Gesture-controlled virtual reality systems and methods of controlling the same

A system comprising:

• a camera;
• machine-readable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to:
• define a first positional zone and a second positional zone according to criteria, the first positional zone different than the second positional zone;
• identify a position of a hand of a user as associated with the first positional zone or the second positional zone relative to virtual content based on image data generated by the camera;
• cause a first output associated the virtual content based on gesture data of the hand in the first positional zone;
• and
• cause a second output associated with the virtual content based on the same gesture data of the hand in the second positional zone, the second output different than the first output.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions to cause at least one processor circuit to at least:

• associate a position of a finger of a user with a first positional zone or a second positional zone relative to virtual content based on position data, the position data based on an output of a sensor, the first positional zone different than the second positional zone;
• generate a first output by the virtual content based on movement of the finger in the first positional zone;
• and
• generate a second output by the virtual content based on the same movement of the finger but in the second positional zone, the second output different than the first output.