Baidu, Inc. announced that it has established an Augmented Reality Lab dedicated to developing technologies and building AR-based applications for a diverse set of industries. The new lab, which is a spin-off from Baidu's Institute of Deep Learning (IDL), is Baidu's latest effort to leverage its technology and customer base to explore AR applications powered by fundamental AI technologies like computer vision and deep learning. AR functionality is now available in multiple Baidu products including gateway apps Mobile Baidu, Baidu Maps and local services app Baidu Nuomi, offering hundreds of millions of users immediate access to the new AR experiences. When users search for certain keywords on Mobile Baidu, options to see AR effects related to those keywords appear on the screen. In conjunction with the announcement, the AR Lab has launched a project that "recreated" lost historical sites along a Beijing subway line using AR technologies. Starting January 16, 2017, passengers riding subway line 2 can use their smartphones to view 3D simulations of nine historical city gates of Beijing, which have either been demolished or drastically renovated.