1. A method, comprising: displaying, on a display of a head mounted display (HMD) device, a virtual environment; detecting, outside of the HMD, a first gesture input; generating, in response to detection of the first gesture input, a virtual notation surface; detecting, outside of the HMD, a second gesture input; displaying, in response to detection of the second gesture input, the virtual notation surface as a virtual object in the virtual environment; detecting, outside of the HMD, a third gesture input; annotating, in response to detection of the third gesture input, the virtual notation surface; and displaying the annotated virtual notation surface as a virtual object in the virtual environment.