Virtual reality session capture and replay systems and methods

A client virtual reality device useful in generating virtual reality replay streams, such virtual reality replay streams corresponding to virtual reality sessions generated by the client virtual reality device, the client virtual reality device comprising:

• at least one computing processing unit;
• a network interface;
• a computer readable storage medium;
• and
• memory in data communication with said at least one computer processing unit and containing executable instructions for causing said at least one computing processing unit to perform a method including:
• (a) instantiating, on the client virtual reality device, a virtual reality session capture thread associated with a virtual reality session being generated by the client virtual reality device;
• (b) capturing, by said virtual reality session capture thread, graphics engine function call data for each of a plurality of graphics engine function calls made during said virtual reality session;
• (c) obtaining, by said virtual reality session capture thread, a virtual reality session termination communication, said virtual reality session termination communication indicating an end of said virtual reality session;
• (d) creating a virtual reality replay stream corresponding to said plurality of virtual reality game session data records and being associated with a virtual reality replay session identifier corresponding to the virtual reality session;
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• (e) saving said virtual reality replay stream to said computer readable storage medium.