3d interaction input for text in augmented reality

A computer system for implementing three-dimensional text input in an augmented reality system, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage media, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
• capturing a first user hand position along a first axis of a three-dimensional virtual space;
• identifying a first character along the first axis corresponding to the first user hand position;
• capturing a second user hand position along a second axis of the three-dimensional virtual space;
• identifying a second character along the second axis corresponding to the second user hand position;
• identifying one or more proposed words beginning, consecutively, with the identified first character and the identified second character using a dictionary database;
• and
• displaying the one or more identified proposed words on a third axis of the three-dimensional virtual space.

A computer program product for implementing three-dimensional text input in an augmented reality system, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable tangible storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
• capturing a first user hand position along a first axis of a three-dimensional virtual space;
• identifying a first character along the first axis corresponding to the first user hand position;
• capturing a second user hand position along a second axis of the three-dimensional virtual space;
• identifying a second character along the second axis corresponding to the second user hand position;
• identifying one or more proposed words beginning, consecutively, with the identified first character and the identified second character using a dictionary database;
• and
• displaying the one or more identified proposed words on a third axis of the three-dimensional virtual space.