Enhanced immersive digital media

A system comprising memory coupled to at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to:

• receive first volumetric visual data generated at a first time and comprising encoded candidate volumetric visual data with which to replace portions of volumetric media streams;
• receive a first volumetric media stream from a second device, the first volumetric media stream comprising second volumetric visual data comprising a first volumetric time slice representing a field of view of a first device, the second volumetric visual data generated at a second time after the first time;
• detect a first object represented by a first portion of the first volumetric time slice, and wherein the first portion represents a subset of the first volumetric time slice;
• determine that the encoded candidate volumetric visual data comprise an encoded representation of the first object, wherein the first volumetric visual data are smaller than the first volumetric time slice;
• generate a second volumetric time slice comprising the first volumetric visual data and a second portion of the first volumetric time slice;
• generate, based on the first volumetric visual data and the first portion of the first volumetric time slice representing the first object, a second volumetric media stream, the second volumetric media stream comprising the second volumetric time slice, wherein to generate the second volumetric time slice comprises to remove the first portion from the first volumetric time slice and insert the first volumetric visual data into the first volumetric time slice;
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• send the second volumetric media stream for presentation at a second device.

A device comprising memory coupled to at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to:

• receive first volumetric visual data generated at a first time and comprising encoded candidate volumetric visual data with which to replace portions of volumetric media streams;
• receive a first volumetric media stream from a second device, the first volumetric media stream comprising second volumetric visual data comprising a first volumetric time slice representing a field of view of a second device, the second volumetric visual data generated at a second time after the first time;
• detect that a first object represented by a first portion of the first volumetric time slice, and wherein the first portion represents a subset of the first volumetric time slice;
• determine that the encoded candidate volumetric visual data comprise an encoded representation of the first object, wherein the first volumetric visual data are smaller than the first volumetric time slice;
• generate, based on the first volumetric visual data and the first portion of the first volumetric time slice representing the first object, a second volumetric time slice comprising the first volumetric visual data and a second portion of the first volumetric time slice, wherein to generate the second volumetric time slice comprises to remove the first portion from the first volumetric time slice and insert the first volumetric visual data into the first volumetric time slice;
• generate a second volumetric media stream, the second volumetric media stream comprising the second volumetric time slice;
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• send the second volumetric media stream for presentation at a third device.