Transitioning360: Content-aware NFoV Virtual Camera Paths for 360° Video Playback

Miao Wang, Yi-Jun Li, Wen-Xuan Zhang, Christian Richardt, Shi-Min Hu

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Abstract

Despite the increasing number of head-mounted displays, many 360° VR videos are still being viewed by users on existing 2D displays. To this end, a subset of the 360° video content is often shown inside a manually or semi-automatically selected normal-field-of-view (NFoV) window. However, during the playback, simply watching an NFoV video can easily miss concurrent off-screen content. We present Transitioning360, a tool for 360° video navigation and playback on 2D displays by transitioning between multiple NFoV views that track potentially interesting targets or events. Our method computes virtual NFoV camera paths considering content awareness and diversity in an offline preprocess. During playback, the user can watch any NFoV view corresponding to a precomputed camera path. Moreover, our interface shows other candidate views, providing a sense of concurrent events. At any time, the user can transition to other candidate views for fast navigation and exploration. Experimental results including a user study demonstrate that the viewing experience using our method is more enjoyable and convenient than previous methods.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)
Place of PublicationU. S. A.
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781728185088
ISBN (Print)9781728185095
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2020
EventInternational Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - Online
Duration: 9 Nov 202013 Nov 2020
http://ismar20.org/

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)
PublisherIEEE
Volume2020
ISSN (Print)1554-7868

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Abbreviated titleISMAR
Period9/11/2013/11/20
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