Using a handheld device to recreate a human pose or align an object in an augmented reality or virtual reality environment

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stored in a memory and executed by a processor to recreate a real world pose or align a real world object in a virtual space, the non-transitory computer-readable medium executing the steps comprising:

• prompting a user to place a single device at a plurality of positions associated with a plurality of physical points associated with a body of the user, a body of another, or an object in sequence;
• capturing the plurality of positions with respect to a real world frame of reference;
• translating the plurality of positions with respect to the real world frame of reference to a frame of reference in virtual space;
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• spawning and displaying the body of the user, the body of the other, or the object with a recreation of a pose of the body of the user, a pose of the body of the other, or an alignment of the object in the virtual space using the translated plurality of positions captured using the single device.

A system for recreating a real world pose or aligning a real world object in a virtual space, the system comprising:

• a single device executing an application operable for prompting a user to place the device or a coupled device at a plurality of positions associated with a plurality of physical points associated with a body of the user, a body of another, or an object in sequence;
• wherein the application is further operable for capturing the plurality of positions with respect to a real world frame of reference;
• wherein the application is further operable for translating the plurality of positions with respect to the real world frame of reference to a frame of reference in virtual space;
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• wherein the application is further operable for spawning and displaying the body of the user, the body of the other, or the object with a recreation of a pose of the body of the user, a pose of the body of the other, or an alignment of the object in the virtual space using the translated plurality of positions captured using the single device.