ARmallin

ARmallin is a concept for an augmented reality-enabled shopping environment in which digital storefronts, product data, and navigation are projected into a user’s real or virtual surroundings through AR devices. It can describe overlays on physical malls or streets, as well as entirely virtual shopping destinations accessed via AR interfaces.

The term blends augmented reality with the idea of a shopping mall. It appears in industry discussions and speculative design work rather than as a single standardized platform.

Core features commonly associated with ARmallin include anchored digital storefronts at physical locations, real-time product information (prices, specifications, reviews), interactive try-ons, AR navigation to stores or products, social shopping features, and integrated checkout across devices.

Implementation relies on computer vision and mapping (SLAM), marker-based or markerless tracking, localization (GPS or relative positioning), cloud-based AI for recommendations, 3D asset pipelines, and APIs for e-commerce and payments. Privacy and latency considerations are central to design.

In practice, ARmallin concepts have appeared in retail pilots, event installations, and academic demonstrations. A universal standard or interoperable ecosystem has not been established, leading to a variety of vendor-specific approaches and experimental user experiences.

See also: augmented reality, virtual mall, mixed reality, e-commerce, retail technology.