Display an image during a communication
An electronic device displays an image during a communication between two people. The image represents one of the people to the communication. The electronic device determines a location where to place the image and displays the image such that the image appears to exist at the location.
1. A method executed by one or more electronic devices that provide an electronic call between a first person and a second person, the method comprising:
mapping, from information captured with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of the first person, a physical room that includes a wall;
displaying, in the physical room and with the first WED worn on the head of the first person during the electronic call between the first person and the second person, a three-dimensional (3D) virtual image of the second person;
displaying, on the wall in the physical room and with the first WED worn on the head of the first person during the electronic call between the first person and the second person, a virtual image shaped as a rectangle that shows available locations on the wall in the physical room where virtual images selected by the first and second persons will appear during the electronic call between the first and second person; and
displaying, with the first WED worn on the head of the first person during the electronic call between the first person and the second person, the virtual images selected by the first and second persons at the virtual image shaped as the rectangle displayed on the wall.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual images are automatically moved to the virtual image shaped as the rectangle displayed on the wall in response to the first and second persons selecting the virtual images for display during the electronic call.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
notifying the first person of an incoming call from the second person by displaying, with the first WED and before the first person answers the incoming call, the 3D virtual image of the second person at a location in the physical room where the 3D virtual image of the second person will appear when the first person answers the incoming call.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
sharing, from the first WED worn on the head of the first person to a second WED worn on a head of the second person, a coordinate location of the virtual image shaped as the rectangle displayed on the wall.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
rotating, with the first WED worn on the head of the first person during the electronic call between the first person and the second person, an orientation of the virtual images being displayed at the virtual image shaped as the rectangle to match an orientation of the wall.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
determining, with the first WED worn on the head of the first person during the electronic call between the first person and the second person, an orientation of the first person is sitting; and
automatically changing an orientation of the 3D virtual image of the second person being displayed with the first WED as also sitting in response to determining that the orientation of the first person is sitting.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, with the first WED worn on the head of the first person during the electronic call between the first person and the second person, a virtual image that highlights an available location where the 3D virtual image of the second person can move during the electronic call between the first person and the second person.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying, with the first WED worn on the head of the first person and before the first person answers an incoming call from the second person, an available location where the 3D virtual image of the second person can appear in the physical room once the first person answers the incoming call.
9. A non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions that one or more electronic devices execute as a method comprising:
mapping, from information captured with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user, locations of objects that include a wall where the first user is located and locations of empty space where the first user is located;
determining, from the mapping of the locations and for an electronic communication between the first user and the second user, a location proximate to the wall in the empty space where to place a virtual image of the second user and a location on the wall where to display virtual images selected by the first and second users;
displaying, by the first WED and during the electronic communication, the virtual image of the second user at the location proximate to the wall in empty space and a virtual image at the location on the wall that shows available locations for virtual images selected by the first and second users; and
displaying, by the first WED and during the electronic communication, the virtual images selected by the first and second users at the virtual image at the location on the wall.
10. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 9 further comprising:
determining a distance from the first WED to the virtual images selected by the first and second users displayed at the virtual image at the location on the wall; and
adjusting, during the electronic communication, a size of the virtual images based on the distance from the first WED to the virtual images selected by the first and second users displayed at the virtual image at the location on the wall.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 9 further comprising:
determining a distance from the first user to one of the virtual images selected by the first user displayed at the virtual image at the location on the wall; and
decreasing, during the electronic communication, a size of the one of the virtual images in response to determining an increase to the distance from the first user to the one of the virtual images selected by the first user displayed at the virtual image at the location on the wall.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 9 further comprising:
determining, during the electronic communication, a distance from the first user to the virtual image of the second user being displayed with the first WED; and
increasing, during the electronic communication, a size of the virtual image of the second user in response to determining a decrease to the distance from the first user to the virtual image of the second user being displayed with the first WED.
13. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 9 further comprising:
sharing, from the first WED to a second WED worn on a head of the second user, a coordinate location of the virtual image at the location on the wall that shows available locations for virtual images selected by the first and second users.
14. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 9 , wherein the virtual image at the location on the wall that shows available locations for virtual images selected by the first and second users is shaped as a rectangle in virtual reality or augmented reality.
15. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 9 , wherein the virtual image of the second user is a three-dimensional (3D) virtual image built from a photograph of the second user, and the virtual image at the location on the wall includes text.
16. A method comprising:
mapping, from information captured with a first wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a first user, locations of objects that include a floor and a wall where the first user is located and locations of empty space where the first user is located;
determining, from the mapping of the locations, a location proximate to the wall and on the floor where to place a three-dimensional (3D) virtual image of the second user and an available location on the wall where to place a virtual image of an object;
displaying, by the first WED and during an electronic communication between the first user and a second user, the 3D virtual image of the second user at the location proximate to the wall and on the floor and the virtual image of the object at the available location on the wall; and
sharing, from the first WED to a second WED worn on a head of the second user and during the electronic communication, a coordinate location of the virtual image of the object at the available location on the wall.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
displaying, with the first WED, the available location as a virtual image shaped as a rectangle.
18. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
storing a location where the 3D virtual image of the second user appeared to the first user during the electronic communication between the first user and the second user; and
displaying, with the first WED and after the electronic communication terminates, the 3D virtual image of the second user at the location where the second user appeared to the first user to show a call history of the electronic communication between the first user and the second user.
19. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
determining, with one or more sensors in the first WED, a direction of gaze of the first user; and
automatically moving the 3D virtual image of the second user to a different location when the direction of gaze of the first user is not directed to the 3D virtual image of the second user.
20. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
determining, with one or more sensors in the first WED, an activity of the first user; and
changing the 3D virtual image of the second user to match the activity of the user in response to determining the activity of the first user with the first WED.