First-person perspective-mediated reality

A method comprising:

• throughout a first period of time, enabling user-selection of a first sub-set of available mediated reality content based on a current point of view of a user, wherein the point of view of the user can change during the first period of time causing a change in the user-selected first sub-set;
• throughout the first period of time, causing rendering of the selected first sub-set of available mediated reality content to the user as it is selected;
• throughout the first period of time, storing a second sub-set of the available mediated reality content for potential future rendering, wherein the second sub-set is different to the first sub-set being rendered to the user and is not being rendered to the user during the first period of time;
• during at least a latter portion of the first period of time, determining whether or not to augment the user-selected first sub-set of available mediated reality content to include an alert concerning the second sub-set of available mediated reality content;
• and
• enabling transition from rendering a portion of the first sub-set of available mediated reality content to rendering a portion of the second sub-set of available mediated reality content, wherein the portion of the first sub-set of available mediated reality content is associated with a first time within a timeline of the available mediated reality content and wherein the portion of the second sub-set of available mediated reality content is associated with a second time within the timeline of the available mediated reality content, the first time and the second time being different, wherein the first time is later than the second time.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions stored thereon for performing at least the following:

• throughout a first period of time, enabling user-selection of a first sub-set of available mediated reality content based on a current point of view of a user, wherein the point of view of the user can change during the first period of time causing a change in the user-selected first sub-set;
• throughout the first period of time, causing rendering of the selected first sub-set of available mediated reality content to the user as it is selected;
• throughout the first period of time, storing a second sub-set of the available mediated reality content for potential future rendering, wherein the second sub-set is different to the first sub-set being rendered to the user and is not being rendered to the user during the first period of time;
• during at least a latter portion of the first period of time, determining whether or not to augment the user-selected first sub-set of available mediated reality content to include an alert concerning the second sub-set of available mediated reality content;
• and
• enabling transition from rendering a portion of the first sub-set of available mediated reality content to rendering a portion of the second sub-set of available mediated reality content, wherein the portion of the first sub-set of available mediated reality content is associated with a first time within a timeline of the available mediated reality content and wherein the portion of the second sub-set of available mediated reality content is associated with a second time within the timeline of the available mediated reality content, the first time and the second time being different, wherein the first time is later than the second time.