Techniques for placing content in and applying layers in an extended reality environment

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:

• determining one or more identifiers associated with a set of objects viewable within an extended reality environment;
• determining a layer template corresponding to the one or more identifiers, wherein the layer template identifies a template workspace and a template dashboard;
• generating, based on the layer template, a plurality of data structures associated with the one or more identifiers, wherein each data structure specifies a workspace corresponding to the template workspace and a dashboard corresponding to the template dashboard wherein the dashboard defines data for an object from the set of objects associated with the one or more identifiers, and wherein the workspace defines where and how the data is displayed;
• selecting a first level of detail for the dashboard based upon a first distance between a user and the set of objects, the first level of detail comprising a simplified view of the data for the set of objects;
• generating, using the plurality of data structures, a plurality of extended reality objects for display in the extended reality environment, wherein each extended reality object is associated with a data structure included in the plurality of data structures and includes a dashboard specified by the data structure;
• and
• updating the plurality of extended reality objects for display according to a second level of detail for the dashboard in response to detecting that a second distance between the user and the set of objects has changed so that the user is sufficiently near the set of objects, the second level of detail comprising a detailed view, wherein updating the plurality of extended reality objects for display according to the second level of detail further comprises incrementally decreasing an opacity of the simplified view and incrementally increasing an opacity of the detailed view as the user moves closer to the set of objects.

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory that includes instructions;
• and
• a processor that is coupled to the memory and, when executing the instructions:
• determine one or more identifiers associated with a set of objects viewable within an extended reality environment;
• determine a layer template corresponding to the one or more identifiers, wherein the layer template identifies a template workspace and a template dashboard;
• generate, based on the layer template, a plurality of data structures associated with the one or more identifiers, wherein each data structure specifies a workspace corresponding to the template workspace and a dashboard corresponding to the template dashboard, wherein the dashboard defines data for an object from the set of objects associated with the one or more identifiers, and wherein the workspace defines where and how the data is displayed;
• selecting a first level of detail for the dashboard based upon a first distance between a user and the set of objects, the first level of detail comprising a simplified view of the data for the set of objects;
• generate, using the plurality of data structures, a plurality of extended reality objects for display in the extended reality environment, wherein each extended reality object is associated with a data structure included in the plurality of data structures and includes a dashboard specified by the data structure;
• and
• updating the plurality of extended reality objects for display according to a second level of detail for the dashboard in response to detecting that a second distance between the user and the set of objects has changed so that the user is sufficiently near the set of objects, the second level of detail comprising a detailed view, wherein updating the plurality of extended reality objects for display according to the second level of detail further comprises incrementally decreasing an opacity of the simplified view and incrementally increasing an opacity of the detailed view as the user moves closer to the set of objects.