Near eye display interface for artificial reality applications

A system comprising:

• a near eye display (NED) comprising:
• an optical assembly that is substantially transparent and having an electronic display that is configured to display images in accordance with display instructions;
• an imaging device configured to capture one or more images of a portions of a local area surrounding the NED;
• a wearable frame coupled to the substantially transparent electronic display and having a touch sensitive sensor;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• determine a position of an object within the local area using the captured one or more images and location information associated with the object;
• access supplemental information regarding the object;
• and
• update the display instructions in response to determining an initiation of a display filter mode to cause the electronic display to display at least a portion of the supplemental information about the object, the display of the at least a portion of the supplemental information for the object positioned within a threshold distance of the determined position of the object in an augmented reality environment as presented via the electronic display, wherein the display filter mode is initiated by one or more activations of the touch-sensitive sensor, each of the one or more activations of the touch-sensitive sensor comprising a motion against the touch-sensitive sensor by a portion of the wearer's body, wherein the object is another person in the local area viewed by the wearer of the NED, and wherein the location information comprises distance and positional information is received from a wearable device worn by the person.