Virtual cues for augmented-reality pose alignment

An augmented-reality device, comprising:

• a camera configured to image a physical space;
• a pose sensing system configured to determine a current pose of the augmented-reality device in the physical space;
• a display;
• a logic machine;
• and
• a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:
• receive a predetermined pose in the physical space;
• visually present, via the display, an augmented-reality view of the physical space including a predetermined pose cue indicating the predetermined pose in the physical space and a current pose cue indicating the current pose in the physical space, wherein the current pose cue includes a virtual object overlaid on a current field of view of the display and has a device-locked position such that the current pose cue appears to occupy a same portion of the display and appears to be a same distance in front of the augmented-reality device even as the current pose of the augmented-reality device changes, and wherein the current pose cue aligns with the predetermined pose cue when the current pose aligns with the predetermined pose;
• and
• visually replace, via the display, the predetermined pose cue and the current pose cue with a visual alignment cue in response to the current pose being aligned with the predetermined pose in the physical space, the visual alignment cue indicating that the current pose of the augmented-reality device in the physical space is aligned with the predetermined pose in the physical space.

A method comprising:

• receiving a previous pose assumed by an augmented-reality device during capture of a previously-captured image of a physical space by a camera of the augmented-reality device;
• determining a current pose of the augmented-reality device in the physical space;
• visually presenting, via a display of the augmented-reality device, an augmented-reality view of the physical space including a predetermined pose cue and a current pose cue, wherein the predetermined pose cue indicates the predetermined pose in the physical space and has a world-locked position that is fixed relative to the physical space, and wherein the current pose cue indicates the current pose in the physical space and includes a virtual object overlaid on a current field of view of the display that has a device-locked position that changes with the current pose of the augmented-reality device such that the current pose cue appears to occupy a same portion of the display and appears to be a same distance in front of the augmented-reality device even as the current pose of the augmented-reality device changes, and wherein the current pose cue aligns with the predetermined pose cue when the current pose aligns with the predetermined pose;
• and
• visually replacing, via the display, the predetermined pose cue and the current pose cue with a visual alignment cue in response to the current pose being aligned with the predetermined pose in the physical space, the visual alignment cue indicating that the current pose of the augmented-reality device in the physical space is aligned with the predetermined pose in the physical space.