Wearable electronic device for displaying virtual object on a surface of a real object and method of controlling the same

Abstract

A wearable electronic device may include a display, a camera, at least one first sensor, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the display, the camera, and the at least one first sensor. The at least one processor may be configured to display an execution screen of an application on the display, based on receiving a first user input for selecting a content from among a plurality of contents included in the execution screen of the application through the camera, display a first virtual object related to the selected content on the display, based on receiving a second user input for mapping the first virtual object to an object included in a real space through the camera, identify a type of the object in the real space through the at least one first sensor, in response to the type of the object in the real space being related to the selected content or the first virtual object, display on the display a second virtual object related to the selected content based on at least one of a shape, a position, or a size of the object in the real space, and in response to the type of the object in the real space being not related to the selected content or the first virtual object, display on the display a third virtual object in the form of a three-dimensional (3D) object related to the selected content.