Patent ID: 8912979

Claim:
A system comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by at least one processor to: receive head-movement data that is indicative of head movement; cause a head-mountable display (HMD) to operate in a first mode in which the HMD is configured to: (a) simultaneously provide a virtual window in the HMD and a physical-world view; (b) display, in the virtual window, a portion of a media item that corresponds to a field of view, wherein the field of view is moveable in a substantially continual manner throughout the media item; (c) determine, based on the head-movement data, movement of the field of view; and (d) update the portion of the media item that is displayed in the virtual window according to the determined movement of the field of view; and receive mode-switching input data and responsively cause the HMD to switch from the first mode to operate in a second mode in which the HMD is configured to: (e) display a selection icon and a specific portion of the media item in the virtual window, wherein the specific portion of the media item that is displayed corresponds to the field of view at or near receipt of the mode-switching input data, and wherein the virtual window is locked to the specific portion of the media item in response to the receipt of the mode-switching input data; (f) determine, based on the head-movement data, movement of the selection icon within the virtual window; and (g) move the selection icon as determined within the virtual window while the specific portion of the media item is displayed.