Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, wherein the virtual space provides a virtual experience to the first user; receiving a pause input from the first user to enter a pause mode; and causing the first user to enter the pause mode, wherein the virtual experience within the virtual space is paused for the first user.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes delineating a region in a two-dimensional (2D) image in a virtual reality environment, generating a mask based on an object detected in the delineated region, wherein the mask is defined by a perimeter, and generating a virtual object in the virtual reality environment, where the virtual object incorporates the detected object, and the virtual object is generated by applying the mask to a three-dimensional (3D) object. Delineating a region may include receiving user input that delineates the region, and the input may trace a perimeter of the region. Delineating a region may include detecting an object and determining a perimeter of the detected object. The detected object may be classified as corresponding to a specified object type. The 2D image may include a camera perspective view of an object in the virtual reality environment.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, the virtual space comprising a virtual room; receiving an input from a first user selecting a particular virtual object; calculating a score for a set of interactive-surface types, the score being based on a current context, wherein the current context is based on information associated with the virtual object; selecting, from the set of interactive-surface types, one of the interactive-surface types based on the selected interactive-surface type having a score greater than a threshold score; and sending information configured to render an interactive surface that is of the selected interactive-surface type.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device; receiving a first input from a first controller device, wherein the first controller device is associated with a first location on a body of a user; sending information configured to render a user interface comprising a menu of items, the menu of items comprising one or more interactive elements; receiving a second input from a second controller device, wherein the second controller device is associated with a second location on the body of the user, and wherein the second input indicates a selection of a particular interactive element; and sending information configured to render a response to the selection of the particular interactive element on a display device associated with the user.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first visual information associated with at least a portion of a 360-degree perspective; determining that the first visual information is not sufficient to render a complete 360-degree perspective on a display device associated with a first user; receiving second visual information, wherein the second visual information comprises information configured to render a display of one or more videos from one or more second users; and sending rendering information, wherein the rendering information comprises information configured to render a unified 360-degree perspective on the display device, wherein: a first portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the first visual information, and a second portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the second visual information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first visual information associated with at least a portion of a 360-degree perspective; determining that the first visual information is not sufficient to render a complete 360-degree perspective on a display device associated with a first user; receiving second visual information, wherein the second visual information comprises information configured to render a display of one or more videos from one or more second users; and sending rendering information, wherein the rendering information comprises information configured to render a unified 360-degree perspective on the display device, wherein: a first portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the first visual information, and a second portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the second visual information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving first visual information associated with at least a portion of a 360-degree perspective; determining that the first visual information is not sufficient to render a complete 360-degree perspective on a display device associated with the first user; retrieving second visual information; and sending information configured to render a unified 360-degree perspective on the display device, wherein: a first portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the first visual information, and a second portion of the unified 360-degree perspective is based on the second visual information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes delineating a region in a two-dimensional (2D) image in a virtual reality environment, generating a mask based on an object detected in the delineated region, wherein the mask is defined by a perimeter, and generating a virtual object in the virtual reality environment, where the virtual object incorporates the detected object, and the virtual object is generated by applying the mask to a three-dimensional (3D) object. Delineating a region may include receiving user input that delineates the region, and the input may trace a perimeter of the region. Delineating a region may include detecting an object and determining a perimeter of the detected object. The detected object may be classified as corresponding to a specified object type. The 2D image may include a camera perspective view of an object in the virtual reality environment.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device, the virtual space comprising a virtual representation of a first body part of a first user; sending information configured to render a first virtual device that is associated with the representation of the first body part, the first virtual device comprising a display region; receiving a notification item associated with the first user; and sending information configured to render a representation of the notification item in the display region of the first virtual device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device; receiving a first input from a first controller device, wherein the first controller device is associated with a first location on a body of a user; sending information configured to render a user interface comprising a menu of items, the menu of items comprising one or more interactive elements; receiving a second input from a second controller device, wherein the second controller device is associated with a second location on the body of the user, and wherein the second input indicates a selection of a particular interactive element; and sending information configured to render a response to the selection of the particular interactive element on a display device associated with the user. online content-sharing network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information to render a first reticle on a display device, the first reticle being superimposed over a rendered virtual space, wherein the reticle is directed at a first focal point on a region of a rendered virtual space; receiving an input to move the reticle from the first focal point to a second focal point that is within a threshold distance of a hit target associated with a virtual object or interactive element; selecting, from a plurality of reticle types, a reticle type based on information associated with the virtual object or interactive element; and converting the first reticle into a second reticle, the second reticle being of the reticle type.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a ground-level view of a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, wherein the virtual space comprises a representation of the first user at a first spot corresponding to a first location in the virtual space, and wherein the virtual space further comprises a second spot corresponding to a second location in the virtual space; receiving an input from the first user to summon an aerial view of the virtual space; sending information configured to render the aerial view, the aerial view comprising an indication of the first spot and an indication of the second spot; receiving an input from the first user selecting the second spot; and sending information configured to render the representation of the first user at the second spot in the ground-level view of the virtual space.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device; receiving a request from a first user to initiate a meeting with a second user; sending a notification to the second user regarding the request; receiving a response from the second user, the response indicating an acceptance of the request; and sending information to render a representation of the second user in the virtual space.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual room on a display device associated with a user, wherein the virtual room comprises a representation of the first user; receiving an input from the first user selecting a content item; sending information configured to render the content item as a virtual object in the virtual space; receiving a modification input from the first user to modify the content item; causing the content item to be modified; receiving a share input from the first user to share the modified content item on an online content-sharing network; and causing the modified content item to be shared on the online content-sharing network.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user; sending information configured to render a social-commentary item in the virtual space, wherein the social-commentary item is rendered within a region of the virtual space, the region displaying an interface of an online social network; receiving a grab input from an input device of the first user, wherein the grab input is associated with the social-commentary item; and sending information configured to render a virtual object representing the social-commentary item, wherein the virtual object is manipulable by the first user.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, wherein the virtual space comprises a virtual room; receiving one or more notifications associated with the virtual room; calculating, for each of the one or more notifications, a score based on an affinity of the first user for information conveyed by the notification; selecting a particular notification based on the particular notification having a score greater than a threshold score; and sending information configured to render a representation of the particular notification on a virtual sign in the virtual room.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, wherein the virtual space provides a virtual experience to the first user; receiving a pause input from the first user to enter a pause mode; and causing the first user to enter the pause mode, wherein the virtual experience within the virtual space is paused for the first user.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending information configured to render a virtual space on a display device associated with a first user, the virtual space comprising a virtual room; receiving an input from a first user selecting a particular virtual object; calculating a score for a set of interactive-surface types, the score being based on a current context, wherein the current context is based on information associated with the virtual object; selecting, from the set of interactive-surface types, one of the interactive-surface types based on the selected interactive-surface type having a score greater than a threshold score; and sending information configured to render an interactive surface that is of the selected interactive-surface type.