A system for managing a user interface comprising: a first teleoperated surgical system comprising: a communications subsystem configured to receive at the first teleoperated surgical system from a second teleoperated surgical system, an environmental variable describing operation of the second teleoperated surgical system； a video subsystem to: render a local scene at the first teleoperated surgical system, the local scene representing a state of operation of the first teleoperated surgical system； render a remote scene at the first teleoperated surgical system, the remote scene representing a state of operation of the second teleoperated surgical system and the remote scene based at least in part on the environmental variable； composite the local scene and the remote scene to produce a composite scene； and present the composite scene to a user of the first teleoperated surgical system.
