Controlling locomotion within an artificial-reality application using hand gestures, and methods and systems of use thereof

A method of adjusting a representation of a user's position within an artificial-reality application using a hand gesture, comprising:

• while displaying, via a head-wearable device worn by a user, a representation of a user's position within an artificial-reality environment:
• in response to receiving an indication that a positional-control activation hand gesture has been performed, displaying a positional-control user interface (UI) overlaid on a portion of the artificial-reality environment, the positional-control UI including a positional-control UI element configured to perform a positional-control action;
• and
• while displaying the positional-control UI:
• in response to receiving an indication that the positional-control UI element has been selected, via a positional-control input hand gesture, (i) causing a change in the representation of the user's position within the artificial-reality environment based on the positional-control action, and (ii) displaying a changed representation of the user's position within the artificial-reality environment.

A head-wearable device for adjusting a representation of a user's position within an artificial-reality application using a hand gesture, the head-wearable device comprising:

• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory including one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the head-wearable device to:
• while displaying a representation of a user's position within an artificial-reality environment:
• in response to receiving an indication that a positional-control activation hand gesture has been performed, display a positional-control user interface (UI) overlaid on a portion of the artificial-reality environment, the positional-control UI including a positional-control UI element configured to perform a positional-control action;
• and
• while displaying the positional-control UI:
• in response to receiving an indication that the positional-control UI element has been selected, via a positional-control input hand gesture, (i) cause a change in the representation of the user's position within the artificial-reality environment based on the positional-control action, and (ii) display a changed representation of the user's position within the artificial-reality environment.