Aligning scanned environments for multi-user communication sessions

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises program instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining a selection of a three-dimensional (3D) representation of an environment, wherein the 3D representation comprises a feature map that includes features associated with a physical environment;
• determining whether the selected 3D representation of the environment corresponds to a current physical environment of a first device;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the 3D representation of an environment corresponds to the current physical environment:
• determining a spatial relationship between the 3D representation and the current physical environment by aligning features based on visual matching, wherein the visual matching comprises matching the feature map associated with the 3D representation with features identified in the current physical environment;
• presenting a view of the current physical environment while forgoing presentation of a view of the 3D representation of the environment;
• determining position data corresponding to a position of the first device relative to the 3D representation based on a location of the first device in the current physical environment and the spatial relationship between the 3D representation and the current physical environment;
• and
• providing the position data during a communication session between the first device and a second device, wherein a view of the 3D representation including a representation of a user of the first device positioned based on the position data is presented to a user of the second device during the communication session.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions executable via one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• obtaining a selection of a three-dimensional (3D) representation of an environment, wherein the 3D representation comprises a feature map that includes features associated with a physical environment;
• determining whether the selected 3D representation of the environment corresponds to a current physical environment of a first device;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that the 3D representation of an environment corresponds to the current physical environment:
• determining a spatial relationship between the 3D representation and the current physical environment by aligning features based on visual matching, wherein the visual matching comprises matching the feature map associated with the 3D representation with features identified in the current physical environment;
• presenting a view of the current physical environment while forgoing presentation of a view of the 3D representation of the environment;
• determining position data corresponding to a position of the first device relative to the 3D representation based on a location of the first device in the current physical environment and the spatial relationship between the 3D representation and the current physical environment;
• and
• providing the position data during a communication session between the first device and a second device, wherein a view of the 3D representation including a representation of a user of the first device positioned based on the position data is presented to a user of the second device during the communication session.