Creating cloud-hosted, streamed augmented reality experiences with low perceived latency

A method, comprising:

• capturing, by a client device, first video data from a camera;
• capturing, by the client device, second video data from a camera;
• sending first augmented reality information from the client device to a network device to request first augmented reality drawing data;
• based on the second video data, sending, before receiving the first augmented reality drawing data from the network device, second augmented reality information from the client device to the network device to request second augmented reality drawing data;
• receiving, by the client device comprising a processor, from the network device, the first augmented reality drawing data;
• before rendering, on a display of the client device, a first augmented reality scene based on the first augmented reality drawing data, initializing rendering, at the client device, of a second augmented reality scene based on the second video data;
• and
• rendering, on the display of the client device, a combination of the first video data and augmented reality graphics resulting in rendering of the first augmented reality scene, wherein the augmented reality graphics are based on the first augmented reality drawing data, and wherein the augmented reality graphics are overlaid atop the first video data.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a client device, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• acquiring video stream data from a camera;
• based on the video stream data, sending first augmented reality information from the client device to a cloud service to request first augmented reality drawing data;
• providing instructions to generate a first augmented reality scene on an opaque display of the client device wherein the instructions comprise directing overlaying of augmented reality graphics based on the first augmented reality drawing data atop at least a portion of the video stream data;
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• before completion of full rendering of the first augmented reality scene on the opaque display, initializing rendering, at the client device, of a second augmented reality scene based to be displayed on the opaque display of the client device after the first augmented reality scene.