Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for determining a placement location for a visual representation of a remote user in a three-dimensional environment that includes a shared application within a multi-user communication session that includes a group of collocated users when initiating the multi-user communication session. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying a visual representation of a remote user in a three-dimensional environment within a multi-user communication session that includes a group of collocated users when initiating the multi-user communication session.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a computer system applies a time of day setting to a virtual environment. In some embodiments, the time of day setting is updated based on an event. In some embodiments, a computer system displays content in an expanded display mode. In some embodiments, computer systems join a communication session while maintaining display of respective environments. In some embodiments, a computer system moves a portal based on user movement. In some embodiments, computer systems share a virtual environment. Computer systems can display media with simulated lighting. Computer systems can share an environment. In some embodiments, a computer system selects a position relative to content. A computer system can present representations of communication session participants based on content. A computer system can present user interfaces to control visual appearances of an environment including media. Computer systems can change an appearance of an environment based on environmental modes.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that provide a communication session in which a first device receives and uses streamed avatar data to render views that include a time-varying avatar, e.g., video content of some or all of another user sent from the other user's device during the communication session. In order to efficiently use resources (e.g., power, bandwidth, etc.), some implementations adapt the avatar provision process (e.g., video framerate, image resolution, etc.) based on user context, e.g., whether the viewer is looking at the avatar, whether the avatar is within the viewer's foveal region, or whether the avatar is within the viewer's field of view.

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that assess a scene understanding of a physical environment, a user state, and a position of user in the physical environment based on sensor data, and dynamically generate a sequence of content for a change of the position corresponding to the user within an extended reality (XR) environment. For example, an example process may include determining a scene understanding of a physical environment, determining a state of a user based on physiological data obtained via one or more physiological sensors, tracking a position corresponding to the user in the physical environment, generating a sequence of content within an XR environment based on the scene understanding, the state of the user, and the position corresponding to the user in the physical environment, and presenting the sequence of content.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to a method for sharing virtual content between electronic devices during an active communication session, via a communication application, which allows the sharing of virtual content in scenarios when the electronic device receiving the virtual content has the application corresponding to the virtual content. In some examples, when the electronic device receiving the virtual content does not have the application corresponding to the virtual content, the method further allows the electronic device receiving the virtual content to display a representation of the virtual content with a different application (e.g., the communication application) than the application which corresponds with the virtual content, and thus allows sharing of the virtual content without requiring the electronic device receiving the virtual content to download and/or install the application corresponding to the virtual content.

Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device facilitates updating a virtual seating assignment in response to detecting inputs requesting swapping of virtual seats. In some examples, an electronic device facilitates reassigning of users to updated virtual seats within a virtual seating assignment. In some examples, the reassigning is automatically performed after a user interacts with a three-dimensional environment and/or a virtual seat.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying virtual content relative to a surface of a three-dimensional environment within a multi-user communication session. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for moving virtual content vertically in a three-dimensional environment relative to a surface of the three-dimensional environment within a multi-user communication session.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods of determining local shared origins in a three-dimensional environment between collocated electronic devices in a communication session. In some examples, a first electronic device detects an indication of a request to engage in a shared activity with a second electronic device and a third electronic device, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device share a first origin according to which content is presented in a three-dimensional environment. In some examples, the first electronic device enters a communication session with the second electronic device and the third electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device obtains first data corresponding to a second origin shared between the second electronic device and the third electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device determines a shared origin using the first data and second data corresponding to the first origin.

Abstract: A computer system optionally displays a user interface object that reveals content based on whether the content is private or shared. A computer system optionally displays a user interface object that includes shared content based on whether participants have entitlement to the content. A computer system optionally displays a sharing indicator that indicates that the respective content is shared with one or more other participants.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods for application-based spatial refinement in a multi-user communication session including a first electronic device and a second electronic device. While the first electronic device is presenting a three-dimensional environment, the first electronic device receives an input corresponding to a request to move a shared object in the three-dimensional environment. In accordance with a determination that the shared object is an object of a first type, the first electronic device moves the shared object and an avatar of a user in the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the input. In accordance with a determination that the shared object is an object of a second type, different from the first type, and the input is a first type of input, the first electronic device moves the shared object in the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the input, without moving the avatar.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods for spatial placement of avatars in a communication session. In some examples, while a first electronic device is presenting a three-dimensional environment, the first electronic device may receive an input corresponding to a request to enter a communication session with a second electronic device. In some examples, in response to receiving the input, the first electronic device may scan an environment surrounding the first electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device may identify a placement location in the three-dimensional environment at which to display a virtual object representing a user of the second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device displays the virtual object representing the user of the second electronic device at the placement location in the three-dimensional environment. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods for spatial refinement in the communication session.

