Augmented reality shopping system

A system to facilitate shopping, the system comprising:

• a transceiver configured to:
• receive a target location of a virtual object disposed in a geographical area from a distributer user device, wherein the virtual object is associated with a limited-edition product;
• and
• receive a trigger signal from the distributer user device, wherein the trigger signal is associated with a limited-edition product launch;
• a memory configured to store the target location and the trigger signal;
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
• obtain the target location and the trigger signal from the memory;
• determine an authenticity of a customer user device responsive to obtaining the trigger signal, wherein the processor determines the authenticity by:
• determining a count of historical purchases of the limited-edition product performed by a customer using the customer user device;
• and
• determining that the customer user device is authentic when the count of historical purchases is less than a predefined threshold;
• transmit a virtual map comprising the target location to the customer user device responsive to a determination that the customer user device is authentic;
• obtain a real-world view of the geographical area from the customer user device;
• display augmented reality direction pointers on the real-world view on the customer user device, to navigate the customer user device to the target location;
• detect a presence of the virtual object in the real-world view;
• determine that the customer user device has reached the target location based on the presence of the virtual object in the real-world view;
• and
• transmit a product purchase link to the customer user device responsive to a determination that the customer user device has reached the target location, wherein the product purchase link enables the customer to purchase the limited-edition product.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a distributed computing system, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• obtain a target location of a virtual object disposed in a geographical area from a distributer user device, wherein the virtual object is associated with a limited-edition product;
• obtain a trigger signal from the distributer user device, wherein the trigger signal is associated with a limited-edition product launch;
• determine an authenticity of a customer user device responsive to obtaining the trigger signal, wherein the processor determines the authenticity by:
• determining a count of historical purchases of the limited-edition product performed by a customer using the customer user device;
• and
• determining that the customer user device is authentic when the count of historical purchases is less than a predefined threshold;
• transmit a virtual map comprising the target location to the customer user device responsive to a determination that the customer user device is authentic;
• obtain a real-world view of the geographical area from the customer user device;
• display augmented reality direction pointers on the real-world view on the customer user device, to navigate the customer user device to the target location;
• detect a presence of the virtual object in the real-world view;
• determine that the customer user device has reached the target location based on the presence of the virtual object in the real-world view;
• and
• transmit a product purchase link to the customer user device responsive to a determination that the customer user device has reached the target location, wherein the product purchase link enables the customer to purchase the limited-edition product.