Gaze timer based augmentation of functionality of a user input device

A wearable computing system, comprising:

• a head-mountable display system comprising a display and one or more sensors;
• a user input device configured to receive user input;
• and
• one or more processors programmed to implement a process that comprises:
• detecting, based at least partly on sensor data from the one or more sensors, an object gaze event in which a pose of a user is directed at, or within a predefined region of, a physical object;
• determining whether a duration of the object gaze event satisfies a defined condition;
• and
• when the duration satisfies said condition, modifying a function of the user input device.

A computerized process performed under control of program instructions executed by one or more hardware processors, the process comprising:

• detecting, based on data collected during a mixed reality or augmented reality session, a gaze event in which a user gazes at, or within a defined region of, a physical object;
• in response to detecting the gaze event, starting a timer used to measure whether a duration of the gaze event satisfies a condition for temporarily modifying functionality of a user input device;
• and
• in response to determining that the duration of the gaze event satisfies the condition, modifying a function of the user input device.