360 degree image presentation

A non-transitory program storage device comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to:

• obtain an input stream of spherical images from an image capture device, wherein each spherical image comprises corresponding metadata indicating a motion of the image capture device in one or more axial directions during capture of the respective spherical image;
• stabilize the input stream of spherical images based on each spherical image's corresponding metadata;
• and
• store the stream of stabilized spherical images in a memory,
• wherein stabilizing the input stream of spherical images comprises correcting a rotational motion in at least a first axial direction of at least one of the spherical images, and
• wherein the correction of the rotational motion in the at least a first axial direction of the at least one of the spherical images accounts for a translational motion of the image capture device.

An electronic system, comprising:

• an image capture device;
• a display element;
• memory operatively coupled to the image capture device and the display element;
• and
• one or more processors operatively coupled to the image capture device, the display element, and the memory, the memory having stored therein instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic system to:
• obtain an input stream of spherical images from the image capture device, wherein each spherical image comprises corresponding metadata indicating a motion of the image capture device in one or more axial directions during capture of the respective spherical image;
• stabilize the input stream of spherical images based on each spherical image's corresponding metadata;
• and
• store the stream of stabilized spherical images in the memory,
• wherein the instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic system to stabilize the input stream of spherical images further comprise instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic system to correct a rotational motion in at least a first axial direction of at least one of the spherical images, and
• wherein the correction of the rotational motion in the at least a first axial direction of the at least one of the spherical images accounts for a translational motion of the image capture device.