Systems and methods providing contact tip to work distance (CTWD) feedback for augmented reality

A method, comprising:

• storing a plurality of relationships between contact tip-to-work distance (CTWD) and one or more of a welding output current and a wire feed speed, wherein each individual relationship corresponds to a different combination of wire type, wire size, and shielding gas type;
• selecting a relationship from the plurality of relationships between contact tip-to-work distance (CTWD) and one or more of a welding output current and a wire feed speed, wherein the relationship is selected based on a correspondence to a wire type and a wire size of a welding wire used during a welding process and a shielding gas type used during the welding process;
• sampling, by a welding power source, one or more of the welding output current and the wire feed speed in real time during the welding process;
• and
• determining, by the welding power source, an actual CTWD in real time from the relationship selected based on at least one of the welding output current or wire feed speed.