This paper aims to investigate the impact of Augmented Reality (AR) in creating customer experience and purchase intention from the online shoppers' perspective in Egypt in times of COVID-19. The research depended on the quantitative research method. The primary data was collected by an online questionnaire. Convenience sampling was used. The sample size was 400. A total of 384 responses were collected and valid. The data were analyzed via (SPSS v22). The results highlighted that there is a significant relationship between AR, customer experience, and purchase intention along with a significant mediation effect. Additionally, the model has a high ability to predict the consumer purchase intention through AR and customer experience. The study recommends online retailers to depend on AR as a technology to create a memorable customer experience and purchase intention. The paper is limited to the online retail sector in Egypt, and findings may be applicable in the other sectors