Systems and methods of shareable virtual objects and virtual objects as message objects to facilitate communications sessions in an augmented reality environment

This invention describes a system for sharing virtual objects within an augmented reality environment. One user can make a virtual object visible to another, allowing them to interact with it. The object can be "world-locked," meaning it appears at a specific real-world location for interaction, or "user-locked," meaning it follows the recipient user wherever they go. The claims suggest these interactions can be triggered by specific times, locations, or user engagement with the augmented reality experience.