# Precise Re-Localization

When we think about the future of AR we imagine our world augmented by contextualized AR experiences that will be browsed through smart glasses and smartphones.

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To realize this future, we need to overcome one great barrier: **re-localization accuracy**

To be compelling, AR content needs to be precisely anchored to locations and seamlessly merge with the physical world.&#x20;

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To achieve such a result the device used to project the AR experience (Smart Glasses or Smartphone) needs a system to anchor the AR content to reality precisely, and GPS is not precise enough to do that - and does not work indoors -. The future of AR relies on another system to lactate assets in space, called the Visual Positioning System (VPS). Such technology leverages AI and computer vision to relocate AR assets in space and requires the location to be previously mapped. OVER Maps are the enabler of the OVER VPS. This makes the OVRMaps an incredibly valuable asset; they encode the 3D structure of the physical world, and they are the portal to the future of AR.


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