Augmented reality interface for video

A computer-implemented method for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising:npreloading a plurality of image snippets from a server to a portable electronic device based on a location information of the portable electronic device, each of the plurality of image snippets being a smaller image file of a corresponding stored image;acquiring an image of a real-world scene with a camera, the image being one of a still photograph and a video frame;overlaying one or more of the plurality of image snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding image was originally captured based on the location information and an orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of image snippets based on corner features of the image of the real-world scene;associating metadata having selected features with the image of the real-world scene;storing the image and the metadata, the metadata being stored in a metadata file;analyzing at least one frame of the image for corner feature information;manipulating a retrieved image corresponding to an displayed image snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed image snippet generated and provided by the server and corner features of the image of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved image is retrieved with metadata having selected features; andcombining the manipulated image with a currently observed real-world scene viewed with the portable electronic device.

A system for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising:na processor; anda memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:preload a plurality of video snippets from a server based on a location information of a portable electronic device each of the plurality of video snippets being a smaller video file of a corresponding stored video;acquire a video of a real-world scene with a camera;overlay one or more of the plurality of video snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding video was originally captured based on the location information and an orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of video snippets based on corner features of the video of the real-world scene;associate metadata having selected features with the video of the real-world scene;store the video and the metadata, the metadata being stored in a metadata file;analyze at least one frame of the video for corner feature information;manipulate a retrieved video corresponding to an displayed video snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed video snippet generated and provided by the server and corner features of the video of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved video is retrieved with metadata having selected features; andcombine the manipulated video with a currently observed real-world scene viewed with the portable electronic device.

A computer program product for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer-executable program instructions thereon that, when executed, cause a computing device to:npreload a plurality of video snippets from a server based on a location information of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of video snippets being a smaller video file of a corresponding stored video;acquire a video of a real-world scene with a camera;overlay one or more of the plurality of video snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding video was originally captured based on the location information and an orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of video snippets based on corner features of the video of the real-world scene;associate metadata having selected features with the video of the real-world scene;store the video and the metadata, the metadata being stored in a metadata file;analyze at least one frame of the video for corner feature information;manipulate a retrieved video corresponding to an displayed video snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed video snippet generated and provided by the server and corner features of the video of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved video is retrieved with metadata having selected features; andcombine the manipulated video with a currently observed real-world scene viewed with the portable electronic device.

A system for providing an augmented reality interface, comprising:nmeans for preloading a plurality of video snippets from a server based on a location information of a portable electronic device, each of the plurality of video snippets being a smaller video file of a corresponding stored video;means for acquiring a video of a real-world scene;means for overlaying one or more of the plurality of video snippets corresponding to a location and a direction at which a corresponding video was originally captured based on the location information and an orientation information of the portable electronic device without manipulating the plurality of video snippets based on corner features of the video of the real-world scene;means for storing the video and the metadata, the metadata being stored in a metadata file;means for analyzing at least one frame of the video for corner feature information;means for manipulating a retrieved video corresponding to an displayed video snippet based on matching corner feature information of the displayed video snippet generated and provided by the server and corner features of the video of the real-world scene, wherein the retrieved video is retrieved with metadata having selected features; andmeans for combining the manipulated video of the real-world scene with the currently observed real-world scene.