Abstract: Techniques for sending and receiving tactile messages (e.g., haptic emojis) in an extended reality environment to facilitate touch communication between users. In one particular aspect, an extended reality system is provided having a head-mounted device with a display to display content to a first user, sensors to capture input data, processors, and memories accessible to the processors, the memories storing instructions executable by the processors to perform processing including: capturing, using the one or more sensors, the input data from the first user, extracting features from the input data that correspond to an electronic communication, identifying an emoji from a lexicon of emojis based on the extracted features, obtaining digital assets for the emoji, where the digital assets comprise a haptic signal configured with parameter information to generate patterns for haptic output, and transmitting the digital assets to a device of a second user.

Abstract: Computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for processing spatial input signals from a pointing device are disclosed. In one example, a pointer is displayed within a desktop window that represents an operating system shell generated by a computing device. The desktop window and the pointer are displayed via a head-mounted display device within a three-dimensional environment. Spatial input signals are received from the pointing device and are translated into two-dimensional motion of the pointer within the desktop window. Based on determining that a location of the pointer moves outside the desktop window, the spatial input signals are translated into three-dimensional motion of the pointer within the three-dimensional environment displayed via the head-mounted display device.

Abstract: Computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for processing spatial input signals from a pointing device are disclosed. In one example, a pointer is displayed within a desktop window that represents an operating system shell generated by a computing device. The desktop window and the pointer are displayed via a head-mounted display device within a three-dimensional environment. Spatial input signals are received from the pointing device and are translated into two-dimensional motion of the pointer within the desktop window. Based on determining that a location of the pointer moves outside the desktop window, the spatial input signals are translated into three-dimensional motion of the pointer within the three-dimensional environment displayed via the head-mounted display device.