Augmented reality display to preserve user privacy

A client computing device comprising:

• a camera configured to capture images of an environment around the client computing device;
• a display configured to present a camera view of a portion of the environment around the client computing device, the camera view providing a field of view of the camera;
• and
• one or more processors operatively coupled to the camera and the display, the one or more processors being configured to:
• upon determination that a vehicle has reached either a threshold distance or threshold time from the client computing device, generate a notification for presentation to a user of the client computing device, the notification indicating that the camera view is displayable on the client computing device;
• determine whether the field of view of the camera encompasses a current location of the vehicle;
• upon determining that the field of view of the camera encompasses the current location of the vehicle, generate a vehicle indication for presentation in the camera view;
• when the field of view of the camera does not encompass the current location of the vehicle:
• determine, based on orientation information obtained by one or more components of the client computing device, an orientation of the client computing device;
• and
• generate an instruction for presentation to the user based on the orientation, the instruction indicating how to move the field of view of the camera so that the vehicle appears in the camera view.