Augmented reality system and method for substrates, coated articles, insulating glass units, and/or the like

Abstract

Certain example embodiments relate to an electronic device, including a user interface, and processing resources including at least one processor and a memory. The memory stores a program executable by the processing resources to simulate a view of an image through at least one viewer-selected product that is virtually interposed between a viewer using the electronic device and the image by performing functionality including: acquiring the image; facilitating viewer selection of the at least one product in connection with the user interface; retrieving display properties associated with the at least one viewer-selected product; generating, for each said viewer-selected product, a filter to be applied to the acquired image based on retrieved display properties; and generating, for display via the electronic device, an output image corresponding to the generated filter(s) being applied to the acquired image. The electronic device in certain example embodiments may be a smartphone, tablet, and/or the like.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of modifying a reflection of a display device as viewed by a viewer, the method comprising:
 acquiring an image in real-time using an electronic device;   calculating display properties based on at least one of the image and characteristics of the display device to which an output image is to be provided;   generating a modified reflection of the display device based on the display properties; and   generating, for display via the display device, the output image comprising the modified reflection of the display device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the display device simulates a glass sample. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , where the modified reflection simulates a reflection of a glass sample based on a viewing angle. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the modified reflection simulates a reflection of the glass sample with an antireflection coating. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the modified reflection comprises a reflected color. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the modified reflection comprises 100% reflection.