Facebook, Inc.

Here Global B.v.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Steven Kish

Tullie Murrell

Gregory Daniel Louis Germe

Justin David Stahl

Narin Sead

Nicole R Ryan

Hermes Germi Pique Corchs

Pascal Wever

Alvaro Collet Romea

Krishnan Ramnath

Charlie Sutton

Brody Larson

Oliver Farshi

Thomas Ward Meyer

Jiao Li

Alvarao Collet Romea

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first information from a sensor associated with a first computing device, wherein the first information comprises information associated with first images captured at the first sensor; receiving second information from a second computing device, wherein the second information comprises information associated with second images captured at a sensor associated with the second computing device; identifying first points within the first images; identifying second points within the second images; and relocalizing the first and second computing devices within a shared augmented-reality environment by defining coordinate spaces based on the images and combining the coordinate spaces based on identified shared points.

Multi-device mapping and collaboration in augmented-reality environments

In one embodiment, a method includes generating, by a device, first tracking data using a first tracking algorithm, based on first video frames associated with a scene. An augmented-reality (AR) effect may be displayed based on the first tracking data. The device may generate a first confidence score associated with the first tracking data and determine that the first confidence score is above a threshold. The device may generate, based on second video frames subsequent to the first video frames, second tracking data using the first tracking algorithm. The device may determine that an associated second confidence score is below a threshold. In response, the device may generate, based on third video frames subsequent to the second video frames, third tracking data using a second tracking algorithm different from the first. The device may then display the AR effect based on the third tracking data.

Dynamic graceful degradation of augmented-reality effects

In one embodiment, a method includes rendering an augmented-reality environment on a display associated with a first computing device associated with a first user; identifying one or more objects within the augmented-reality environment; determining a suggested augmented-reality content item based on social-networking information associated with the first user, and further based on characteristics associated with the identified objects; and presenting the suggested augmented-reality content item on a display associated with the first computing device.

Suggestion of content within augmented-reality environments

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the identification of one or more media files within a gallery of media files presented upon a display. In the context of a method, a gallery of media files is caused to be displayed. The gallery of media file is grouped into a plurality of sessions. Each session includes one or more media files. The method also causes display of a scrollbar partitioned into a plurality of segments. Each segment corresponds to a respective session of media files. The method further includes determining the media files of the gallery to be displayed in response to user input selecting a respective segment of the scrollbar. In this regard, the method determines the media files of the gallery to be displayed by determining the media files of the session corresponding to the respective segment of the scrollbar that is selected.

Method and apparatus for providing a segmented scrollbar

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Steven Kish