Augmented reality charitable giving experience

1. A method for implementing a charitable giving experience, the method comprising:

receiving a scanned image of a logo of a charity at an augmented reality (AR) electronic device, the logo including a graphic associated with the charity;

determining, prior to displaying the logo and details related to the charity on the AR electronic device, whether at least a portion of the scanned image corresponds to a predetermined target area of the logo;

when the at least portion of the scanned image corresponds to the predetermined target area of the logo, displaying at least the logo and the details related to the charity on the AR electronic device;

displaying a control on the AR electronic device, wherein the control corresponds to one or more charitable giving opportunities associated with the charity;

receiving a selection of the control on the AR electronic device; and

initiating a charitable giving to the charity from the AR electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the details related to the charity comprises displaying the details as an overlay on the logo on the AR electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein displaying the details related to the charity comprises displaying at least one of an animation, a video, and educational information related to the charity on the AR electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the charitable giving is a pledge of money for the charity.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein initiating the charitable giving comprises:

receiving a secure identifier of a user of the AR electronic device and a monetary amount of the pledge; and

sending to an electronic computing device the secure identifier, the monetary amount of the pledge, and an identifier of the charity.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the charitable giving is a donation of money to the charity.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

responsive to receiving the selection of the control, displaying one or more money transfer applications on the AR electronic device, the one or more money transfer applications being installed on the AR electronic device and associated with a user of the AR electronic device; and

receiving a selection of a one of the money transfer applications.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein initiating the charitable giving comprises:

receiving a secure identifier of the user and a monetary amount of the donation; and

initiating a transfer of money to the charity for the monetary amount of the donation using the selected one of the money transfer applications.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the selected one of the money transfer applications implements a single-click credit card transaction.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control is a virtual button that is projected on a display screen of the AR electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a secure identifier at the AR electronic device, the secure identifier authenticating a user of the AR electronic device, wherein the secure identifier is an identifier that is assigned to the user specifically for making pledges or donations on the AR electronic device.

12. An augmented reality (AR) electronic computing device, comprising:

a camera;

a display screen;

at least one processor; and

system memory, the system memory including instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the AR electronic computing device to:

receive a scanned image of a logo of a charity from the camera, the logo including a graphic associated with the charity;

determine, prior to displaying the logo and details related to the charity on the AR electronic computing device, whether at least a portion of the scanned image corresponds to a predetermined target area of the logo;

when the at least portion of the scanned image corresponds to the predetermined target area of the logo, display at least the logo and the details related to the charity on the display screen;

display a control on the display screen, wherein the control corresponds to a pledge of money or a donation associated with the charity;

receive a selection of the control; and

initiate the pledge or the donation to the charity from the AR electronic computing device.

13. The AR electronic computing device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to display the details related to the charity as an overlay on the logo on the AR electronic computing device.

14. The AR electronic computing device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

determine whether the selection of the control indicates the pledge of money to the charity;

when a determination is made that the selection of the control indicates the pledge of money for the charity:

receive a secure identifier of a user of the AR electronic computing device and a monetary amount of the pledge; and

send to an electronic computing device the secure identifier, the monetary amount of the pledge, and an identifier of the charity.

15. The AR electronic computing device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

display a selection of one or more money transfer applications installed on the AR electronic computing device and associated with a user of the AR electronic computing device;

receive a selection of a one of the money transfer applications;

receive a secure identifier of the user and a monetary amount of the donation; and

use the selected money transfer application, initiating a transfer of money to the charity for the monetary amount of the donation.

16. The AR electronic computing device of claim 12 , wherein the control is a virtual button that is projected by the AR electronic computing device.

17. The AR electronic computing device of claim 12 , wherein the details related to the charity comprise text and graphics related to the charity.

18. The AR electronic computing device of claim 12 , wherein display the details related to the charity comprise displaying an animation or a video related to the charity.

19. A method implemented on an augmented realty (AR) electronic device for implementing a donation of money to a charity, the method comprising:

receiving a scanned image of a logo of the charity at the AR electronic device, the logo including a graphic associated with the charity;

determining, prior to displaying the logo and details related to the charity on the AR electronic device, whether at least a portion of the scanned image corresponds to a predetermined target area of the logo;

when the at least portion of the scanned image corresponds to the predetermined target area of the logo, displaying the logo and a virtual button on the AR electronic device, the virtual button being displayed as an overlay on the logo, wherein the virtual button corresponds to a donation of money to the charity;

receiving a first selection of the virtual button on the AR electronic device;

responsive to receiving the first selection of the virtual button, displaying one or more money transfer applications on the AR electronic device, the one or more money transfer applications being installed on the AR electronic device and associated with a user of the AR electronic device;

receiving a second selection of a one of the money transfer applications;

receiving an input indicating a monetary amount for the donation of money; and

initiating a transfer of money to the charity for the monetary amount of the donation using the selected one of the money transfer applications.