Presenting applications within virtual environments

A method of presenting a virtual environment including an application to a user, the method involving a processor and comprising:

• executing, by the processor, instructions that cause the virtual environment to:
• define an application region within the virtual environment;
• identify a perspective of the user within the virtual environment;
• notify the application of both the defined application region within the virtual environment and the perspective of the user within the virtual environment;
• receive, from the application, an application view that includes a view of the application from the perspective of the user relative to the defined application region, wherein the application view includes a view of one or more application models that initially extend beyond a boundary of the application region when viewed from the perspective of the user;
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• present the application view inserted into the defined application region of the virtual environment with a reduced depth of the one or more application models that initially extended beyond the boundary of the application region when viewed from the perspective of the user, such that the one or more application models no longer extend beyond the boundary of the application region when viewed from the perspective of the user.

One or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions being executable by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to:

• define an application region within a virtual environment;
• identify a perspective of a user within the virtual environment;
• notify an application of both the defined application region within the virtual environment and the perspective of the user within the virtual environment;
• receive, from the application, an application view that includes a view of the application from the perspective of the user relative to the defined application region, wherein the application view includes a view of one or more application models that initially extend beyond a boundary of the application region when viewed from the perspective of the user;
• present the application view inserted into the defined application region of the virtual environment with a reduced depth of the one or more application models that initially extended beyond the boundary of the application region when viewed from the perspective of the user, such that the one or more application models no longer extend beyond the boundary of the application region when viewed from the perspective of the user.