Method and devices for presenting and manipulating conditionally dependent synthesized reality content threads

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a non-transitory memory;
• an interface for communicating with a display device and one or more input devices;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the non-transitory memory, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to:
• present, via the display device, playback of a macro story from a first synthesized reality (SR) view with a plurality of SR content layers overlaid on a physical environment associated with a user of the computing system that is separate from the plurality of SR content layers, wherein presenting playback of the macro story from the first SR view includes concurrently presenting playback of the plurality of SR content layers including at least a first SR content layer with a first plurality of SR content elements and a second SR content layer with a second plurality of SR content elements, wherein the plurality of SR content layers corresponds to a plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads of the macro story, and wherein the plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads corresponds to a mesh of related SR content threads;
• detect, via the one or more input devices, an input selecting a respective layer among the plurality of selectable layers in the first SR view;
• and
• in response to detecting the input selecting the respective layer:
• in accordance with a determination that the respective layer corresponds to the first SR content layer among the plurality of SR content layers, replace presentation of playback of the macro story from the first SR view with presenting, via the display device, playback of a first SR content thread among the plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads of the macro story that corresponds to a second SR view of the first SR content layer with the first plurality of SR elements overlaid on the physical environment, wherein the first SR content thread corresponds to a first micro story with a first point-of-view of the macro story;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the respective layer corresponds to in accordance with a determination that the respective layer corresponds to the second SR content layer different from the first SR content layer among the plurality of SR content layers, replace presentation of playback of the macro story from the first SR view with presenting, via the display device, playback of a second SR content thread among the plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads of the macro story that corresponds to a third SR view of the second SR content layer with the second plurality of SR elements overlaid on the physical environment, wherein the second SR content thread corresponds to a second micro story with a second point-of-view of the macro story.

A non-transitory memory storing one or more programs, which, when executed by one or more processors of a computing system with an interface for communicating with a display device and one or more input devices, cause the computing system to:

• present, via the display device, playback of a macro story from a first synthesized reality (SR) view with a plurality of SR content layers overlaid on a physical environment associated with a user of the computing system that is separate from the plurality of SR content layers, wherein presenting playback of the macro story from the first SR view includes concurrently presenting playback of the plurality of SR content layers including at least a first SR content layer with a first plurality of SR content elements and a second SR content layer with a second plurality of SR content elements, wherein the plurality of SR content layers corresponds to a plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads of the macro story, and wherein the plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads corresponds to a mesh of related SR content threads;
• detect, via the one or more input devices, an input selecting a respective layer among the plurality of selectable layers in the first SR view;
• and
• in response to detecting the input selecting the respective layer:
• in accordance with a determination that the respective layer corresponds to the first SR content layer among the plurality of SR content layers, replace presentation of playback of the macro story from the first SR view with presenting, via the display device, playback of a first SR content thread among the plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads of the macro story that corresponds to a second SR view of the first SR content layer with the first plurality of SR elements overlaid on the physical environment, wherein the first SR content thread corresponds to a first micro story with a first point-of-view of the macro story;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the respective layer corresponds to the second SR content layer different from the first SR content layer among the plurality of selectable SR content layers, replace presentation of playback of the macro story from the first SR view with presenting, via the display device, playback of a second SR content thread among the plurality of conditionally dependent SR content threads of the macro story that corresponds to a third SR view of the second SR content layer with the second plurality of SR elements overlaid on the physical environment, wherein the second SR content thread corresponds to a second micro story with a second point-of-view of the macro story.