Scissor hand gesture for a collaborative object

An interactive augmented reality method performed by a processor of a mobile device having a camera, the method comprising:

• receiving access to a three-dimensional (3D) collaborative object, wherein the 3D collaborative object has a theme, wherein the theme is a time capsule;
• determining a hand gesture made by a single hand of a user of the mobile device using the camera;
• tracking a path of the hand gesture within a real-world view of the camera that is displayed on the mobile device as a displayed image;
• identifying a 3D image segment of the displayed image within an outline corresponding to the path of the hand gesture;
• cropping the 3D image segment from the displayed image;
• and
• adding the 3D) cropped segment to the 3D collaborative object to generate a modified collaborative object such that the 3D cropped image segment appears to be contained in the 3D collaborative object.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code that, when executed by an electronic processor of a mobile device, configures the electronic processor to:

• receive access to a three-dimensional (3D) collaborative object, wherein the 3D collaborative object bas a theme, wherein the theme is a time capsule;
• determine a hand gesture made by a single hand of a user of the mobile device using a camera;
• track a path of the hand gesture within a real-world view of the camera that is displayed on the mobile device as a displayed image;
• identifying a 3D image segment of the real-world view in the displayed image within an outline corresponding to the path of the hand gesture;
• cropping the 3D image segment from the displayed image;
• and
• adding the 3D cropped segment to the 3D collaborative object to generate a modified 3D collaborative object such that the 3D cropped image segment appears to be contained in the 3D collaborative object.