In a mobile computerized device, a method for generating visually coherent lighting for mobile augmented reality comprises capturing a set of near-field observations and a set of far-field observations of an environment; generating an environment map based upon the set of near-field observations of the environment and the set of far-field observations of the environment; applying the environment map to a virtual object to render a visually-coherent virtual object; and displaying an image of the environment and the visually-coherent virtual object within the environment on a display of the mobile computerized device.