A method for local augmented reality, AR, tracking, the method comprising: capturing, using an image sensor and one or more processors of a device, a first plurality of images of a scene; displaying the first plurality of images on a display of the device; receiving, at an input component of the device, a first user selection of an AR sticker object; receiving, at the input component of the device, a second user selection placing the AR sticker object relative to a first image of the first plurality of images as displayed on the display of the device; processing, using the one or more processors, one or more images of the first plurality of images to generate a local AR model of the scene, the local AR model including a target template for a portion of the first image associated with the AR sticker object as placed and the processing including: identifying, based on the placement of the AR sticker object, a target template within the first image of the first plurality of images; and tracking movement of the target template within subsequent images captured by the image sensor; and adding the AR sticker object to the local AR model of the scene for local tracking of the AR sticker object and presentation of the AR sticker object with AR images on the display of the device, wherein identifying the target template, J i, associated with the AR sticker object, comprises the target template being described by J i = I 0 ( s i), the target template comprising a set of color values sampled at a plurality of sample points S i associated with a target and a target area in the first image I 0 of the one or more images of the first plurality of images. capturing, using an image sensor and one or more processors of a device, a first plurality of images of a scene; displaying the first plurality of images on a display of the device; receiving, at an input component of the device, a first user selection of an AR sticker object; receiving, at the input component of the device, a second user selection placing the AR sticker object relative to a first image of the first plurality of images as displayed on the display of the device; processing, using the one or more processors, one or more images of the first plurality of images to generate a local AR model of the scene, the local AR model including a target template for a portion of the first image associated with the AR sticker object as placed and the processing including: identifying, based on the placement of the AR sticker object, a target template within the first image of the first plurality of images; and tracking movement of the target template within subsequent images captured by the image sensor; and identifying, based on the placement of the AR sticker object, a target template within the first image of the first plurality of images; and tracking movement of the target template within subsequent images captured by the image sensor; and adding the AR sticker object to the local AR model of the scene for local tracking of the AR sticker object and presentation of the AR sticker object with AR images on the display of the device, wherein identifying the target template, J i, associated with the AR sticker object, comprises the target template being described by J i = I 0 ( s i), the target template comprising a set of color values sampled at a plurality of sample points S i associated with a target and a target area in the first image I 0 of the one or more images of the first plurality of images.