Mechanism to give holographic objects saliency in multiple spaces

One or more storage devices containing processor readable code for programming one or more processors to perform a method for generating and displaying one or more virtual objects comprising the steps of:

• identifying an AR tag associated with a reading object using a mobile device;
• acquiring a virtual object associated with the AR tag, the virtual object comprises a first portion of the virtual object and a second portion of the virtual object;
• assigning the first portion of the virtual object to a two-dimensional space associated with the reading object;
• assigning the second portion of the virtual object to the two-dimensional space associated with the reading object;
• displaying at the mobile device a first set of images corresponding with the virtual object such that the second portion of the virtual object is perceived to exist within the two-dimensional space as a two-dimensional object;
• detecting a space transition event for the second portion of the virtual object from the two-dimensional space to a three-dimensional world space;
• assigning the second portion of the virtual object to the three-dimensional world space in response to detecting the space transition event;
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• displaying at the mobile device one or more images corresponding with the virtual object such that the first portion of the virtual object is perceived to be locked to the two-dimensional space associated with the reading object and the second portion of the virtual object is perceived to be locked to the three-dimensional world space, the second portion of the virtual object is perceived to exist within the three-dimensional world space as a three-dimensional object.

An electronic device for generating and displaying one or more virtual objects, comprising:

• a memory configured to store a virtual object associated with a reading object, the virtual object comprises a first portion of the virtual object and a second portion of the virtual object;
• one or more processors configured to assign the second portion of the virtual object to a two-dimensional space associated with the reading object, the one or more processors configured to generate a first set of images corresponding with the second portion of the virtual object such that the second portion of the virtual object is perceived to exist within the two-dimensional space as a two-dimensional object, the one or more processors configured to detect a space transition event for the second portion of the virtual object from the two-dimensional space to a three-dimensional world space, the space transition event comprises an interaction between the second portion of the virtual object existing within the two-dimensional space and a different virtual object existing within the three-dimensional world space, the one or more processors configured to assign the second portion of the virtual object to the three-dimensional world space in response to detecting the space transition event, the one or more processors configured to determine a location for the second portion of the virtual object within the three-dimensional world space, the one or more processors configured to generate one or more images of the second portion of the virtual object corresponding with the location;
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• a see-through display configured to display the one or more images of the second portion of the virtual object such that the second portion of the virtual object is perceived to exist within the three-dimensional world space as a three-dimensional object at the location.