Abstract: This includes example systems and methods for changing a visual appearance of a user in a multi-user communication session in response to detecting that the user transitions from being a non-collocated user (e.g., a remote user) within the multi-user communication session to being a collocated user within the multi-user communication session and/or vice versa. This also includes example systems and methods for determining a mode of visual representation of a user of an electronic device that is joined into a multi-user communication session that is already active between users of other electronic devices. This also includes example systems and methods for enhancing audio experiences of collocated users of electronic devices in a multi-user communication session.

Abstract: This includes example systems and methods for changing a visual appearance of a user in a multi-user communication session in response to detecting that the user transitions from being a non-collocated user (e.g., a remote user) within the multi-user communication session to being a collocated user within the multi-user communication session and/or vice versa. This also includes example systems and methods for determining a mode of visual representation of a user of an electronic device that is joined into a multi-user communication session that is already active between users of other electronic devices. This also includes example systems and methods for enhancing audio experiences of collocated users of electronic devices in a multi-user communication session.

Abstract: A computer facilitates display of content, and when criteria are satisfied, displays an option for initiating a process to display the content at a location by a second computer, facilitates initiation of a spatial real-time communication session with user(s) in a 3D environment, shares content with a second computer in response to selection of an element, in response to different inputs directed to a user of the second computer and to the content, and/or in response to movement of the content to an element, displays a sharing user interface for selecting content to share with a user in response to selection of an element displayed when the user is in a viewport of the computer, initiates a process to present a visual indication on a second computer in response to criteria being satisfied, and/or adds a user to a communication session in response to input directed at a user interface.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating display, based on data provided by a respective application associated with content, of the content and avatars corresponding to respective users according to a respective spatial arrangement within a multi-user communication session. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying content and avatars according to a respective spatial arrangement in a three-dimensional environment within a multi-user communication session. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating display, based on data provided by a respective application associated with content, of the content and avatars corresponding to remote users according to a respective spatial arrangement that is adapted to physical locations of local users within a hybrid multi-user communication session.

Abstract: Avatars may be displayed in a multiuser communication session using various spatial modes. One technique for presenting avatars includes presenting avatars such that an attention direction of the avatar is retargeted to match the intent of the remote user corresponding to the avatar. Another technique for presenting avatars includes a pinned mode in which a spatial relationship between one or more avatars remains displayed in a consistent spatial relationship to a local user regardless of movements of the local user. Another technique for presenting avatars includes providing user-selectable presentation modes between a room scale mode and a stationary mode for presenting a representation of a multiuser communication session.

Abstract: Facilitating collaboration in a multi-user communication session may include, at a first device, providing a toolkit of system-level tools for interacting within the session with a second device. A first user interaction with a first tool is detected which results in a virtual modification to an environment of the first device. In response to the first user interaction, the virtual modification is provided for presentation in a second environment representation of the session corresponding to the second device.

Abstract: Various implementations provide advantages of real-world environments, such as real-world office spaces in which workers have desks or office spaces located within the same floor, hallway, common area, etc., in remote circumstances. Communications sessions between the devices of remote users share content amongst the users. This may involve sharing audio content so that the users can talk to one another or hear the real or virtual sounds from one another's areas (e.g., offices). This may involve sharing visual content of the users, their avatars, or real or virtual objects so that the users can see one another and objects within one another's areas. Some implementations determine to initiate or continue sharing content based on one more criterion. A communication session between users or the sharing of content within a communication session may be initiated or continued based on a spatial relationship amongst anchors of users within a common coordinate system.

Abstract: Various implementations present a viewing session on an electronic device based on a view of an avatar (e.g., a representation of a content creator) that is based recorded positional data and the identification of an anchor in the viewing environment during the recording of content (e.g., a memory). For example, at a first device having a processor, a process may obtain recorded data (e.g., recorded user data) including recorded positional data of a user moving relative to a coordinate space of an anchor (a room or object) during a recording in a physical environment. Then the process may identify the anchor (e.g., the actual statue or the replica) in a viewing environment based on the recorded data. Then the process may present a view of a moving avatar corresponding to the user based on the recorded positional data and the identification of the anchor in the viewing environment.

Abstract: Some examples of the disclosure are directed to methods for application-based spatial refinement in a multi-user communication session including a first electronic device and a second electronic device. While the first electronic device is presenting a three-dimensional environment, the first electronic device receives an input corresponding to a request to move a shared object in the three-dimensional environment. In accordance with a determination that the shared object is an object of a first type, the first electronic device moves the shared object and an avatar of a user in the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the input. In accordance with a determination that the shared object is an object of a second type, different from the first type, and the input is a first type of input, the first electronic device moves the shared object in the three-dimensional environment in accordance with the input, without moving the avatar.