Rendering 3d captions within real-world environments

A method comprising:

• detecting a first reference surface in a three-dimensional (3D) space captured within a live view of a camera feed;
• displaying, via an interface including the live view of the camera feed, a cursor at a position in the 3D space to indicate where a 3D object is to be rendered;
• receiving, via the interface, a first input comprising one or more characters;
• rendering the 3D object based on the one or more characters, the 3D object rendered at the position in the 3D space indicated by the cursor;
• receiving a second input to adjust a parameter of the 3D object;
• and
• adjusting the 3D object at the position in the 3D space based on the second input.

A machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

• detecting a first reference surface in a three-dimensional (3D) space captured within a live view of a camera feed;
• displaying, via an interface including the live view of the camera feed, a cursor at a position in the 3D space to indicate where a 3D object is to be rendered;
• receiving, via the interface, a first input comprising one or more characters;
• rendering the 3D object based on the one or more characters, the 3D object rendered at the position in the 3D space indicated by the cursor;
• receiving a second input to adjust a parameter of the 3D object;
• and
• adjusting the 3D object at the position in the 3D space based on the second input.