US Patent 11461974 System and method for creating geo-located augmented reality communities

An augmented reality method and system enables sponsors within a defined geographic area to insert enhanced augmented reality objects into navigable views of a geographic area to form “communities” searchable by a common name or identifier. Users of the method and system situated outside the geographic area may then explore the community by entering the name or identifier of the community, navigating between images containing geolocated scenes taken from or representing the geographic area or community, and interacting with the augmented reality objects positioned within the images.