Decorating an entire home or a particular room can become a real headache. To begin with, you have to take into account the dimensions and distribution of the space, in order to make the most of it and not overload it or create unbalanced furniture compositions.
On the other hand, you have to consider how the furniture fits together and within the room itself. Because perhaps that sofa that won you over at first sight in the store doesn’t fit particularly well next to the armchair that you inherited and that you have so much love for. The use of a mirror to enlarge a room or where to place a lamp so that it provides the perfect touch of light are other points to take into account.
Not to mention where to hang a painting or how to achieve symmetry between the headboard of your bed, the nightstands and the rug you’ve been craving. All of this, if possible, before you have already bought the piece of furniture in question and realize that, no matter how much you like it, it doesn’t look good where you planned to place it.
Fortunately, you don’t have to resign yourself to returning your purchase or selling that piece on a second-hand app. But technology comes to your rescue so you can find out how a piece of furniture will look in your home before buying it, thanks to augmented reality.
In the Ikea application we find a wide variety of options, from consulting its catalog and offers, to placing orders online and discovering the latest trends in interior design. But, in addition, the Swedish giant makes use of augmented reality to optimize your shopping experience to the maximum.
Within its mobile application we find the Ikea Kreativ section, made up of 3D virtual exhibition areas. In this functionality, several rooms are shown, some empty and others already lightly furnished. Next, you can choose the elements you want from their catalog and add them to the room as you like, thus being able to design it and see how different pieces of furniture look together, almost as if it were a video game.
But, in addition, you can also move those furniture or decorative elements to your own home thanks to augmented reality. Within its catalogue, the vast majority of products have the ‘room view’ option. If you select it, a camera opens that scans the room you focus on and, once the space has been analyzed, the figure of the selected piece of furniture or item appears on the screen so that you can place it wherever you like. In this way, you will be able to know exactly how a lamp looks on your work table, a mirror on the wall, a sofa in the living room or a closet in your bedroom, among many other alternatives.
