According to various embodiments of the invention, a system and method are provided for
enabling interaction with, manipulation of, and control of depth-assigned content in depth-
enhanced pictures, such as virtual reality images. Depth-assigned content can be assigned
to a specified depth value. When a depth-enhanced picture is refocused at a focus depth
substantially different from the specified assigned depth value, the depth-assigned content
may be omitted, grayed out, blurred, or otherwise visually distinguished. In this manner …