Immersive virtual reality production and playback for storytelling content

An apparatus for controlling a display of an immersive stereographic content display apparatus, the apparatus comprising a processor coupled to a memory and to at least one sensor, the memory holding program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the apparatus to perform:

• processing sensor data from at least one sensor coupled to the processor during performance of a immersive stereographic video work playing on the apparatus for a user;
• determining, during the performance, a virtual position of a region of visual focus in a virtual environment defined by the immersive stereographic video work, based on the sensor data;
• and
• controlling output of the apparatus in response to the determining.