System for guiding a user through an immersive experience

A method comprising:

• receiving media content including one or more normal video frames;
• tracking, with a processor, an orientation of an immersive experience device with respect to an intended focal point within an immersive experience;
• determining, with the processor, whether the orientation of the immersive experience device exceeds an angular displacement threshold;
• in response to a determination that the orientation of the immersive experience device does not exceed the angular displacement threshold, rendering a normal video frame from the received media content on a display device;
• and
• in response to a determination that the orientation of the immersive experience device exceeds the angular displacement threshold, modifying one or more properties of the normal video frame to generate a modified video frame, and rendering the modified video frame on the display device, the one or more properties comprising an image property, an audio property, or a combination thereof.

An immersive experience system comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• a processor that
• receives media content including one or more normal video frames,
• tracks an orientation of the display device with respect to an intended focal point within an immersive experience,
• determines whether the orientation of the display device exceeds an angular displacement threshold,
• renders a normal video frame from the received media content on a display device in response to a determination that the orientation of the immersive experience device does not exceed the angular displacement threshold, and
• modifies one or more properties of the normal video frame to generate a modified video frame, and renders the modified video frame on the display device in response to a determination that the orientation of the immersive experience device exceeds the angular displacement threshold.