Abstract: Aspects relate to providing markers related to a mapping application, wherein the provided markers are selectively modified as a function of the relevancy of the markers to a person that has requested the markers. The relevancy is determined based on one or more indicators included in the marker. The indicators answer questions related to who, what, when, where, and why. Markers can be ranked based on the association between the person that requested the marker and the person that provided the marker. Further, a copy of an original marker can be modified to conform with the relevancy of the marker to the requestor.

Abstract: Various entities might desire to leave markers at various locations in a mapping application for themselves and others. These markers can be provided by an entity physically located near the location associated with the marker and/or at a different location (e.g., entity is at a first location and the marker is associated with a second location). Further, different entities can provide markers associated with a similar geographic area. A user visiting the location (virtually or physically) can review the various markers left by others. In such a manner, the user visiting the location can have further details associated with the location. Different categories of markers can be combined and rendered to the user as a hybrid of markers.

Abstract: An immersive virtual store can be presented to a user that allows the user to navigate through the store in a manner similar to a physical store. The presented virtual store can allow the user to travel along aisles, stop and browse items at a table of a vendor, as well as perform searches for different items. Items of the store can be arranged in a manner that facilitates purchase and feedback of the arrangement can be collected and used in other arrangements.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can encourage ad hoc or impromptu engagements between entities as well as simplify or facilitate planning engagements between those entities, all potentially based upon projected routes or paths of the entities. In particular, the architecture can receive location information associated with an entity and can further employ the location information for constructing or updating a path tree for the entity, with each branch of the path tree indicative of a possible or likely future path. Additionally, the architecture can compare the path tree for the entity with a path tree for a disparate entity in order to identify a possible or likely intersection. Moreover, the architecture can generate an intersection notification with details relating to the possible or likely intersection, and provide the intersection notification to one or more entities.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can employ vision-monitoring techniques to enhance an experience associated with elements of a local environment. In particular, the architecture can establish gaze- or eye-tracking attributes in connection with a user. In addition, a location and a head or face-based perspective of the user can also be obtained. By aggregating this information, the architecture can identify a current field of view of the user, and then map that field of view to a modeled view in connection with a geospatial model of the environment. In addition, the architecture can select additional content that relates to an entity in the view or a modeled entity in the modeled view, and further present the additional content to the user.

Abstract: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can provide for a second-person avatar. The second-person avatar can rely upon a second-person-based perspective such that the avatar is displayed to appear to encompass all or portions of a target user. Accordingly, actions or a configuration of the avatar can serve as a model or demonstration for the user in order to aid the user in accomplishing a particular task. Updates to avatar activity or configuration can be provided by a dynamic virtual handbook. The virtual handbook can be constructed based upon a set of instruction associated with accomplishing the desired task and further based upon features or aspects of the user as well as those of the local environment.