SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE TOOLS

A system includes one or more hardware processors, a head mounted display configured to display a virtual environment to a user, an input device, and a virtual mini-board module. The mini-board module is configured to render the virtual environment for presentation to the user via the HMD, the virtual environment is rendered from a first perspective providing a field of view of the virtual environment to the user, provide a virtual mini-board to the user within the field of view, the virtual mini-board displaying a region of the virtual environment, detect an interaction event performed by the user on the virtual mini-board, identify the first object based on the interaction event performed on the virtual mini-board, and perform the interaction event on the first object within the virtual environment based on the interaction event performed on the virtual mini-board.