Collaboration spaces in extended reality conference sessions

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the steps of:

• initiating a remote conference session;
• receiving, from one or more depth sensors associated with a host device, depth data associated with a three-dimensional (3D) environment;
• receiving, from one or more image sensors associated with the host device, image data associated with the 3D environment;
• determining a collaboration area around at least one automatically detected portion of a first user in the 3D environment, wherein the collaboration area is at least one of (i) a predefined 3D shape encompassing the at least one automatically detected portion of the first user, or (ii) determined based on a boundary of the at least one automatically detected portion of the first user, and wherein the at least one automatically detected portion can be moved or re-sized responsive to user interaction to control a size or location of the collaboration area;
• generating a first 3D representation of the at least one automatically detected portion of the first user based on the depth data, the image data, and the collaboration area;
• and
• transmitting, to a remote device, the first 3D representation for rendering in a first extended reality (XR) environment associated with the remote conference session.

A system, comprising:

• one or more memories storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors that are coupled to the one or more memories and, when executing the instructions, are configured to:
• initiate a remote conference session,
• receive, from one or more depth sensors associated with a host device, depth data associated with a three-dimensional (3D) environment, receive, from one or more image sensors associated with the host device, image data associated with the 3D environment,
• determine a collaboration area around at least one automatically detected portion of a first user in the 3D environment, wherein the collaboration area is at least one of (i) a predefined 3D shape encompassing the at least one automatically detected portion of the first user, or (ii) determined based on a boundary of the at least one automatically detected portion of the first user, and wherein the at least one automatically detected portion can be moved or re-sized responsive to user interaction to control a size or location of the collaboration area,
• generate a first 3D representation of the at least one automatically detected portion of the first user based on the depth data, the image data, and the collaboration area, and
• transmit, to a remote device, the first 3D representation for rendering in a first extended reality (XR) environment associated with the remote conference session.