Surfacing augmented reality objects

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

• receiving, from a first client device, a request to register a given ranker on a ranker registry in association with a specified set of coordinates corresponding to a first position on a map;
• determining, based on zone data associated with the specified set of coordinates, whether a first user has permission to register the given ranker on the ranker registry, the zone data identifying one or more permissions for one or more geo-partitions of a real-world environment;
• based on the determining whether the first user has permission, registering the given ranker on the ranker registry;
• receiving, from a second client device associated with a second user, a client query for one or more augmented reality objects, the client query comprising a current set of coordinates that corresponds to a second position of the second client device on the map;
• and
• in response to the client query:
• determining a set of rankers for the client query from a plurality of rankers registered on the ranker registry, at least one ranker in the set of rankers comprising a filter parameter for filtering a set of augmented reality objects;
• generating a ranker-based query based on the client query and the set of rankers;
• determining a given set of augmented reality objects based on the ranker-based query;
• and
• sending a query result to the second client device, the query result comprising result data for the given set of augmented reality objects.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more machine-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a first client device, a request to register a given ranker on a ranker registry in association with a specified set of coordinates corresponding to a first position on a map;
• determining, based on zone data associated with the specified set of coordinates, whether a first user has permission to register the given ranker on the ranker registry, the zone data identifying one or more permissions for one or more geo-partitions of a real-world environment;
• based on the determining whether the first user has permission, registering the given ranker on the ranker registry;
• receiving, from a second client device associated with a second user, a query for one or more augmented reality objects, the query comprising a current set of coordinates that corresponds to a second position of the second client device on the map;
• and
• in response to the query:
• determining an intermediate set of augmented reality objects based on the query from a plurality of rankers registered on the ranker registry;
• determining a set of rankers for the query, at least one ranker in the set of rankers being configured to filter a determined set of augmented reality objects;
• generating a final set of augmented reality objects by applying the set of rankers to the intermediate set of augmented reality objects;
• and
• sending a query result to the second client device, the query result comprising result data for the final set of augmented reality objects.