Ever wondered what a brand-new customized Porsche 911 Carrera S in racing yellow would look like in your living room? Of course you have. We all have. What about in your bedroom? Now, Porsche is giving daydreamers the chance to glimpse what their ideal car would look like in their home without having to fork out over $100,000 for the car and $120,000 for the renovations to the new kitchen/garage. The Porsche AR Visualizer app uses augmented reality to add another dimension to its existing online vehicle customization tool by setting your custom car in your home and allowing you to see under its skin in X-ray mode. With our new app, the configuration of a Porsche will be even more of a digital experience, said Oliver Hoffmann, Director Marketing Communications at Porsche, in a press release. Now, before making the purchase decision, everyone can virtually park their dream Porsche in their own driveway, marvel at it in their own living room, or show a photo-realistic version to their friends. First users build their dream car – selecting colour, wheel style and more – in Porsche’s online configurator, and then upload it to the AR app using a code. Once their custom build is in, they can see a “photorealistic representation” of it in basically any location. And the Internet being what it is, we can’t see people limiting that to the driveway. The X-ray mode provides a look at some of the technical specifications, and there’s even a driving mode that lets users cruise the vehicle around the environment, lower the spoiler or make some noise with the engine.   The app currently supports new models of Porsche 911 Carrera S, Carrera 4S and the Mission E concept, but Porsche plans to introduce the rest of its models by the end of the year.
Origin: Porsche’s augmented-reality app lets you put a custom 911 in your living room