Generating photorealistic viewable images using augmented reality techniques

A non-transitory computer-readable memory storing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a computer system, a view of a physical environment, wherein the view is captured using a camera located in the physical environment;
• generating, by the computer system, an augmented reality (AR) scene, the generating of the AR scene comprising overlaying a virtual object onto the view of the physical environment;
• generating and storing, by the computer system, a plurality of images using the AR scene including the virtual object, wherein generating the plurality of images comprises:
• manipulating the virtual object within the AR scene, and
• capturing the virtual object being manipulated within the AR scene at a plurality of different perspectives;
• generating, by the computer system, a viewable model of the virtual object based on the plurality of images showing the virtual object in the physical environment, wherein the viewable model comprises a sequence of the plurality of images that can later be interactively viewed by a user to show the virtual object being manipulated as it would be viewed in the physical environment;
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• outputting, by the computer system, the viewable model on a display.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform processing comprising:
• receiving, by a computer system, a view of a physical environment, wherein the view is captured using a camera located in the physical environment;
• generating, by the computer system, an augmented reality (AR) scene, the generating of the AR scene comprising overlaying a virtual object onto the view of the physical environment;
• generating and storing, by the computer system, a plurality of images using the AR scene including the virtual object, wherein generating the plurality of images comprises:
• manipulating the virtual object within the AR scene, and
• capturing the virtual object being manipulated within the AR scene at a plurality of different perspectives;
• generating, by the computer system, a viewable model of the virtual object based on the plurality of images showing the virtual object in the physical environment, wherein the viewable model comprises a sequence of the plurality of images that can later be interactively viewed by a user to show the virtual object being manipulated as it would be viewed in the physical environment;
• and
• outputting, by the computer system, the viewable model on a display.