Computer Device and Method for Facilitating an Interactive Conversational Session with a Digital Conversational Character in an Augmented Environment

A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:

• detecting, via one or more sensors of the computing device, an object in a real-world environment;
• determining information associated with the detected object;
• presenting a view of a given type of visual conversation application that enables a user to interact with a digital conversational character in an interactive conversational session, wherein the view comprises the digital conversational character superimposed onto the real-world environment;
• determining a given interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes for the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character, wherein the plurality of interaction modes comprises a personal mode and a non-personal mode, and wherein, if some of the information associated with the detected object matches information associated with an account of the user for the given type of visual conversation application, determine that the given interaction mode should be in the personal mode;
• and
• facilitating the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character based on the determined information associated with the detected object and the given interaction mode.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is provisioned with program instructions that are executable to cause a computing device to:

• detect, via one or more sensors of the computing device, an object in a real-world environment;
• determine information associated with the detected object;
• present a view of a given type of visual conversation application that enables a user to interact with a digital conversational character in an interactive conversational session, wherein the view comprises the digital conversational character superimposed onto the real-world environment;
• determine a given interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes for the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character, wherein the plurality of interaction modes comprises a personal mode and a non-personal mode, and wherein, if some of the information associated with the detected object matches information associated with an account of the user for the given type of visual conversation application, determine that the given interaction mode should be in the personal mode;
• and
• facilitate the interactive conversational session between the user and the digital conversational character based on the determined information associated with the detected object and the given interaction mode.