Method, computer program product, and system for displaying augmented reality elements for navigating to a location of an item within a warehouse

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• capturing location data describing a first location of a client device within a warehouse, wherein the location data comprises measurements by a location sensor of the client device, and wherein the warehouse is associated with a plurality of items included among an inventory of the warehouse;
• accessing a layout of the warehouse, wherein the layout of the warehouse describes a set of locations within the warehouse associated with each item of the plurality of items;
• identifying a route for navigating from the first location of the client device to a second location within the warehouse associated with a target item of the plurality of items based at least in part on the first location of the client device and the layout of the warehouse;
• generating a set of augmented reality elements based on the captured location data, wherein the set of augmented reality elements comprise a set of instructions for navigating the identified route within the warehouse, wherein the generated set of augmented reality elements comprise arrows to be overlaid on a floor demonstrating a path for a user to follow to navigate to the second location;
• causing the set of augmented reality elements to be displayed by the client device by:
• continually receiving image data captured by the client device;
• continually augmenting the received image data to include augmented reality elements, wherein augmenting the received image data comprises overlaying the arrows of the set of augmented reality elements onto a portion of the received image data depicting the floor;
• and
• continually causing the client device to display the augmented image data with the included augmented reality elements;
• capturing additional location data from the location sensor of the client device;
• determining that the client device is at the second location based on the additional location data;
• determining that the target item is not at the second location;
• and
• alerting a user of the client device to a replacement item for the target item by:
• capturing, at the client device, one or more of an image and a video of a set of additional items, wherein each additional item of the set of additional items has at least a threshold measure of similarity to the target item;
• communicating a set of information identifying each additional item of the set of additional items to an additional client device associated with another user associated with an online concierge system;
• receiving information identifying the replacement item from the additional client device, wherein the replacement item is included among the set of additional items;
• generating an augmented reality element that calls attention to the replacement item, and
• sending the augmented reality element to a display area of the client device.