Methods, systems, and computer program product for managing and displaying webpages in a virtual three-dimensional space with a mixed reality system

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a non-transitory computer accessible storage medium storing thereupon program code which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
• receive, in an extended reality system, an input from a web site for a three-dimensional (3D) transform for a web page or a web page panel therefor,
• wherein the 3D transform comprises a change in 3D position data, 3D rotation data, or scale of the web page or the web page panel therefor;
• determine 3D transform data for the web page or the web page panel therefor based at least in part upon the 3D transform;
• determine a 3D boundary for a virtual 3D space based at least in part upon the 3D transform data for the web page or the web page panel therefor, wherein the 3D transform transforms the web page or the web page panel to a 3D position in the virtual 3D space having the 3D boundary[[determined by the universe browser engine]];
• present contents of the web page at a candidate position in the virtual 3D space based at least in part upon the 3D position indicated by 3D transform data;
• modify the 3D transform data into updated 3D transform data in response to a user moving and/or rotating the web page;
• receive, at the extended reality system, a request from the web site for an updated 3D transform;
• update the 3D transform data with the updated 3D transform;
• and
• return, by the extended reality system, the updated 3D transform data to the web site.

An extended reality system, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a browser engine coupled to the at least one processor;
• a universe browser engine coupled to the at least one processor and the browser engine;
• and
• a non-transitory computer accessible storage medium storing thereupon program code which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
• receive, at the browser engine of a browser in an extended reality system, one or more requests from a web site pertaining to a presentation of a webpage on the extended reality system;
• receive, at the universe browser engine, a request to set a three-dimensional (3D) transform of the web page to be displayed or a web page panel therefor in a virtual 3D space provided by the extended reality system, wherein the 3D transform comprises a change in 3D position data, 3D rotation data, or scale of the web page or the web page panel therefor;
• determine, by the universe browser engine, 3D transform data in response to the request to set the 3D transform of the web page or the web page panel;
• determine, by the universe browser engine, a 3D boundary for a virtual 3D space based at least in part upon the 3D transform data for the webpage, wherein the 3D transform transforms the webpage to a 3D position in the virtual 3D space having the 3D boundary determined by the universe browser engine;
• present, by the universe browser engine, contents of the web page at a candidate position in the virtual 3D space based at least in part upon the 3D position indicated by the 3D transform data;
• modify, by the universe browser engine, the 3D transform data into updated 3D transform data in response to a user moving and/or rotating the web page;
• receive, at the browser engine, a request from the web site for an updated 3D transform;
• update, by the universe browser engine, the 3D transform data with the updated 3D transform;
• and
• return, by the browser engine, the updated 3D transform data to the web site.