Method for distributing virtual visual content

An electronic device, comprising:

• at least one processing unit;
• and
• at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, cause the electronic device to perform actions comprising:
• determining, by a content distribution manager associated with a cloud computing device, a plurality of content portions having different change rates in virtual visual content;
• sending, from the content distribution manager, a first content portion of the plurality of content portions in the virtual visual content to be interacted in user equipment to a plurality of edge devices;
• selecting at least one edge device from the plurality of edge devices;
• and
• sending, from the content distribution manager, a second content portion of the plurality of content portions in the virtual visual content to the selected at least one edge device, the second content portion having a higher change rate than the first content portion in the interaction;
• wherein the actions further comprise:
• separating the plurality of edge devices into a first group of edge devices outside of a specified user active area and a second group of edge devices within the specified user active area, the first group of edge devices being different than the second group of edge devices, each of the edge devices in each of the first and second groups of edge devices being designated to receive at least one of the plurality of content portions having different change rates in virtual visual content, with different ones of the edge devices in different ones of the first and second groups of edge devices being designated to receive different ones of the plurality of content portions;
• wherein the content distribution manager sends the first content portion but not the second content portion to at least a first one of the plurality of edge devices in the first group of edge devices that is outside of the specified user active area;
• and
• wherein the content distribution manager sends both the first content portion and the second content portion to at least a second one of the plurality of edge devices in the second group of edge devices that is within the specified user active area.

A computer program product, being tangibly stored on non-transitory computer-readable medium and comprising machine-executable instructions that, when executed by a device, cause the device to perform a method for distributing virtual visual content, the method comprising:

• determining, by a content distribution manager associated with a cloud computing device, a plurality of content portions having different change rates in virtual visual content;
• sending, from the content distribution manager, a first content portion of the plurality of content portions in the virtual visual content to be interacted in user equipment to a plurality of edge devices;
• selecting at least one edge device from the plurality of edge devices;
• and
• sending, from the content distribution manager, a second content portion of the plurality of content portions in the virtual visual content to the selected at least one edge device, the second content portion having a higher change rate than the first content portion in the interaction;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• separating the plurality of edge devices into a first group of edge devices outside of a specified user active area and a second group of edge devices within the specified user active area, the first group of edge devices being different than the second group of edge devices, each of the edge devices in each of the first and second groups of edge devices being designated to receive at least one of the plurality of content portions having different change rates in virtual visual content, with different ones of the edge devices in different ones of the first and second groups of edge devices being designated to receive different ones of the plurality of content portions;
• wherein the content distribution manager sends the first content portion but not the second content portion to at least a first one of the plurality of edge devices in the first group of edge devices that is outside of the specified user active area;
• and
• wherein the content distribution manager sends both the first content portion and the second content portion to at least a second one of the plurality of edge devices in the second group of edge devices that is within the specified user active area.