Mixed reality interactions

1. A mixed reality interaction system comprising:

a head-mounted display device including a display system, and a camera; and

a processor configured to:

identify a physical object in a mixed reality environment based on an image captured by the camera;

determine an interaction context for the identified physical object based on one or more aspects of the mixed reality environment;

programmatically select an interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes for the identified physical object based on the interaction context and a stored profile for the physical object, wherein the plurality of interaction modes are respectively associated with a plurality of different virtual actions;

interpret a user input directed at the physical object to correspond to a virtual action that is selected from the plurality of different virtual actions based on the selected interaction mode;

execute the virtual action to modify an appearance of a virtual object associated with the physical object; and

display the virtual object via the head-mounted display device with the modified appearance.

2. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more aspects of the mixed reality environment include temporal data.

3. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more aspects of the mixed reality environment include social networking data.

4. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more aspects of the mixed reality environment include a detected presence of one or more other persons.

5. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify the one or more other persons; and

determine the interaction context based on the identified one or more other persons.

6. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more aspects of the mixed reality environment include user biometric parameters.

7. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a change in the interaction context;

based on the change in the interaction context, programmatically select a second selected interaction mode from the plurality of interaction modes; and

interpret the user input directed at the physical object to correspond to a different virtual action based on the second selected interaction mode.

8. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

interpret a second user input to correspond to a request to modify the selected interaction mode;

based on the second user input, change from the selected interaction mode to a second selected interaction mode;

interpret a third user input to correspond to a second virtual action based on the second selected interaction mode;

execute the second virtual action to modify an appearance of the virtual object associated with the physical object; and

display the virtual object via the head-mounted display device with the modified appearance.

9. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to create a new profile for the physical object that associates one or more interaction modes with the physical object.

10. The mixed reality interaction system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify an updated physical state of the physical object; and

based on the updated physical state, further modify the appearance of the virtual object associated with the physical object.

11. A method for interacting with a physical object in a mixed reality environment, comprising:

providing a head-mounted display device including a display system and a camera;

identifying the physical object based on an image captured by the camera;

determining an interaction context for the identified physical object based on one or more aspects of the mixed reality environment;

programmatically selecting an interaction mode from a plurality of interaction modes for the identified physical object based on the interaction context and a stored profile for the physical object, wherein the plurality of interaction modes are respectively associated with a plurality of different virtual actions;

interpreting a user input directed at the physical object to correspond to a virtual action that is selected from the plurality of different virtual actions based on the selected interaction mode;

executing the virtual action to modify an appearance of a virtual object associated with the physical object; and

displaying the virtual object via the head-mounted display device with the modified appearance.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a change in the interaction context;

based on the change in the interaction context, programmatically selecting a second selected interaction mode from the plurality of interaction modes; and

interpreting the user input directed at the physical object to correspond to a different virtual action based on the second selected interaction mode.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

interpreting a second user input to correspond to a request to modify the selected interaction mode;

based on the second user input, changing from the selected interaction mode to a second selected interaction mode;

interpreting a third user input to correspond to a second virtual action based on the second selected interaction mode;

executing the second virtual action to modify an appearance of the virtual object associated with the physical object; and

displaying the virtual object via the head-mounted display device with the modified appearance.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising using a second user input to associate the physical object with the selected interaction mode.