Systems and methods for local augmented-reality rendering

1. A method for providing augmented-reality enhanced images of a house that is for sale comprising:

providing a first augmented-reality application on a computer located at the house, wherein the computer located at the house is connected to a first router in communication with the Internet;

providing a second augmented-reality application on one or more personal devices of potential buyers of the house;

providing a second router at the house that is separate from the first router, wherein the second router is connected to the computer that is configured to communicate with the one or more personal devices of potential buyers, wherein communication between the computer and the one or more personal devices is independent of communication via the first router; and

transmitting images of rooms in the house to the one or more personal devices carried by the potential buyers through the second router;

wherein the potential buyers can manipulate the images on the personal devices to create enhanced-reality images of the rooms in the house.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential buyers manipulate the images by at least one of (a) removing depictions of certain home owner's items from the images of the rooms, and (b) inserting depictions of the potential buyers own items into the images of the rooms.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the potential buyers own items comprise furniture; and

wherein images and dimensions of the furniture are stored on the personal devices of the potential buyers.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the potential buyers enter queries regarding the house and receive responses to the queries through the second augmented reality application on the personal devices.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the personal devices of the potential buyers detect the presence of the first augmented-reality application.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting information from the computer in response to questions posed by the potential buyers.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining room dimensions using a LIDAR device.

8. An augmented-reality system comprising:

a computer in a house, wherein the computer is loaded with a first augmented-reality application, wherein the computer in the house is connected to a first router in communication with the Internet;

a personal device owned by a potential home buyer that is loaded with a second-augmented reality application; and

a second router configured to enable communications between the computer in the house and the personal device of the potential home buyer, wherein communication between the computer and the personal device is independent of communication via the first router;

wherein images may be transmitted between the computer and the personal device through the second router using the first augmented-reality application and the second augmented-reality application; and

wherein the personal device is configured to allow the potential home buyer to manipulate the images to create augmented-reality images.

9. The augmented reality system of claim 8 , wherein the personal device is configured to allow the potential home buyer to create an augmented-reality image of a room in the house by at least one of (a) removing depictions of at least one item from at least one of the images transmitted between the computer and the personal device, and (b) inserting depictions of at least one item of the potential home buyer into the image.

10. The augmented reality system of claim 8 , wherein the second router controls a dedicated extended local network that has an extended range such that it can communicate with personal devices of potential home buyers held on a street in front of the house, wherein the dedicated extended local network is separate from a local network associated with the first router.

11. The augmented-reality system of claim 8 , wherein the computer is configured to respond to questions posed by the potential buyer and transmitted to the computer via the second augmented-reality application.

12. The augmented-reality system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first augmented-reality application and the second augmented-reality application comprises an application that is configured to combine images of rooms in the house with images of furniture of the potential home buyer; and

wherein images and dimensions of the furniture are stored on the personal device of the potential home buyer.

13. The augmented-reality system of claim 8 , wherein the personal device is configured to detect the first augmented-reality application on the computer.

14. The augmented-reality system of claim 8 , wherein the personal device comprises an application that allows the potential home buyer to select an image of a specific room in the house for display on the personal device.

15. A method for generating augmented-reality images of rooms in a house that is for sale comprising:

receiving a package of information about the house, including at least data and images of the house, at a computer in the house via a first router in communication with the Internet;

transmitting a plan of floors in the house via a second router from the computer in the house to a personal device controlled by a potential home buyer, wherein communication between the computer and the personal device via the second router is independent of communication via the first router;

selecting a room in the house by identifying the room using the plan of floors in the house;

the potential home buyer selecting an image of an item to be combined with an image of the selected room, wherein the image of the item is stored on the personal device of the potential home buyer;

manipulating the image of the selected room by inserting the image of the selected item into the image of the selected room to create an augmented-reality room image;

wherein at least one of the computer and the personal device comprises an augmented-reality application that is configured to combine the image of the selected room with the image of the selected item.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the selected image is an image of a piece of furniture.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the augmented-reality application maintains registration of the image of the selected item with the image of the selected room using dimensions of the selected item stored on personal device of the potential home buyer.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the augmented-reality application allows the potential home buyer to receive an image of the house at a different time of the year.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising moving the image of the selected item to at least one different location in the image of the room.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the computer responding to a question asked by the potential home buyer using the personal device.