A method for facilitating a collaboration environment, the method comprising: receiving, at a client device, video information comprising a collaboration scene captured by a collaboration capture device; presenting within the collaboration environment an initial view of the captured collaboration scene in the video information; identifying at the client device an object of interest in the collaboration scene selected for separate viewing within the collaboration environment; identifying the object of interest to a server computing system; responsive to identifying the object of interest to the server computing system, receiving at the client device, from said server computing system, separate video information comprising a portion of the collaboration scene that corresponds to said object of interest; presenting within the collaboration environment a separate view comprising the portion of the collaboration scene corresponding to the object of interest; modifying the initial view of the collaboration scene to a modified view, the modified view showing a smaller view of the collaboration scene than the initial view; presenting the modified view of the collaboration environment simultaneously with the separate view of the collaboration environment; presenting a plurality of collaboration options within a collaboration menu with respect to at least the object of interest in response to use of a selection mechanism, wherein the plurality of options include a publish option, a share option and a save option, wherein the share option comprises sharing the separate view with one or more other collaboration participants and the save and publish options comprise saving or publishing the separate view respectively; and initiating a collaboration function with respect to the object of interest, the collaboration function corresponding to a collaboration option selected from the plurality of collaboration options. receiving, at a client device, video information comprising a collaboration scene captured by a collaboration capture device; presenting within the collaboration environment an initial view of the captured collaboration scene in the video information; identifying at the client device an object of interest in the collaboration scene selected for separate viewing within the collaboration environment; identifying the object of interest to a server computing system; responsive to identifying the object of interest to the server computing system, receiving at the client device, from said server computing system, separate video information comprising a portion of the collaboration scene that corresponds to said object of interest; presenting within the collaboration environment a separate view comprising the portion of the collaboration scene corresponding to the object of interest; modifying the initial view of the collaboration scene to a modified view, the modified view showing a smaller view of the collaboration scene than the initial view; presenting the modified view of the collaboration environment simultaneously with the separate view of the collaboration environment; presenting a plurality of collaboration options within a collaboration menu with respect to at least the object of interest in response to use of a selection mechanism, wherein the plurality of options include a publish option, a share option and a save option, wherein the share option comprises sharing the separate view with one or more other collaboration participants and the save and publish options comprise saving or publishing the separate view respectively; and initiating a collaboration function with respect to the object of interest, the collaboration function corresponding to a collaboration option selected from the plurality of collaboration options. <EOS>