Alignment- and orientation-based task assistance in an AR environment

An apparatus providing dynamic assistance to a user in an augmented reality (AR) environment, comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device coupled to the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
• detecting, by the AR device, a first element of an object using an object detector, wherein the object is associated with a task;
• determining that the first element is needed for a step of the task;
• projecting a hologram of the first element prior to locating the first element in an operating range of the apparatus;
• determining an orientation and an alignment of the first element in physical world of the user;
• determining an overlay for the first element, wherein the overlay distinctly highlights one or more regions of the first element, and wherein the overlay indicates how the first element fits in the object based on the one or more regions;
• and
• highlighting the one or more regions in the AR environment by placing the overlay on the one or more regions of the first element at the determined orientation in the AR environment.