Synching and desyncing a shared view in a multiuser scenario

A method for synchronizing and desynchronizing mixed-reality datasets between multiple devices, comprising:

• identifying multiple users in a mixed-reality environment, wherein the mixed-reality environment is defined by a global mixed-reality dataset;
• displaying a synchronized view of the global mixed-reality dataset to each of the multiple users within a shared coordinate system;
• receiving a command from a first user to desynchronize from the multiple users;
• displaying to the first user a first desynchronized view of the global mixed-reality dataset, wherein the first desynchronized view is also displayed to the first user according to the shared coordinate system, wherein the first desynchronized view comprises a view of the global mixed-reality dataset, but with a capability of the first user to, independent from other synchronized users, for the global mixed-reality dataset, view additional data , view less data, view different data, or manipulate data;
• and
• displaying, within the mixed-reality environment, a visualization associated with the first user, wherein the visualization at least:
• indicates to at least one other user of the multiple users that the first user is desynchronized from the multiple users;
• and
• is rendered to correspond with the position of the first user within the mixed-reality environment.

A computer program product comprising one or more computer-readable hardware storage device having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed at a processor, cause the computer system to perform a method for synchronizing and desynchronizing mixed-reality datasets between multiple devices, the method comprising:

• identifying multiple users in a mixed-reality environment, wherein the mixed-reality environment is defined by a global mixed-reality dataset;
• displaying a synchronized view of the global mixed-reality dataset to each of the multiple users within a shared coordinate system;
• receiving a command from the first user to desynchronize from the multiple users;
• and
• displaying to the first user a first desynchronized view of the global mixed-reality dataset, wherein the first desynchronized view is also displayed to the first user according to the shared coordinate system, wherein the first desynchronized view comprises a view of the global mixed-reality dataset, but with a capability of the first user to, independent from other synchronized users, for the global mixed-reality dataset, view additional data , view less data, view different data, or manipulate data;
• and
• displaying, within the mixed-reality environment, a visualization associated with the first user, wherein the visualization at least:
• indicates to at least one other user of the multiple users that the first user is desynchronized from the multiple users;
• and
• is rendered to correspond with the position of the first user within the mixed-reality environment.