This digest helps you discover the most innovative Augmented Reality applications and projects in the e-commerce niche. These projects help customers and users get relevant information about products, see how they look in the physical environment before buying them and order them directly in AR.
Catchar team organized this digest by researching top projects shared across our directory and other related sources. Here, you can also learn use cases and see how these projects and apps work, who made them and finally download and try them. This digest presents apps and projects in the following categories: furnishing, make-up, fashion and shopping. If you find it helpful, support our team and creators by sharing with friends and colleagues.
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Mod your car from your phone
Customizing your car has never been easier. Just download our app and point your camera on your car to see customization options. You can select new rims, paint job or stickers, and see how they look on your car in real time! You can even walk around the car to get a better look.
BENEFITS
GET A NEW RIM ON YOUR CAR UNDER 5 SECONDS
Looking at a picture of a custom wheel is great, but what if you could see how it looks on your car before buying it? With our app, you can preview hundreds of rims on your car. It will place the selected rim over the wheels of your car to make it as realistic as possible. You can even walk around to get a better sense of it and decide if you like it. All this takes is less than five seconds. We are using our state-of-the-art AR technology to make all of this possible.
SORT OUT YOUR NEW RIM FROM THE APP
Once you found your perfect wheel, you can order it from any one of our trusted partners to get it delivered to your door. You can also request an installation at any of our partner service centers from your local area. They will be more than happy to help you fit your new wheels and anything else you might need to make your car stand out!
SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Can't decide which wheel fits your car best? From our app you can easily share pictures of your car with new rims on social media, to get some friendly help. Modding your car can be a fun experience!
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Choose your perfect floor covering with several clicks and AR
This app uses Augmented Reality to visualize the floor covering you choose from the listing it presents.
It provides the user with an opportunity to estimate the size of the filled area and check whether it fits ideal or not. It’s about time you made the right choice on the spot.
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Try-on watches in Augmented Reality
Each and every customer wants to buy the perfect product, and now the shopping process has become even more engaging. With this app, you’re able to explore the listings of branded watches and try them on with the help of Augmented Reality.
The app provides you with the information about the watch model, the price and the opportunity to experience it on your wrist.
Make the right choice and be satisfied with your sophisticated taste!
The AR-Watches app provides its users with an absorbing experience. The app's UI is quite convenient, you can shop online and get all the information you need and then. It's always useful to see how your favourite watch looks on your wrist. The only thing that can distract you from shopping is printing out a wristband (Marker). Nevertheless, you have to take a look at your potential purchase in 3D.
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Make your renovation easier with AR
If you’ve ever redecorated your place, you know how time- and energy-consuming it is. This app allows you to check out the chosen wall paint, wallpaper or tile in reality. With this AR-based application, you need to simply focus your camera on a needed space.
What do you get after downloading this app?
âś“ You can choose among numerous products of different brands;
✓ You’re able to see how these products fit in the needed place;
âś“ You can share photos and videos of the AR design you created.
What is Primer: AR Home Design? With this app, you can just point your smartphone camera at the needed space you want to renovate and choose any kind of decoration to apply. Different brands, textures and colors are also available for you to try on.
You can always snap a photo of your design and send it to your friends or family for them to give you a piece of advice. When you find your perfect variant, you can buy it right away. Finally, you can stop imagining your renovation as a disaster, take it easier and enjoy the process.
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Furnish your rooms just with your smartphone's camera and AR
Does furnishing give you a hard time? Then the Ethan Allen app will come in hand. It provides you with a wide list of items that you can browse and then see how it looks within the needed space. You have to simply point your camera at the necessary place. High-resolution images make it possible to perceive the chosen unit as the real one. Now you can become a designer!
Here you’re given endless possibilities of your room design and customization options. What’s more, you can quickly calculate the price of the items you’re going to buy, which makes your shopping fast and easy.
What is Ethan Allen inHome™? It’s a perfect time-saver when it comes to room design. The users can look through the furniture units represented in the listing and choose the ideal ones. With the help of Augmented Reality, this app gives you an opportunity to see every single item in full-length. The only thing you have to do is point your smartphone camera at the necessary place.
You can choose not only the unit but its texture, colour etc. You can be a creator and let your feelings fly! Moreover using this application one can also buy goods and track its route till it is delivered to your door.
