Mixed reality graduated information delivery

1. A mixed reality system for presenting a plurality of visual information density levels for a plurality of geo-located data items in a mixed reality environment, the visual information density levels comprising a minimum visual information density level and a plurality of increasing visual information density levels that each have greater visual information density levels than the minimum visual information density level, the mixed reality system comprising:

a head-mounted display device operatively connected to a computing device, the head-mounted display device including a display system for presenting the plurality of visual information density levels within the mixed reality environment;

a memory device; and

a graduated information delivery program stored in the memory device and executed by a processor of the computing device, the graduated information delivery program configured to:

receive information for a selected geo-located data item;

provide the minimum visual information density level for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment;

receive via the head-mounted display device a user input corresponding to the selected geo-located data item;

based on the user input, provide one of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment; and

when a spatial information density of geo-located data item information in the mixed reality environment is below a predetermined threshold, provide one of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item, wherein the spatial information density comprises a percentage of a unit area of a display of the head-mounted display device that is occupied by displayed geo-located data item information.

2. The mixed reality system of claim 1 , wherein the graduated information delivery program is further configured to:

receive location data of the head-mounted display device; and

based on the head-mounted display device moving closer to a location of the selected geo-located data item, provide one or more of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device.

3. The mixed reality system of claim 1 , wherein the increasing visual information density levels occupy increasing amounts of visual space within the mixed reality environment.

4. The mixed reality system of claim 1 , wherein the graduated information delivery program is further configured to:

receive information for two or more geo-located data items;

determine that, as displayed via the head-mounted display device, the geo-located data items would be separated by a predetermined distance or less;

based on the separation of the geo-located data items, collapse the geo-located data items into an aggregated geo-located data item; and

provide the minimum visual information density level for the aggregated geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment.

5. The mixed reality system of claim 4 , wherein the graduated information delivery program is further configured to:

receive via the head-mounted display device a user input corresponding to the aggregated geo-located data item; and

based on the user input, expand the aggregated geo-located data item to provide an increasing visual information density level for each of the two or more geo-located data items to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment.

6. The mixed reality system of claim 1 , wherein the user input is selected from the group consisting of eye tracking data, gesture data, head pose data, voice data, and hand-held indicator data.

7. The mixed reality system of claim 1 , wherein the graduated information delivery program is further configured to segregate the information into the plurality of information detail levels.

8. The mixed reality system of claim 1 , wherein the geo-located data items are selected from the group consisting of social networking data, image data, recommendation/review data, and entity description data.

9. In a head-mounted display device, a method for presenting a plurality of visual information density levels for a plurality of geo-located data items in a mixed reality environment, the visual information density levels comprising a minimum visual information density level and a plurality of increasing visual information density levels that each have greater visual information density levels than the minimum visual information density level, the method comprising:

receiving information for a selected geo-located data item;

providing the minimum visual information density level for the selected geo-located data item to a display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment;

receiving a user input corresponding to the selected geo-located data item;

based on the user input, providing one of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment; and

when a spatial information density of geo-located data item information in the mixed reality environment is below a predetermined threshold, provide one of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item, wherein the spatial information density comprises a percentage of a unit area of a display of the head-mounted display device that is occupied by displayed geo-located data item information.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving location data of the head-mounted display device; and

based on the head-mounted display device moving closer to a location of the selected geo-located data item, providing one or more of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the increasing visual information density levels occupy increasing amounts of visual space within the mixed reality environment.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving information for two or more geo-located data items;

determining that, as displayed via the head-mounted display device, the geo-located data items would be separated by a predetermined distance or less;

based on the separation of the geo-located data items, collapsing the geo-located data items into an aggregated geo-located data item; and

providing the minimum visual information density level for the aggregated geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

receiving via the head-mounted display device a user input corresponding to the aggregated geo-located data item; and

based on the user input, expanding the aggregated geo-located data item to provide an increasing visual information density level for each of the two or more geo-located data items to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user input is selected from the group consisting of eye tracking data, gesture data, head pose data, voice data, and hand-held indicator data.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising segregating the information into the plurality of information detail levels.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the geo-located data items are selected from the group consisting of social networking data, image data, recommendation/review data, and entity description data.

17. In a head-mounted display device, a method for presenting a plurality of visual information density levels for a plurality of geo-located data items in a mixed reality environment, the visual information density levels comprising a minimum visual information density level and a plurality of increasing visual information density levels that each have greater visual information density levels than the minimum visual information density level, the method comprising:

receiving information for a selected geo-located data item;

segregating the information into the plurality of information detail levels;

providing the minimum visual information density level for the selected geo-located data item to a display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment;

receiving a user input corresponding to the selected geo-located data item;

based on the user input, providing one of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device within the mixed reality environment;

receiving location data of a user of the head-mounted display device;

based on the user moving closer to a location of the selected geo-located data item, providing another of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item to the display system for display by the head-mounted display device as the user; and

when a spatial information density of geo-located data item information in the mixed reality environment is below a predetermined threshold, provide one of the increasing visual information density levels for the selected geo-located data item, wherein the spatial information density comprises a percentage of a unit area of a display of the head-mounted display device that is occupied by displayed geo-located data item information.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the increasing visual information density levels occupy increasing amounts of visual space within the mixed reality environment.