Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Andrei Andreevich Borodin

Jeff D Smith

Cameron Graeme Brown

Andrew Austin Jackson

Marcus Philip Ghaly

Cheyne Rory Quin Mathey-Owens

Michael Jordon Felice

Brandon Richard Berk

Jonathan Gill

A method of presenting visual information to a user includes acquiring a first surface mesh relative to the user, acquiring a second surface mesh relative to the user, assigning a first physics layer to the first surface mesh, assigning a second physics layer to the second surface mesh, and prioritizing the first physics layer over the second physics layer independent of a relative position of the first physics layer and the second physics layer in a shared environment for interactions with a first object associated with the first surface mesh and a second object associated with the second surface mesh.

Systems and methods of physics layer prioritization in virtual environments

Examples are disclosed herein that relate to the display of mixed reality imagery. One example provides a mixed reality computing device comprising an image sensor, a display device, a storage device comprising instructions, and a processor. The instructions are executable to receive an image of a physical environment, store the image, render a three-dimensional virtual model, form a mixed reality thumbnail image by compositing a view of the three-dimensional virtual model and the image, and display the mixed reality thumbnail image. The instructions are further executable to receive a user input updating the three-dimensional virtual model, render the updated three-dimensional virtual model, update the mixed reality thumbnail image by compositing a view of the updated three-dimensional virtual model and the image of the physical environment, and display the mixed reality thumbnail image including the updated three-dimensional virtual model composited with the image of the physical environment.

Updating mixed reality thumbnails

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