Image segmentation in virtual reality environments

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• delineate a region of a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality environment that comprises a virtual representation of a user of a computing device;
• generate a two-dimensional (2D) image from a portion of the 3D virtual reality environment;
• generate a two-dimensional mask object based on the 2D image, wherein the mask object represents the 2D image in the 3D virtual reality environment;
• detect a first object in the 3D virtual reality environment, wherein a 3D object in the 3D virtual reality environment is designated as accepting objects of a predetermined type, and the detected first object is classified as corresponding to a specified object type,
• in response to the predetermined type matching the specified object type of the detected first object and the mask object being within a threshold distance of the 3D object in the 3D virtual reality environment:
• generate a virtual object in the virtual reality environment by applying the mask object to the 3D object to form the virtual object, wherein the applying the mask object to the 3D object causes the 2D image on which the mask object is based to be incorporated into the 3D object;
• and
• display the virtual object in the virtual reality environment using an output device associated with the computing device, wherein in the displayed virtual object, the incorporated 2D image appears in association with the 3D object.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• delineate a region of a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality environment that comprises a virtual representation of a user of a computing device;
• generate a two-dimensional (2D) image from a portion of the 3D virtual reality environment;
• generate a two-dimensional mask object based on the 2D image, wherein the mask object represents the 2D image in the 3D virtual reality environment;
• detect a first object in the 3D virtual reality environment, wherein a 3D object in the 3D virtual reality environment is designated as accepting objects of a predetermined type, and the detected first object is classified as corresponding to a specified object type,
• in response to the predetermined type matching the specified object type of the detected first object and the mask object being within a threshold distance of the 3D object in the 3D virtual reality environment:
• generate a virtual object in the virtual reality environment by applying the mask object to the 3D object to form the virtual object, wherein the applying the mask object to the 3D object causes the 2D image on which the mask object is based to be incorporated into the 3D object;
• and
• display the virtual object in the virtual reality environment using an output device associated with the computing device, wherein in the displayed virtual object, the incorporated 2D image appears in association with the 3D object.