AR-based connected portal shopping

A system comprising:

• a processor configured to perform operations comprising:
• generating for display on a client device of a first user a portal page that represents a store, the portal page comprising a first option to access a shared augmented reality (AR) shopping experience alone and a second option to access the shared AR shopping experience with a set of users associated with the first user;
• in response to a user selection of the second option, receiving, by one or more processors, a request from the client device of the first user to engage in the shared AR shopping experience with a second user of the set of users;
• generating, for display on respective client devices of the first and second users, the shared AR shopping experience comprising a plurality of AR items that represent real-world products overlaid on a shared real-world environment of the first and second users;
• determining that the second user is interacting with a first AR item of the plurality of AR items;
• and
• in response to detecting that the second user is depicted in an image captured by the client device of the first user, overlaying the first AR item on the second user in the image.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium that includes instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• generating for display on a client device of a first user a portal page that represents a store, the portal page comprising a first option to access a shared augmented reality (AR) shopping experience alone and a second option to access the shared AR shopping experience with a set of users associated with the first user;
• in response to a user selection of the second option, receiving, by one or more processors, a request from the client device of the first user to engage in the shared AR shopping experience with a second user of the set of users;
• generating, for display on respective client devices of the first and second users, the shared AR shopping experience comprising a plurality of AR items that represent real-world products overlaid on a shared real-world environment of the first and second users;
• determining that the second user is interacting with a first AR item of the plurality of AR items;
• and
• in response to detecting that the second user is depicted in an image captured by the client device of the first user, overlaying the first AR item on the second user in the image.