Abstract: Technology is described for picking or placing items within a storage area using an AR headset. One method may include scanning an optical code on a mobile storage cart to determine a position and orientation of the mobile storage cart. Item data may be retrieved for an item to be retrieved from a storage location in the storage area and placed on the mobile storage cart. A first graphical guidance indicator can be provided to guide a user of the AR headset to the storage location of the item to be picked. An optical code on the item may also be scanned. A placement indicator may be displayed and overlaid on a storage bin on the mobile storage cart representing a location where the item is to be placed.

Abstract: Technology is described for scanning an optical code using an augmented reality (AR) headset. The method can include tracking an eye gaze of a user using the AR headset to identify an eye gaze location. A scan area of an optical camera of the AR headset may be set based in part on a gaze area defined around the eye gaze location. Another operation may be detecting a depth of a hand of a user in proximity to an item, using the AR headset. A focus depth of the optical camera may be set based in part on the depth of the hand from the AR headset. An optical code may be scanned from the product item using the optical camera at the focus depth.