Dynamically adjustable distraction reduction in extended reality environments

A wearable system, comprising:

• a head-mounted display;
• a set of sensors;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• in response to determining that a first activation criteria has been met, entering a focus mode that reduces distraction in an extended reality environment;
• and
• while in the focus mode:
• receive imaging data of a physical environment around a user using the set of sensors;
• and
• cause the head-mounted display to display the extended reality environment that includes a reproduction of a portion of the physical environment in which an object in the portion of the physical environment is replaced with additional content, the additional content causing the object to be removed from the reproduction of the physical environment;
• detect a change in the object using the set of sensors;
• and
• in response to the change in the object meeting an update criteria, update the reproduction of the portion of the physical environment to remove at least a portion of the additional content and include a reproduction of the object in the reproduction of the physical environment.

A wearable system comprising:

• a head-mounted display;
• a set of sensors;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• operate in a plurality of focus modes that reduce distraction in an extended reality environment;
• in each focus mode of the plurality of focus modes:
• receiving imaging data of a physical environment around a user using the set of sensors;
• identify an object in the physical environment that meets a distraction criteria;
• cause the head-mounted display to display the extended reality environment comprising a first region that reproduces the physical environment and a second region that replaces the object in the physical environment with additional content, the additional content causing the object to be removed from the reproduction of the physical environment;
• and
• determine user engagement corresponding to the second region;
• in a first focus mode of the plurality of focus modes:
• in response to the determined user engagement meeting a first criteria, update the second region of the extended reality environment to reproduce the object in the reproduction of the physical environment;
• and
• in a second focus mode of the plurality of focus modes:
• in response to the determined user engagement meeting a second criteria, different from the first criteria, update the second region of the extended reality environment to remove at least a portion or the additional content and reproduce the object in the reproduction of the physical environment.