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Try-on furnishing prior you buy with AR and IKEA
IKEA Place is the application that helps you place IKEA objects in your home, office, or any other place.
Thanks to the 3D models of different furniture that IKEA has, including sofas, armchairs, and smaller things like pictures and lamps. The application gives the possibility to guess the size, color, and design of furniture needed.
What do you have to do to use the application?
âś“ Check the lighting of the room or space you want to furnish and place your device at waist height;
âś“ Scan an empty piece of the floor by moving your device around;
âś“ Look at the list of available furniture and choose the one you want to place;
âś“ Choose the place to put a piece of furniture, select the color and size and click to see how it looks in the room;
âś“ Experiment with other IKEA products, putting them elsewhere in your room.
Share the photos of your home with other people via Instagram or WhatsApp so that more people can advise you something (if you need it by the way). After making the decision, choose the furniture you want to order and do it easily through the same application.
You can download it from the App Store and freely start changing the design of your home or office.
This application is super-useful because it saves a lot of time. You don't have to go to IKEA stores, you don't have to worry about taking measurements, you just have to enjoy AR integrated into this application.
The ability to share photos is not only useful but also fun. Do you want to surprise your friends with a fresh repair? Do not hesitate to take photos of the house of your dreams. With IKEA Place it is easy and interesting.
Also, each dream must come true and here it also helps you, because you can order all the furniture elements through this application.
It's your design guide, your placement assistant, your useful hobby, and your best online store.
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Download an AR sneakers’ store on your smartphone
Have you ever bought your footwear online? If so, this app was created to make your life easier.
Wanna Kicks is an app that gives you an opportunity to try on sneakers from the list on the spot. No matter where you are, you can choose brand-new sneakers releases or iconic models and try them on with the help of AR.
When using Wanna Kicks, you are able to do the following:
âś“ Make a choice out of a various range of models;
âś“ Have a look at the sneakers on your feet;
âś“ Take a photo, wearing your favorite pair.
Our team had an opportunity to use the Wanna Kicks app and form an opinion about it. Now you don’t have to go to the store and look for your sneakers. There are no queues to stand in and no free fitting rooms to wait for. The only thing you need to do is unlock your phone and try on numerous models and brands.
Moreover, you can look at the sneakers at different angles while rotating your smartphone. The minute you come across the perfect pair, you can take a picture and send it to your friends for them to help you choose your ideal footwear. It’s an excellent way to save your time and decrease the possibility of your disappointment after buying the wrong kicks.
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Your personal Augmented Reality shopping adviser
What is Udviser by ROAR? It’s an app that can become your guide in digital content search and provide you with all the necessary information through Augmented Reality. Udviser helps to discover the following information:
Unlock shopping potential with Udviser and AR!
Are you tired of wasting time searching for any information about the needed product? There is a perfect solution for you! The Udviser app gives you an opportunity to explore endless data storage and apply it to the real world.
Now you can get all the information about the product by just scanning it, you can learn about food value, its best price, the place where you can buy it etc. You can also come across feedback from previous consumers. What’s more, you can always order anything you’d like and have it delivered.
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Search for your perfect goods, try it and buy it with AR
Here you will find more than 7 million products online. With the help of the Augmented Reality, you can look at the chosen item in full size placed in the space you need. Are you redecorating or creating a new space? This app is a trove! With Wayfair, your shopping becomes easy and enjoyable.
Our team had an opportunity to try the Wayfair app. And it’s a perfect tool if you need a fresh perspective on the design of your dwelling.
A wide range of the products provided gives you an opportunity to find the necessary goods in several clicks. This app includes AR features so that you can check out how these items look in full size in a room. What’s more, you can buy anything online and track your package in real time till it’s delivered. Nowadays saving, your time has become much easier!
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Try-on Warby Parker glasses using your iPhone and Augmented Reality
This Augmented Reality provides the best shopping experience for Warby Parker sunglasses and eyeglasses. The try-on feature allows customers to see how different eyeglasses will look like before purchasing.
