Systems and methods for traversing virtual spaces

A system comprising:

• input/output circuitry configured to:
• receive first omnidirectional image data of respective views of a first space of an environment;
• and
• receive second omnidirectional image data of a second space of the environment;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• generate, at an XR device, a XR environment comprising a first XR space corresponding to the first space of the environment and a second XR space corresponding to the second space of the environment;
• determine a current viewport direction within the XR environment for the XR device;
• based at least in part on the determining that the viewport direction within the XR environment corresponds primarily to the first XR space and secondarily to the second XR space:
• generate, for transmission at a first bitrate, a first bitstream based on at least a portion of the first omnidirectional image data corresponding to the first XR space;
• and
• generate, for transmission at a second bitrate lower than the first bitrate, a second bitstream based on at least a portion of the second omnidirectional image data corresponding to the second XR space.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that when executed by control circuitry cause the control circuitry to:

• receive first omnidirectional image data of a first space of an environment;
• receive second omnidirectional image data of a second space of the environment;
• generate, at an XR device, a XR environment comprising a first XR space corresponding to the first space of the environment and a second XR space corresponding to the second space of the environment;
• determine a current viewport direction within the XR environment for the XR device;
• based at least in part on the determining that the viewport direction within the XR environment for the XR device corresponds primarily to the first XR space and secondarily to the second XR space:
• generate, for transmission at a first bitrate, a first bitstream based on at least a portion of the first omnidirectional image data corresponding to the first XR space;
• and
• generate, for transmission at a second bitrate lower than the first bitrate, a second bitstream based on at least a portion of the second omnidirectional image data corresponding to the second XR space.