Patent ID: 8230367

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a computing system, information corresponding to a physical space from one or more cameras, wherein the physical space comprises a plurality of zones; detecting, by the computing system, a location of at least a first part of a user in one or more of the plurality of zones based at least in part on the received information; selecting, by the computing system, a first status indicator from a plurality of status indicators based on the detected location of the at least the first part of the user within a first zone of the plurality of zones, wherein the first status indicator does not indicate specific input from the user that is used to interact with one or more virtual objects, but indicates a first portion of the user that is capable of providing input to the computing system in order to allow the user to interact with the one or more virtual objects; and generating, by the computing system, an image comprising the one or more virtual objects and the first status indicator; in response to detection of the at least the first part of the user moving to a second zone of the plurality of zones: selecting a second status indicator from the plurality of status indicators, wherein the second status indicator does not indicate specific input from the user that is used to interact with the one or more virtual objects, but indicates a second portion of the user that is capable of providing input to the computing system in order to allow the user to interact with the one or more virtual objects; and updating the image to include the second status indicator; wherein the first status indicator is not reactive to movement of the user within the first zone unless the user approaches a boundary to either another of the plurality of zones or to a physical space outside of any of the plurality of zones, and the second status indicator is not reactive to movement of the user within the second zone unless the user approaches a boundary to either another of the plurality of zones or to the physical space outside of any of the plurality of zones; and wherein, in response to detection of the at least the first part of the user approaching a boundary between the first zone and the second zone, adjusting a display characteristic of the first status indicator to indicate a change in which portions of the user are capable of interacting with the one or more virtual objects.