Techniques for locating virtual objects relative to real physical objects

A system comprising:

• an electronic device with a display and an image sensor;
• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that upon execution by the processor cause the system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• obtaining first content, using the image sensor, representing a physical environment in which the electronic device is located;
• and
• detecting a physical feature corresponding to a physical object in the physical environment using the first content;
• determining a feature descriptor corresponding to a physical parameter of the physical feature using the first content;
• generating second content representing a version of a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment based on the feature descriptor, the generating comprising evaluating the feature descriptor to position a virtual feature in the version of the CGR environment in place of the physical feature, wherein the virtual feature is positioned differently in other versions of the CGR environment based on evaluating feature descriptors for different physical environments having distinct physical environment geometries, the distinct physical environment geometries having different spatial locations of different physical boundaries and different physical objects;
• and
• presenting, on the display, the second content representing the CGR environment.

A method comprising:

• at an electronic device with a display and an image sensor:
• obtaining first content, using the image sensor, representing a physical environment in which the electronic device is located;
• detecting a physical feature corresponding to a physical object in the physical environment using the first content;
• determining a feature descriptor corresponding to a physical parameter of the physical feature using the first content;
• generating second content representing a version of a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment based on the feature descriptor, the generating comprising evaluating the feature descriptor to position a virtual feature in the version of the CGR environment in place of the physical feature, wherein the virtual feature is positioned differently in other versions of the CGR environment based on evaluating feature descriptors for different physical environments having distinct physical environment geometries, the distinct physical environment geometries having different spatial locations of different physical boundaries and different physical objects;
• and
• presenting, on the display, the second content representing the CGR environment.