device, the virtual environmental data to create an augmented environment in combination with the physical environment;
• transmit, to at least a second computing device, the environmental data and the virtual environmental data to create a virtual environment;
• receive user input data associated with one or more predefined user inputs from the second computing device, the user input data comprising an instruction to modify a product displayed in the virtual environment;
• and
• modify, based on the user input data, the virtual environmental data to include enhanced content representing a modification of the product, wherein the enhanced content is unrepresented in the physical environment;
• transmit, to the first computing device, the modified virtual environmental data to update the augmented environment to display the enhanced content representing the modification of the product;
• and
• transmit, to the second computing device, the modified virtual environmental data to update the virtual environment to display the enhanced content representing the modification of the product.

A method of providing an interactive virtual environment, comprising:

• receiving, by a processor and from a first computing device, environmental data comprising audio and visual information representing a physical environment;
• augmenting, by the processor, the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data comprising data associated with a merchant;
• transmitting, by the processor to the first computing device, the virtual environmental data to create an augmented environment in combination with the physical environment;
• transmitting, by the processor to at least a second computing device, the environmental data and the virtual environmental data to create a virtual environment;
• receiving, by the processor, user input data associated with one or more predefined user inputs from the second computing device, the user input data comprising an instruction to modify a product displayed in the virtual environment;
• and
• modifying, by the processor and based on the user input data, the virtual environmental data to include enhanced content representing a modification of the product, wherein the enhanced content is unrepresented in the physical environment;
• transmitting, by the processor to the first computing device, the modified virtual environmental data to update the augmented environment to display the enhanced content representing the modification of the product;
• and
• transmitting, by the processor to the second computing device, the modified virtual environmental data to update the virtual environment to display the enhanced content representing the modification of the product.