Seamless switching between an authoring view and a consumption view of a three-dimensional scene

A method comprising:

• displaying an authoring view of a three-dimensional scene via a display of a device, wherein the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene is displayed in association with an authoring mode in which content of the three-dimensional scene is being edited or created by an authoring user;
• receiving first user input to add an object to the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene;
• adding, based at least in part on the first user input, the object to the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene;
• displaying a switching control configured to switch back and forth between the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene and a consumption view of the three-dimensional scene in a three-dimensional immersive environment, wherein the consumption view of the three-dimensional scene is displayed in association with a consumption mode in which a preview of the content of the three-dimensional scene is viewable by the authoring user;
• receiving second user input, associated with the switching control, to switch from displaying the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene via the display of the device to displaying the consumption view of the three-dimensional scene in the three-dimensional immersive environment via a display of a head-mounted display device that is connected to the device;
• based on receiving the second user input, locking a current version of one or more files useable to generate the three-dimensional scene so that the three-dimensional scene is unable to be further edited or created while being displayed via the consumption view;
• and
• causing the consumption view of the three-dimensional scene in the three-dimensional immersive environment to be displayed via the display of the head-mounted display device using the locked current version of the one or more files.

A head-mounted display device comprising:

• a display;
• an interface configured to a connect the head-mounted display device to another device;
• at least one processor;
• and
• memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the head-mounted display device to perform operations comprising:
• displaying a consumption view of a three-dimensional scene in a three-dimensional immersive environment via the display, wherein the consumption view of the three-dimensional scene is displayed in association with a consumption mode in which a preview of content of the three-dimensional scene is viewable by an authoring user;
• configuring a switching control to switch back and forth between the consumption view of the three-dimensional scene and an authoring view of the three-dimensional scene, wherein the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene is displayed in association with an authoring mode in which the content of the three-dimensional scene is being edited or created by the authoring user;
• based on user input associated with the switching control, unlocking a current version of one or more files useable to generate the three-dimensional scene so that the three-dimensional scene is able to be edited or created while being displayed via the consumption view;
• and
• causing the authoring view of the three-dimensional scene to be displayed via a display of the other device using the unlocked current version of the one or more files.