Providing information to users of a transportation system using augmented reality elements

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:
• generate a transportation match between a requester device corresponding to a requester and a provider device corresponding to a provider;
• determine, based on GPS information of the requester device, a location of the requester device corresponding to the requester;
• generate an augmented reality passenger location element that visually depicts the location of the requester device;
• and
• provide the augmented reality passenger location element for display via a client device of the provider to indicate the location of the requester device within a real-world environmental depiction visible via the client device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing device to:

• generate a transportation match between a requester device corresponding to a requester and a provider device corresponding to a provider;
• determine, based on GPS information of the requester device, a location of the requester device corresponding to the requester;
• generate an augmented reality passenger location element that visually depicts the location of the requester device;
• and
• provide the augmented reality passenger location element for display via a client device of the provider to indicate the location of the requester device within a real-world environmental depiction visible via the client device.