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I'm pretty sure that's doable with current technology. Detecting a QR code and a larger rectangle surrounding it is easy; overlaying a video over that rectangle is only slightly harder.

What I'm not so sure of is the utility. Users would probably rather watch a video on their phone screen than watching a video pretending to be on a piece of paper through their phone screen.




You could overlay the instructions onto the Ikea chair leg directly and show me where the bolts go in etc.




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