Hyundai Motor America's Genesis premium brand is now offering an augmented reality manual (Genesis Virtual Guide) for the 2017 G80 and G90 as a free download on AppleApp Store and Google Play.

"Genesis Virtual Guide is a modern take on the traditional owner's manual, allowing consumers to use their smartphone or tablet to get how-to information for repairs, maintenance and vehicle features. Using 2D and 3D tracking technology, the guide is able to deliver in-depth levels of information related to specific parts of vehicles. The manual will be compatible with 2018 models later this year," the automaker said.

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"Erwin Raphael, general manager of Genesis in the US, said: "The Virtual Guide provides our owners with a new way to learn about and get to know their vehicles."

The brand used quality and consumer survey results to determine the top features to incorporate into the guide. The app contains a number of informational guides including: 135 how-to videos and 25 3D overlay images that appear once users scan areas of their vehicle, like the engine bay. A complete owner's manual is also included inside the app.

Users launch the guide app on their device and select their vehicle. They can next select engine, interior, exterior, instrument cluster or videos from the menu.

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Users hold their smartphone or tablet camera in front of the area of the car when they need more information, then simple to understand visuals appear.

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Positioning a device camera over the engine bay gives AR maintenance instructions for each part of the engine. The engine pictorial index provides the same content without using the camera.

Inside the interior section there is a button scanner, 360 virtual reality (VR) and an additional pictorial index. The button scanner uses the device camera to identify interior button functions and educates owners about those buttons via video. The 360 VR tool generates a 360 degree virtual reality experience of the interior. The user simply moves the phone or tablet around or swipes to explore the interior and access how-to videos. The interior pictorial allows the user to tap all the same icons in the 360 VR without moving the device.

The instrument cluster tool helps to educate owners on warning and indicator lights and pop-up LCD messages.

The videos section delivers information about the brand and new models.