Surface aware lens

A method for rendering a virtual object in a three-dimensional space captured within a camera view by a virtual object rendering system, the method comprising:

• receiving an input to activate a surface aware lens that facilitates the rendering of the virtual object in the three-dimensional space captured within a camera view;
• detecting a reference surface in the three-dimensional space captured within the camera view;
• orienting the virtual object based on the reference surface, the orienting of the virtual object comprising:
• assigning the virtual object to a position in three-dimensional space based on the detected reference surface, and
• identifying tracking indicia operable to track the virtual object in the three-dimensional space;
• and
• rendering the virtual object to appear in the three-dimensional space captured within the camera view, the virtual object being rendered with respect to the reference surface;
• tracking, by a first tracking subsystem from among a set of tracking subsystems, the virtual object at the position in the three-dimensional space using the tracking indicia;
• detecting, by the first tracking subsystem, an interruption of the tracking indicia;
• and
• in response to detecting the interruption of the tracking indicia, tracking the virtual object at the position in the three-dimensional space via a second tracking subsystem from among the set of tracking subsystems.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including a virtual object rendering system that includes instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving an input to activate a surface aware lens that facilitates the rendering of a virtual object in three-dimensional space captured within a camera view;
• detecting a reference surface in the three-dimensional space captured within the camera view;
• orienting the virtual object based on the reference surface, the orienting of the virtual object comprising:
• assigning the virtual object to a position in three-dimensional space based on the detected reference surface, and
• identifying tracking indicia operable to track the virtual object in the three-dimensional space;
• and
• rendering the virtual object to appear in the three-dimensional space captured within the camera view, the virtual object being generated with respect to the reference surface;
• tracking, by a first tracking subsystem from among a set of tracking subsystems, the virtual object at the position in the three-dimensional space using the tracking indicia;
• detecting, by the first tracking subsystem, an interruption of the tracking indicia;
• and
• in response to detecting the interruption of the tracking indicia, tracking the virtual object at the position in the three-dimensional space via a second tracking subsystem from among the set of tracking subsystems.