Technology to encode 360 degree video content

An apparatus comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• logic coupled to the substrate, wherein the logic is implemented in one or more of configurable logic or fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic to:
• determine a projection format associated with panoramic video content,
• identify one or more discontinuous boundaries in the projection format, and
• modify an encoding scheme associated with the panoramic video content based on the one or more discontinuous boundaries.

A system comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• logic coupled to the substrate, wherein the logic is implemented in one or more of configurable logic or fixed-functionality hardware logic, the logic to:
• assign an encoded frame to a first temporal scalability layer, and
• assign an asynchronous space warp frame to a second temporal scalability layer, wherein the first temporal scalability layer is to have a higher priority than the second temporal scalability layer.

A system comprising:

• a camera to capture video content;
• a memory including a set of instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the camera and the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the system to:
• detect fisheye content in one or more frames of the video content,
• identify an active region and an inactive region in the fisheye content, and
• reduce one or more of a bitrate or an encoding complexity of a boundary between the active region and the inactive region.