US Patent 12019773 Timelapse of generating a collaborative object

A collaborative session (e.g., a virtual time capsule) in which access to a collaborative object and added virtual content is selectively provided to participants/users. In one example of the collaborative session, a participant (the host) creates a new session and invites participants to join. The session creator (i.e., the host) and other approved participants can access the contents of a session (e.g., which may be recorded using an application such as lens cloud feature; available from Snap Inc. of Santa Monica, California). A timestamp is associated with each received virtual content, and the users are provided with a timelapse of the collaborative object as a function of the timestamps.