Virtual place-located anchor
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked;
receiving third party comments to a posting from a first user on a social network, wherein the posting is associated with the virtual place-located anchor;
linking the third party comments to the virtual place-located anchor;
causing a first display device to display the third party comments at the virtual place-located anchor to a first user;
determining if a condition under which a second user is authorized to view the third party comments is satisfied; and
if the condition is satisfied, causing a second display device to display the third party comments to the second user at the virtual place-located anchor.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed that includes receiving an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked. Data items from a target data source are received. A subset of the data items is linked to the virtual place-located anchor. A first display device is caused to display virtual content of the subset of data items at the virtual place-located anchor. If a condition under which a second user is authorized to view the virtual content is satisfied, a second display device is caused to display the virtual content at the virtual place-located anchor.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked; receiving third party comments to a posting from a first user on a social network, wherein the posting is associated with the virtual place-located anchor; linking the third party comments to the virtual place-located anchor; causing a first display device to display the third party comments at the virtual place-located anchor to a first user; determining if a condition under which a second user is authorized to view the third party comments is satisfied; and if the condition is satisfied, causing a second display device to display the third party comments to the second user at the virtual place-located anchor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device, comprising:
an anchor program executed by a processor of the computing device, the anchor program configured to; receive an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked; receive third party comments to a posting from a first user on a social network, wherein the posting is associated with the virtual place-located anchor; link the third party comments to the virtual place-located anchor; cause a first display device to display virtual content of the third party comments at the virtual place-located anchor to a first user; determine if a condition under which a second user is authorized to view the third party comments is satisfied; and if the condition is satisfied, cause a second display device to display the third party comments to the second user at the virtual place-located anchor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A head-mounted display device, comprising:
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a computing device; a non-see-through display; and an anchor program executed by a processor of the computing device, the anchor program configured to; receive an instruction to generate a virtual place-located anchor at a virtual location that is world-locked; receive third party comments to a posting from a first user on a social network, wherein the posting is associated with the virtual place-located anchor; link the third party comments to the virtual place-located anchor; cause the non-see-through display to display the third party comments-at the virtual place-located anchor to a first user; determine if a condition under which a second user is authorized to view the third party comments is satisfied; and if the condition is satisfied, cause another display device to display the third party comments to the second user at the virtual place-located anchor.
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