Rendering location specific virtual content in any location

A mixed reality system configured to maintain an environment for a user comprising virtual content and to render the content on a display device so as to appear to the user in connection with a physical world, the system comprising:

• at least one processor:
• non-volatile computer storage medium;
• non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor:
• select virtual content in the environment at a first location in the physical world, the virtual content comprising a plurality of virtual objects;
• store in the non-volatile computer storage medium saved scene data, the saved scene data comprising:
• data representing the selected virtual content;
• and
• position information indicating position of each of the plurality of virtual objects relative to a saved scene anchor node, wherein based on subsequent rendering at the first location, the plurality of virtual objects are placed relative to the saved scene anchor node to maintain consistent spatial relativity between the plurality of virtual objects, and based on subsequent rendering at a second location different from the first location, a location for the saved scene anchor node relative to the second location is identified prior to the plurality of virtual objects being placed relative to the saved scene anchor node.

A mixed reality system, comprising:

• a display configured to render virtual content to a user viewing a physical world;
• at least one processor;
• computer memory storing computer-executable instructions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor:
• receive input from the user selecting a saved scene in a saved scene library, wherein each saved scene comprises virtual content;
• determine a location of the virtual content with respect to objects within the physical world in a field of view of the user based on a first user input moving a visual anchor node and displaying a preview representation of the saved scene at a location indicated by a position of the visual anchor node;
• in response to a second user input, replace the preview representation of the scene with virtual objects that correspond to but have properties different than the objects in the preview representation;
• and
• control the display to render the virtual content in the determined location.