IP3 2020-AR/VR 2 (LOT 11748)

This lot is generally related to an augmented reality application.  Disclosed is a technique to generate an augmented image data.  Disclosed is a technique to set up an image to be processed by an augmented reality device by generating an image from light reflected from a real object and the image data representing the real object.  The system stores the image data in memory, identifies an augmented reality skin stored in the memory and analyzes the augmented reality skin to identify the reference point of the feature of the real object within the image data.  The system creates metadata related to the image data consisting of the features of the augmented reality skin.  Further, the system stores the metadata related to the image data and the presence of the feature in the image data in the memory and updates the metadata after execution of the augmented reality skin.  The technology may be implemented in augmented reality applications, image processing systems, etc.