Providing an augmented reality overlay for display over a view of a user

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• receive one or more images captured by an augmented reality display device associated with a networking system user;
• determine a location of the augmented reality display device associated with the networking system user;
• determine an identity of a networking system co-user shown in the one or more images;
• generate an augmented reality overlay for the identified networking system co-user by:
• determining a score for each of a plurality of augmented reality elements based on the location of the augmented reality display device,
• performing a 3D scan of one of the one or more images to determine the 3-dimensional shape of the networking system co-user in one of the one or more images,
• generating a graphical mesh based on a point cloud of data from the networking system co-user's 3-dimensional shape, and
• based on the determined scores for each of the plurality of augmented reality elements, applying one or more of the plurality of augmented reality elements to the graphical mesh;
• and
• provide the generated augmented reality overlay for display by the augmented reality display device anchored on a view of the networking system co-user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computer system:

• receive one or more images captured by an augmented reality display device associated with a networking system user;
• determine a location of the augmented reality display device associated with the networking system user;
• determine an identity of a networking system co-user shown in the one or more images;
• generate an augmented reality overlay for the identified networking system co-user by:
• determining a score for each of a plurality of augmented reality elements based on the location of the augmented reality display device,
• performing a 3D scan of one of the one or more images to determine the 3-dimensional shape of the networking system co-user in one of the one or more images,
• generating a graphical mesh based on a point cloud of data from the networking system co-user's 3-dimensional shape, and
• based on the determined scores for each of the plurality of augmented reality elements, applying one or more of the plurality of augmented reality elements to the graphical mesh;
• and
• provide the generated augmented reality overlay for display on the augmented reality display device anchored on a view of the networking system co-user.