Multi-device mapping and collaboration in augmented-reality environments

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

• by a processor of a first computing device, receive first information from a first sensor associated with the first computing device, wherein the first information comprises information associated with one or more first images captured at the first sensor;
• receive second information from a second computing device, wherein the second information comprises information associated with one or more second images captured at a second sensor associated with the second computing device;
• identify one or more first points within the first images;
• identify one or more second points within the second images;
• define a first coordinate space comprising the first points, wherein each of the first points is associated with a coordinate within the first coordinate space based on the first information;
• define a second coordinate space comprising the second points, wherein each of the second points is associated with a coordinate within the second coordinate space based on the second information;
• identify one or more shared points, wherein each shared point is a point at which a particular first point and a particular second point intersect;
• combine the first coordinate space with the second coordinate space to create a shared coordinate space corresponding to a shared augmented-reality environment based on the identified shared points;
• and
• update a master coordinate space corresponding to the shared augmented-reality environment by incorporating information corresponding to each identified shared point associated with a number of perspectives greater than a number of perspectives associated with a corresponding point of the master coordinate space.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to one or more of the processors and comprising instructions operable when executed by one or more of the processors to cause the system to:
• by a processor of a first computing device, receive first information from a first sensor associated with the first computing device, wherein the first information comprises information associated with one or more first images captured at the first sensor;
• receive second information from a second computing device, wherein the second information comprises information associated with one or more second images captured at a second sensor associated with the second computing device;
• identify one or more first points within the first images;
• identify one or more second points within the second images;
• define a first coordinate space comprising the first points, wherein each of the first points is associated with a coordinate within the first coordinate space based on the first information;
• define a second coordinate space comprising the second points, wherein each of the second points is associated with a coordinate within the second coordinate space based on the second information;
• identify one or more shared points, wherein each shared point is a point at which a particular first point and a particular second point intersect;
• combine the first coordinate space with the second coordinate space to create a shared coordinate space corresponding to a shared augmented-reality environment based on the identified shared points;
• and
• update a master coordinate space corresponding to the shared augmented-reality environment by incorporating information corresponding to each identified shared point associated with a number of perspectives greater than a number of perspectives associated with a corresponding point of the master coordinate space.