Apparatuses, methods and systems for sharing virtual elements

A system comprising:

• one or more one sensors;
• a display;
• an optical element;
• one or more data processing devices configured to execute machine-readable instructions that cause the one or more data processing devices to:
• determine a three-dimensional (3-D) volumetric environment around the user of the system based on input from at least one of the one or more sensors;
• create a 3-D virtual space mapped to the environment;
• provide a virtual element within the 3-D virtual space by rendering an image on the display that is reflected or directed to the eyes of the user;
• render the virtual element by the display, wherein the rendered virtual element is perceived by a user of the system in the 3-D volumetric environment;
• determine from the input of at least one of the one or more sensors that an interaction between a real-world object and the virtual element based on one or more locations of the real-world object sensed in the 3-D volumetric environment corresponding to one or more locations in the 3-D virtual space ;
• generate, in response to the determined interaction between the real-world object and the virtual element, an electronic communication addressed to an entity that includes data configured to:
• provide the virtual element within a 3-D virtual space corresponding to a sensed 3-D volumetric environment of a system associated with the entity, and
• render the virtual element by a display of the system associated with the entity;
• and
• transmit the electronic communication addressed to the entity.

A method implemented by a receiving processing system, the method comprising:

• sensing, by one or more sensors, a three-dimensional (3-D) volumetric environment around the user of the receiving processing system;
• creating, by the receiving processing system, a 3-D virtual space mapped to the sensed environment;
• determining spatial coordinates of an interactive bounding volume within the 3-D virtual space associated with a communications protocol;
• receiving in response to an electronic communication created by a transmitting processing system addressed to an entity associated with the receiving processing system, data configured to provide a virtual element sent from the transmitting processing system within the 3-D virtual space corresponding to the sensed 3-D volumetric environment of the receiving processing system;
• placing the virtual element sent from the transmitting processing system within the 3-D virtual space at a location within the interactive bounding volume by processing the received data;
• and
• rendering the virtual element sent from the transmitting processing system, by a display of the receiving processing system, wherein the rendered virtual element is perceived by a user of the receiving processing system in the 3-D volumetric environment at a location corresponding to the interactive bounding volume.

A receiving system comprising:

• one or more one sensors;
• a display;
• an optical element;
• one or more data processing devices configured to execute machine-readable instructions that cause the one or more data processing devices to:
• determine a three-dimensional (3-D) volumetric environment around a user of the receiving system based on input from at least one of the one or more sensors;
• create a 3-D virtual space mapped to the 3-D volumetric environment;
• determine spatial coordinates of an interactive bounding volume within the 3-D virtual space associated with a communications protocol;
• receive in response to an electronic communication created by a transmitting system addressed to an entity associated with the receiving system data configured to provide a virtual element sent from the transmitting system within the 3-D virtual space corresponding to the sensed 3-D volumetric environment of the receiving system;
• place the virtual element sent from the transmitting system within the 3-D virtual space at a location within the interactive bounding volume by processing the received data;
• and
• render the virtual element sent from the transmitting system, by the display of the receiving system, wherein the rendered virtual element is perceived by a user of the receiving system in the 3-D volumetric environment at a location corresponding to the interactive bounding volume.