Reducing utilization of a hardware resource by a media stream by downgrading from a high-complexity codec to a low-complexity codec to process the media stream

A system comprising:

• at least one physical processor configured to:
• initiate, via a resource-constrained device, a connection with an augmented-reality system, wherein the resource-constrained device comprises a wrist-wearable device;
• receive, from the augmented-reality system, information identifying one or more available codecs including a high-complexity codec and a low-complexity codec;
• identify, via the resource-constrained device, the high-complexity codec to use for a media stream between the resource-constrained device and the augmented-reality system;
• initiate, via the resource-constrained device, a media stream using the high-complexity codec;
• detect that a utilization, at least in part by the media stream using the high-complexity codec, of a hardware resource on the resource-constrained device meets a predetermined threshold for hardware resource strain;
• and
• in response to detecting that the utilization meets the predetermined threshold for hardware resource strain, reduce the utilization of the hardware resource by the media stream by downgrading from the high-complexity codec used by the resource-constrained device to the low-complexity codec to process the media stream.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• initiate, via a resource-constrained device, a connection with an augmented-reality system, wherein the resource-constrained device comprises a wrist-wearable device;
• receive, from the augmented-reality system, information identifying one or more available codecs including a high-complexity codec and a low-complexity codec;
• identify, via the resource-constrained device, the high-complexity codec to use for a media stream between the resource-constrained device and the augmented-reality system;
• initiate, via the resource-constrained device, a media stream using the high-complexity codec;
• detect that a utilization, at least in part by the media stream using the high-complexity codec, of a hardware resource on the resource-constrained device meets a predetermined threshold for hardware resource strain;
• and
• in response to detecting that the utilization meets the predetermined threshold for hardware resource strain, reduce the utilization of the hardware resource by the media stream by downgrading from the high-complexity codec used by the resource-constrained device to a the low-complexity codec to process the media stream.