Method and system for addressing and segmenting portions of the real world for visual digital authoring in a mixed reality environment

1. A system comprising:

one or more computer processors;

one or more computer memories;

one or more modules incorporated into the one or more computer memories, the one or more modules configuring the one or more computer processors to perform operations for generating a digital island, the operations comprising:

creating a base shape of a digital island virtual object with respect to a local coordinate system of the digital island;

associating conditions with the digital island, the conditions including criteria for properties of objects within an environment, the environment being a virtual environment or a real-world environment;

associating additional virtual objects with the digital island;

receiving data describing the environment, the data describing the environment being created from a sensor scan;

analyzing the data to determine one or more parts of the environment that match the conditions;

based on the matching of the conditions, positioning, scaling, and orienting a display of the digital island and the associated additional virtual objects in a mixed reality display device contemporaneously with a view of the environment; and

aligning the digital island with at least one part of the one or more parts based on the conditions and a movement of one or more sensors and the mixed reality display device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data describing the environment is received from the one or more sensors within the environment.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data describing the environment is received from a database over a network.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the associating of the additional virtual objects with the digital island is done using a drag and drop method within a mixed reality environment.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of the following: cameras and depth sensors.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the criteria for properties of objects within an environment include specifying one or more of the following: geometry of the object, a texture of the object, a relative placement of the object within the environment, color of the object, and lighting of the object.

7. A method comprising:

creating a base shape of a digital island virtual object with respect to a local coordinate system of a digital island;

associating conditions with the digital island, the conditions including criteria for properties of objects within an environment, the environment being a virtual environment or a real-world environment;

associating additional virtual objects with the digital island;

receiving data describing the environment, the data describing the environment being created from a sensor scan;

analyzing the data to determine one or more parts of the environment that match the conditions;

based on the matching of the conditions, positioning, scaling, and orienting a display of the digital island and the associated additional virtual objects in a mixed reality display device contemporaneously with a view of the environment; and

aligning the digital island with at least one part of the one or more parts based on the conditions and a movement of one or more sensors and the mixed reality display device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data describing the environment is received from the one or more sensors within the environment.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data describing the environment is received from a database over a network.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the associating of the additional virtual objects with the digital island is done using a drag and drop method within a mixed reality environment.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of the following: cameras and depth sensors.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the criteria for properties of objects within an environment include specifying one or more of the following: a geometry of the object, a texture of the object, a relative placement of the object within the environment, color of the object, and lighting of the object.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform operations comprising:

creating a base shape of a digital island virtual object with respect to a local coordinate system of a digital island;

associating conditions with the digital island, the conditions including criteria for properties of objects within an environment, the environment being a virtual environment or a real-world environment;

associating additional virtual objects with the digital island;

receiving data describing the environment, the data describing the environment being created from a sensor scan;

analyzing the data to determine one or more parts of the environment that match the conditions;

based on the matching of the conditions, positioning, scaling, and orienting a display of the digital island and the associated additional virtual objects in a mixed reality display device contemporaneously with a view of the environment; and

aligning the digital island with at least one part of the one or more parts based on the conditions and a movement of one or more sensors and the mixed reality display device.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the data describing the environment is received from the one or more sensors within the environment.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the data describing the environment is received from a database over a network.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the associating of the additional virtual objects with the digital island is done using a drag and drop method within a mixed reality environment.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of the following: cameras and depth sensors.