Systems and methods for dynamic detection and presentation of obscured real-world objects in augmented or mixed reality virtual content

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by an object of interest computer program executed by an electronic device, a location for a virtual or augmented reality object to display on an augmented reality view of a physical environment by an augmented reality computer program executed by the electronic device, wherein the augmented reality view comprises a physical object that is fixed in the physical environment;
• generating, by the object of interest computer program, a graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object at the location for the virtual or augmented reality object;
• detecting, by the object of interest computer program, the physical object from image data or sensor data received from the electronic device;
• determining, by the object of interest computer program, a location for the physical object in the physical environment from the image data or the sensor data;
• determining, by the object of interest computer program by using the location for the virtual or augmented reality object and the location for the physical object, that the physical object is at least partially obscured by the graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object on the augmented reality view of the physical environment displayed on the electronic device;
• detecting, by the object of interest computer program, a boundary of the physical object;
• and
• providing, by the object of interest computer program, the boundary of the physical object to the augmented reality computer program, wherein the augmented reality computer program is configured to remove an area within the boundary from the graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object, wherein the physical object is visible in the area of the graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a display;
• an object of interest computer program;
• and
• a computer processor;
• wherein, when executed by the computer processor, the object of interest computer program causes the computer processor to:
• receive a location for a virtual or augmented reality object to display on an augmented reality view of a physical environment by an augmented reality computer program executed by the electronic device, wherein the augmented reality view comprises a physical object that is fixed in the physical environment;
• generate a graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object at the location for the virtual or augmented reality object;
• detecting the physical object from image data or sensor data received from the electronic device;
• determine a location for the physical object in the physical environment from the image data or the sensor data;
• determine that the physical object should not be obscured by identifying a type of the physical object in an object of interest database comprising a plurality of types of physical objects;
• determine by using the location for the virtual or augmented reality object and the location for the physical object that the physical object is at least partially obscured by the graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object on the augmented reality view of the physical environment displayed on the electronic device;
• generate a virtual representation of the physical object;
• and
• provide the virtual representation of the physical object to the augmented reality computer program, wherein the augmented reality computer program displays the virtual representation of the physical object over the graphical representation of the virtual or augmented reality object in the augmented reality view of the physical environment at the location for the physical object.