With the Glasses by Warby Parker, mobile application users can…
• Virtually try-on hundreds of Warby Parke eyeglasses
• Order five items for free to try at your home with the Home Try-On feature
• Select and buy frames and prescription lenses
• Get and store your eyewear prescriptions
• Free delivery and returns are included
• Try-on and order Scout, our own contact lenses
• Shop with no hidden fees
• Capture some photos with new Warby Parke eyeglasses and share them with your friends
• Buy eyewear with a single Apple Pay touch
Warby Parker proposes designer sunglasses and eyeglasses at an unusual price. Moreover, with free delivery and free returns, shopping becomes better. Customers can find the most suitable pair with no risk.
This app perfectly combines e-commerce and Augmented Reality features. From one side, customers can browse and buy a number of different products. From the other side, they can see how these products will look like using the virtual try-on feature.
As a result, the Warby Parker team optimized the sales funnel several times. Customers no need to go to the stores anymore. They can select, try and purchase Warby Parker eyewear at the home, office or any other preferred locations directly from their smartphones.
While COVID 19 damages different industries and businesses, Warby Parker can still keep alive and stay with their customers on the same page. Moreover, the mobile e-commerce experience provides more advantages rather than the web. For example, businesses can offers PUSH notifications, seamless payment experience, virtual try-on feature and more.
Dave Gilboa, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, says a virtual try-on feature was in the company roadmap nine years ago prior we launch it. Also, Warby Parker had the experience to test Augmented Reality features with Snapchat lenses. Neil Blumenthal is another co-founder, mentions the band wanted to pause for something more realistic.
Catchar team thinks there were several reasons for Warby Parker to wait a little bit. Firstly, developing and polishing own real-time facial recognition engine and AR mapping can turn into a long and costly journey. Secondly, the brand was avoiding dependency by other AR companies, like Snapchat, Vuforia, Wikitude, etc.
Thanks to Apple's new iPhone X, Apple ARKit SDK and the TrueDepth camera, this idea became real. Warby Parker was able to develop their own try-on module and integrate it into the app. The TrueDepth technology and 30K infrared dots provide accurate real-time mapping of eyewear day and night.
Warby Parker app and its AR feature pushed other tech companies and startups to develop and integrate virtual try-on features. For example, King Children and Topology eyewear also became using TrueDepth camera and ARKit.
Conclusion: Warby Parker definitely found the right time to integrate the Augmented Reality try-on feature into its app. This helped the company improve the mobile shopping experience during COVID 19 pandemic from some standpoint.
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Become a beauty creator just using your AR camera
The YouCam Makeup app is created to boost your beauty with virtual makeup and selfie retouch. Change your complexion and hairstyle, add stickers and more.
Now anyone can change their look and improve their photos by simply clicking on your smartphone screen. The Augmented Reality helps visualize any of your whims in order to find the best possible variant.
You can watch live streaming makeup tutorials, make photos and videos. Make your skin flawless or change its colour, whiten your teeth, find the right hair colour before you have your hair dyed. Experience endless possibilities with this app!
The YouCam Makeup app is definitely a trove for those who are looking for some new solutions concerning their appearance. Different sections can help you get a total transformation of your look, change your hair colour and style, apply makeup step by step using foundations, face powders, eyeshadows, blushes, mascaras and other cosmetics by various brands.
The user can also try on accessories and retouch their selfies, make the skin smoother etc. It means that numerous changes are possible with AR of this app. So one can become a true beauty professional.
Yet another convenient feature is that you can take a photo of your work and watch live streaming makeup tutorials that seem to be consistently useful.
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Your perfect Augmented Reality wrist watch
Looking for your ideal watch? Then here is your helper. This virtual watch app is a perfect way to try on different branded models and choose the best variant.
MRR Hope created the Virtual Try-on Watch app using Augmented Reality, which allows the user to check out how the chosen watch looks right on their wrist.
You can make your choice among various models and try them on.
It’s always tricky to choose the perfect accessory. And this app really copes with this task. It can be easily downloaded on your smartphone, and it’s simple to use. Focus the camera on your wrist and choose the watch model you like. Here it is! You’re wearing the chosen model. You are able to try on all the presented variants and find your watch “soulmate”.
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Your own Augmented Reality fashion house of Gucci
It’s about time to download the Gucci App on your smartphone and discover the fantastic world of fashion using Augmented Reality! What do you get after downloading it?
