Augmented reality collaboration system

One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions are executable by one or more hardware processors to, for a first user device in a virtual content system configured to display virtual content:

• generate an image representing a physical environment of the first user device,
• place a first virtual marker in a first location in the image corresponding to a first physical location in the physical environment of the first user device responsive to first user input received by the first user device,
• determine a pose of the first user device with respect to the first physical location,
• select a second physical location in the physical environment of the first user device relative to the first physical location,
• place the virtual content in a location in the image corresponding to the second physical location in the physical environment of the first user device with a predetermined orientation relative to the virtual marker,
• generate an image of the virtual content based on the determined pose of the first user device with respect to the physical location,
• add the image of the virtual content to the image representing the physical environment of the first user device,
• generate a virtual proxy of a second user device that is viewing a second image of the virtual content in the second user device, with a position of the virtual proxy based on a pose of the second user device with respect to a second physical location in a physical environment of the second user device,
• add the virtual proxy to the image representing the physical environment of the first user device, and
• cause the one or more displays of the first user device to render the image representing the physical environment of the first user device with the image of the virtual content and the virtual proxy.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• generate an image representing a physical environment of a first user device in a virtual content system configured to display virtual content;
• place a virtual marker in a first location in the image corresponding to a first physical location in the physical environment of the first user device responsive to first user input received by the first user device;
• determine a pose of the first user device with respect to the first physical location;
• select a second physical location in the physical environment of the first user device relative to the first physical location;
• place the virtual content in a location in the image corresponding to the second physical location in the physical environment of the first user device with a predetermined orientation relative to the virtual marker;
• generate an image of the virtual content based on the determined pose of the first user device with respect to the physical location;
• add the image of the virtual content to the image representing the physical environment of the first user device,
• generate a virtual proxy of a second user device that is viewing a second image of the virtual content in the second user device, with a position of the virtual proxy based on a pose of the second user device with respect to a second physical location in a physical environment of the second user device;
• add the virtual proxy to the image representing the physical environment of the first user device;
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• cause the one or more displays of the first user device to render the image representing the physical environment of the first user device with the image of the virtual content and the virtual proxy.