Method, System and Computer-Readable Media for Rendering of Three-Dimensional Model Data Based on Characteristics of Objects in A Real-World Environment

Abstract

The disclosed technologies identify opportunities to display relevant three-dimensional (“3D”) model data within a real-world environment as a user wears a wearable device. The 3D model data can be associated with objects, or items, and the 3D model data rendered for display is relevant in the sense that the items are determined to be of interest to the user and the items fits within the real-world environment in which the user is currently located. For instance, the techniques described herein can recognize items typically found in a kitchen or a dining room of a user's house, an office space at the user's place of work, etc. The characteristics of the recognized items can be identified and subsequently analyzed together to determine preferred characteristics of a user. In this way, the disclosed technologies can retrieve and display an item that correlates to (e.g., matches) the preferred characteristics of the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a wearable device, a user request for an item;   scanning, by an optical device of the wearable device, an environment to obtain image data, the image data including real-world items that already exist in the environment;   communicating the image data to an e-commerce system;   receiving, from the e-commerce system, three-dimensional model data for one or more items matching the user request for the item, the one or more items having similar characteristics to the real-world items that already exist in the environment; and   rendering the one or more items for display on a display device of the wearable device using the three-dimensional model data.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the similar characteristics are determined form the image data. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the similar characteristics correspond to price characteristics. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the one or more items are within a price range of the real-world items that already exist in the environment. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the similar characteristics correspond to size characteristics. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the similar characteristics correspond to brand characteristics. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the user request comprises a voice command. 
     
     
         8 . A method comprising:
 recognizing, based on image data obtained by a wearable device, real-world items that already exist in an environment;   determining preferred characteristics for the environment based on the real-world items recognized in the image data obtained by the wearable device, wherein the preferred characteristics include one or more of a size category, a brand, a decorative theme, or a price category;   accessing an item catalog to retrieve three-dimensional model data for an item that has characteristics that correlate to the preferred characteristics; and   causing a rendering of the item to be displayed on a display device of the wearable device using the three-dimensional model data.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the preferred characteristics include the price category. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the price category is determined relative to average prices of items in the item catalog. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the preferred characteristics include the size category. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the size category is determined relative to average sizes of items in the item catalog. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the preferred characteristics correspond to size characteristics. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the preferred characteristics correspond to brand characteristics. 
     
     
         15 . A computing device comprising:
 a display device;   a camera to obtain image data of an environment; and   at least a memory and a processor to perform operations comprising:   recognizing, based on the image data, real-world items that already exist in the environment;   determining preferred characteristics for the environment based on the real-world items recognized in the image data, wherein the preferred characteristics include one or more of a size category, a brand, a decorative theme, or a price category;   obtaining, from an item catalog, three-dimensional model data for an item that has characteristics that correlate to the preferred characteristics for the environment; and   causing a rendering of the item to be displayed on the display device using the three-dimensional model data.   
     
     
         16 . The computing device of  claim 15 , wherein the preferred characteristics include the price category. 
     
     
         17 . The computing device of  claim 16 , wherein the price category is determined relative to average prices of items in the item catalog. 
     
     
         18 . The computing device of  claim 15 , wherein the preferred characteristics include the size category. 
     
     
         19 . The computing device of  claim 18 , wherein the size category is determined relative to average sizes of items in the item catalog. 
     
     
         20 . The computing device of  claim 15 , wherein the computing device comprises a wearable device.