Picture-taking within virtual reality

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

• render, at a first-time instance, a visual scene comprising at least one virtual object, the visual scene being rendered at a first resolution;
• display the visual scene to a user using a headset worn by the user;
• receive, at the first-time instance, hand configuration data associated with the user;
• determine a frame defined by the hand configuration data;
• determine, via one or more sensors associated with the headset worn by the user, a viewpoint of the user;
• project rays from the viewpoint of the user through the frame defined by the hand configuration data;
• generate an image of a portion of the visual scene at a second resolution higher than the first resolution of the visual scene comprising the virtual object based on a density of rays projected through the frame defined by the hand configuration data, wherein the generated image of the portion of the visual scene becomes part of the visual scene at a same time instance at which the visual scene is currently rendered;
• and
• re-render the visual scene with the generated image of the portion of the visual scene, wherein in response to re-rendering, display simultaneously, using the headset, (1) a preview of the generated image of the portion of the visual scene at the second resolution at the first-time instance and (2) the visual scene at the first resolution at the first-time instance.

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:
• render, at a first-time instance, a visual scene comprising at least one virtual object, the visual scene being rendered at a first resolution;
• display the visual scene to a user using a headset worn by the user;
• receive, at the first-time instance, hand configuration data associated with the user;
• determine a frame defined by the hand configuration data;
• determine, via one or more sensors associated with the headset worn by the user, a viewpoint of the user;
• project rays from the viewpoint of the user through the frame defined by the hand configuration data;
• generate an image of a portion of the visual scene at a second resolution higher than the first resolution of the visual scene comprising the virtual object based on a density of rays projected through the frame defined by the hand configuration data, wherein the generated image of the portion of the visual scene becomes part of the visual scene at a same time instance at which the visual scene is currently rendered;
• and
• re-render the visual scene with the generated image of the portion of the visual scene, wherein in response to re-rendering, display simultaneously, using the headset, (1) a preview of the generated image of the portion of the visual scene at the second resolution at the first-time instance and (2) the visual scene at the first resolution at the first-time instance.