Techniques for multi-finger typing in mixed-reality

A method for detecting user input in a mixed-reality environment, the method comprising:

• rendering a mixed-reality environment with one or more holograms;
• presenting an input receiver within the mixed-reality environment as a hologram, the input receiver including a plurality of input elements that are configured for selectively receiving input from a plurality of individual fingers of a user's hand based on an input state of the individual fingers and a predefined mapping of the individual fingers to different input elements;
• identifying the user's hand that includes the individual fingers, wherein each corresponding finger of the individual fingers is configured to, when interacting with one or more input elements of the input receiver that are mapped according to the predefined mapping to the corresponding finger and when the input state of the corresponding finger is an active state, provide user input within the mixed-reality environment;
• detecting a presence of a triggering attribute of the user's hand that is operable, when present in the mixed-reality environment, to selectively change the input state of the corresponding finger from an inactive state to an active state for the one or more input elements that are mapped according to the predefined mapping to the corresponding finger;
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• in response to detecting the presence of the triggering attribute of the user's hand, selectively modifying the input state of the corresponding finger from the inactive state to the active state for enabling the corresponding finger to provide the user input when the corresponding finger interacts with the one or more input elements that are mapped according to the predefined mapping to the corresponding finger within the mixed-reality environment, while the input state of at least one other finger of the individual fingers of the user's hand remains in the inactive state, wherein while the input state of the at least one other finger of the individual fingers of the user's hand remains in the inactive state, the at least one other finger is disabled from providing user input at the input receiver within the mixed-reality environment when the at least one other finger interacts with an input element of the plurality of input elements of the input receiver in a manner that would otherwise be processed as user input interacting with the one or more input elements if the at least one other finger was, alternatively, in the active state.

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 configure the computer system to:

• render a mixed-reality environment with one or more holograms;
• present an input receiver within the mixed-reality environment as a hologram, the input receiver including a plurality of input elements that are configured for selectively receiving input from a plurality of individual fingers of a user's hand based on an input state of the individual fingers and a predefined mapping of the individual fingers to different input elements;
• identify the user's hand that includes the individual fingers, wherein each corresponding finger of the individual fingers is configured to, when interacting with one or more input elements of the input receiver that are mapped according to the predefined mapping to the corresponding finger and when the input state of the corresponding finger is an active state, provide user input within the mixed-reality environment;
• detect a presence of a triggering attribute of the user's hand that is operable, when present in the mixed-reality environment, to selectively change the input state of the corresponding finger from an inactive state to an active state for the one or more input elements that are mapped according to the predefined mapping to the corresponding finger;
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• in response to detecting the presence of the triggering attribute of the user's hand, selectively modify the input state of the corresponding finger from the inactive state to the active state for enabling the corresponding finger to provide the user input when the corresponding finger interacts with the one or more input elements that are mapped according to the predefined mapping to the corresponding finger within the mixed-reality environment, while the input state of at least one other finger of the individual fingers of the user's hand remains in the inactive state, wherein while the input state of the at least one other finger of the individual fingers of the user's hand remains in the inactive state, the at least one other finger is disabled from providing user input at the input receiver within the mixed-reality environment when the at least one other finger interacts with an input element of the plurality of input elements of the input receiver in a manner that would otherwise be processed as user input interacting with the one or more input elements if the at least one other finger was, alternatively, in the active state.