You can try on various lipsticks from Gucci collections, as well as their iconic hats, glasses and masks and what’s more, their sneakers. The ready-to-wear and accessories you’re wearing can be seen from different angles, which is really engaging and useful when choosing your perfect purchase.
Furthermore, users can play numerous Arcade games and watch Gucci fashion shows, as if they were present there. The samples of invitations are also put next to the videos.
Yet another interesting section is Podcast, where absorbing interviews with celebrities are placed. That’s how you can gain new and unusual experience while using the Gucci App.
We had an opportunity to test the Gucci App. The previously mentioned application helps you get in touch with the culture of the Gucci fashion house. You can always easily switch the section you’re working with and experience something new.
This app saves your time and nerves by giving you an opportunity to try-on sneakers, hats, eyewear etc. with AR. You can rotate your phone and see the different sides of the items. What’s interesting, you can play games as well to entertain yourself. Have you ever thought of visiting one of the Gucci fashion shows and looking at the models storming the runway? The creators of this app present you with such a feature.
You can also become a part of the show, experiencing the true love of the audience with the help of the buttons that activate applause and laugh. What’s more, when you choose your ideal bag, you can buy it right away.
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Redesign your home with your smartphone and Augmented Reality
Are you in the process of building, renovating or redecorating your home? Then the Houzz app will be a good thing for you.
The above-mentioned app uses Augmented Reality, which makes it easy to try on everything your imagination requires in reality. You can work with interior and exterior, different styles and locations etc.
The users can discover new products, see them within real time and space and then buy them directly from the photos in the app.
In this application, you can also look for building materials, professional help, a piece of advice concerning your home design questions etc.
We had an opportunity to work with this app. Houzz is the top-listed application with AR that works with home design and renovation. It includes more than 20 million high-resolution images that come in hand when the user needs to check how it fits in the needed space.
Yet another useful feature of this app is that you can shop right away the minute you find the perfect choice. You can also hire people to do all the kinds of work required and look for the piece of advice on your home renovation, building etc. It means that you don’t have to storm the shops wasting your precious time.
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Fashion and Home Design shopping using Augmented Reality
Looking for your ideal cocktail dress or brand-new jeans? Furnishing your home and searching for some interesting ideas? Then the Anthropologie app is definitely for you!
Size up any chosen item within real time and space-using your smartphone camera with Augmented Reality helps. Become an artist and create your own look or room design. Purchase the best variants and have them delivered directly to your doorstep.
The experience gained with the Anthropologie app was quite satisfactory. The UI is convenient in operation and allows working efficiently with all the sections. A variety of products is represented from dresses to furniture units. You can see any of them in full-size using your camera and AR. In case it fits well, you can buy it right away.
What’s more, there are tips about style and home design and possible membership in a club. With getting it, you can also have discounts and invitations to the company’s events.
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Entertain yourself with Augmented Reality shopping
This app helps the user get the best of magnolia.com. Shopping has become different with the Magnolia app, where you can order goods with just the click of a button and turn on the necessary notifications in order to be always aware of the latest updates and discounts.
If you’re looking for some new design solutions, the Magnolia app is just what you need. Here you can find anything you can imagine and check out how it fits your room using Augmented Reality. Moreover, you can place the items on your mantel, shelves etc., with the help of your phone camera. Share the photos with your friends and decorate your home the best way possible!
Concerning usefulness of the application, it may become the right way to discover your designer flair. This app provides access to magnolia.com products, so after sizing up an item within the real space, you can directly go to buy it.
With the help of AR, you can always “try on” anything you consider to be a perfect fit for your house/apartment. Now it’s not necessary to visit numerous stores in a hurry to understand that nothing meets your expectations. The users can simply download an app and create their own unique design.
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Catchar Team Review
What is the Excellent Floor app? If you’re about to renovate your home and thoughts about it drive you crazy, there is a way to make it easy for you. At least in terms of the floor covering. This app can really help you. There is a wide range of floor covering presented; you can select laminate, marble, carpeting etc. After choosing the perfect fit for you, you can detect the floor area with your smartphone camera and fill it with the chosen design — no more time to waste on unnecessary shopping and wrong choices.