Systems and methods to transform events and/or mood associated with playing media into lighting effects

An apparatus comprising:

• a controller to:
• determine a first color associated with a first portion of media content during presentation of the media content based on image data including the first portion of the media content and first metadata associated with the first portion of the media content, the first portion of the media content occurring at a first time during the presentation of the media content;
• determine a first light effect for the media content based on the first color;
• determine a second color associated with a second portion of media content during presentation of the media content based on image data including the second portion of the media content and second metadata associated with the second portion of the media content, the second portion of the media content occurring at a second time during the presentation of the media content, the second time after the first time;
• and
• determine a second light effect for the media content based on the second color;
• and
• a light-generating device to:
• receive first instruction from the controller including the first light effect;
• and
• produce the first light effect during presentation of the media content;
• receive a second instruction from the controller including the second light effect;
• and
• transition from producing the first light effect to producing the second light effect during presentation of the media content.

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one machine to at least:

• identify a first color associated with a first portion of media content during presentation of the media content based on a first metadata tag associated with the first portion of the media content, the first portion of the media content occurring at a first time during the presentation of the media content;
• determine a first light effect to be produced by a light-producing device based on the first color;
• instruct the light-producing device to produce the first light effect during the presentation of the media content;
• identify a second color associated with a second portion of the media content during presentation of the media content based on a second metadata tag associated with the second portion of the media content, the second portion of the media content occurring at a second time during the presentation of the media content, the second time after the first time;
• determine a second light effect to be produced by the light-producing device based on the second color;
• and
• instruct the light-producing device to transition from producing the first light effect to produce the second light effect during presentation of the media content.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one memory;
• instructions;
• and
• processor circuitry to execute the instructions to:
• determine a first light effect to be produced by a light-producing device during presentation of media content based on metadata associated with the media content;
• instruct the light-producing device to produce the first light effect during the presentation of the media content at a first time;
• identify a first object in the media content during presentation of the media content;
• determine a color associated with the first object in the media content during presentation of the media content;
• determine a second light effect to be produced by the light-producing device based on the color;
• and
• instruct the light-producing device to produce the second light effect during presentation of the media content at a second time, the second time after the first time.