Virtual place-located anchor

Abstract

A method is disclosed that may include, in a creating phase: receiving an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked; receiving data items from a target data source; linking a subset of the data items to the virtual place-located anchor; and receiving a permission from a first user specifying a condition under which a second user may view one or more holograms of the subset of data items. In a viewing phase, first display data may be transmitted to cause a first display device to display the holograms to the first user at the virtual place-located anchor; and if the condition is satisfied, second display data may be transmitted to cause a second display device to display the holograms to the second user at the virtual place-located anchor.

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BACKGROUND[0001]Web-based social networks, email and other on-line platforms enable users to share and exchange digital content, such as messages, images, video, audio, etc. With the proliferation of mobile computing devices, the volume of such on-line content that is created and shared continues to increase.[0002]To receive updates or other content from friends and others, a user may fetch or otherwise access a computing device and open a corresponding application to view such content. Given the increasing volume of on-line content, a user may sift through numerous notifications, updates, and other unrelated content to find the user's desired content, such as updates from a particular friend. In some cases, finding and activating a device, opening an application, and sorting through numerous items to find desired content may impose undesirable delays in the user receiving the desired content.[0003]Some technologies enable users to experience a fully or partially virtual world. For ...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]To address these issues, a computing device and method are provided for generating a virtual place-located anchor at which holograms may be viewed. The computing device may comprise an anchor program executed by a processor of the computing device, wherein the anchor program is configured to, in a creating phase: receive an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked; receive a plurality of data items from a target data source at which a first user has an account; link a subset of the plurality of data items to the virtual place-located anchor; and receive a permission via user input from the first user, the permission specifying a condition under which a second user is authorized to view one or more holograms of the subset of data items.

[0005]The anchor program also may be configured to, in a viewing phase: transmit first display data to a first display device comprising an at least partially see-through display configured to visually augment a view of a

Problems solved by technology

In some cases, finding and activating a device, opening an application, and sorting through numerous items to find desired content may impose unde

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