Controlling electronic devices by operating head mounted display

A method comprising:

• generating, on a display device of an immersive head-mounted display (IHMD), a graphical user interface featuring primary content and electronic appliance content, wherein the electronic appliance content identifies one or more electronic appliances and provides one or more control elements associated therewith;
• modifying, based on a first selection of a representation of a first electronic appliance shown on the graphical user interface, the graphical user interface to display modifiable settings of the first electronic appliance, the modifiable settings including an alert priority that allows alert data associated with the first electronic appliance to pause rendering of the primary content and the alert data to be presented when an identifier of the first electronic appliance is included in a contact list, the alert data including a request to establish a telecommunication session between the IHMD and the first electronic appliance or to ignore the request;
• updating the graphical user interface based on requested changes to the modifiable settings, the requested changes including a second selection of the alert priority;
• transmit, via a hardware transmitting component, setting data to the first electronic appliance, wherein the setting data is data obtained from the requested changes to the modifiable settings;
• and
• in response to receiving first alert data associated with the first electronic appliance, pausing the rendering of the primary content and presenting the first alert data when the identifier of the first electronic appliance is included in the contact list.

An immersive head-mounted display (IHMD), comprising:

• one or more displays;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the IHMD to:
• present primary content on the one or more displays;
• receive alert data from an electronic appliance;
• determine an alarm level of the alert data, wherein the alarm level is high when the electronic appliance is associated with an identifier included within a contact list, and the alarm level is low when the identifier is not included within the contact list;
• and
• in response to a determination that the alarm level is high, present one or more user interface elements to answer a request to establish a telecommunication session between the IHMD and the electronic appliance or to ignore the request.