Virtual field of view adjustment in live volumetric video

A computer program product for virtual field of view adjustment in volumetric video, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media, and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the stored program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to capture, using a plurality of video cameras, video of a plurality of fields of view of a scene, each field of view comprising data of the scene from a different vantage point, the capturing resulting in captured video of the plurality of fields of view;
• program instructions to determine, by analyzing a portion of the captured video, an excitement level;
• program instructions to forecast, using the excitement level, a time series of future excitement levels;
• program instructions to forecast, using the time series of future excitement levels, a virtual field of view path of the scene;
• program instructions to determine that an insert image is included in the virtual field of view path;
• program instructions to composite, into a virtual field of view of the scene, captured data from at least two video cameras in the plurality of video cameras;
• and
• program instructions to insert, into the virtual field of view, a rendering of the insert image.

A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, and one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the stored program instructions comprising:

• program instructions to capture, using a plurality of video cameras, video of a plurality of fields of view of a scene, each field of view comprising data of the scene from a different vantage point, the capturing resulting in captured video of the plurality of fields of view;
• program instructions to determine, by analyzing a portion of the captured video, an excitement level;
• program instructions to forecast, using the excitement level, a time series of future excitement levels;
• program instructions to forecast, using the time series of future excitement levels, a virtual field of view path of the scene;
• program instructions to determine that an insert image is included in the virtual field of view path;
• program instructions to composite, into a virtual field of view of the scene, captured data from at least two video cameras in the plurality of video cameras;
• and
• program instructions to insert, into the virtual field of view, a rendering of the insert image.