Selection of objects in three-dimensional space

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• obtaining, from one or more sensors, movement data corresponding to a movement of an input object in a real world environment;
• obtaining, from the one or more sensors, gaze tracking data including a location of eyes of a user in the environment;
• presenting, on a display, a scene comprising at least one virtual object;
• calculating, based at least in part on the gaze tracking data and the movement data, multiple vectors, each of the multiple vectors originating at or near an eye of the user and passing through a location along a shape defined by the movement of the input object;
• extending the vectors in a direction substantially parallel to a reference vector extending from a location at or near the eye of the user to a location at or near the shape to define a three-dimensional (3D) volume in the scene;
• identifying one or more objects in the scene included in or at least partially in the 3D volume, the one or more objects including at least one of a physical object in the real world environment or the at least one virtual object;
• and
• performing an operation on the one or more objects included in or at least partially in the 3D volume.

A wearable computing device comprising:

• one or more sensors to obtain data from an environment, the environment comprising at least one of a virtual reality environment or a mixed reality environment;
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors;
• and
• memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining, from the one or more sensors, movement data corresponding to a movement of an input object in the environment;
• obtaining, from the one or more sensors, gaze tracking data corresponding to a location of eyes of the user;
• analyzing the movement data to calculate a rectangle shape defined by the movement of the input object;
• calculating vectors originating at a location near or at an eye of the user and intersecting with points along the rectangle shape;
• extending the vectors in a direction substantially parallel to a reference vector which extends from the location near or at the eye of the user to a location at or near the rectangle shape to create a pyramid shape;
• identifying one or more objects included in or partially included in the pyramid shape;
• and
• selecting the one or more objects included in or partially included in the pyramid shape, the one or more objects including at least one of a physical object or a virtual object.