Venue mapping for virtual reality spectating of electronic sports

A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least one computer, cause said at least one computer to perform a method comprising the following operations:

• receiving, over a network from a client device, a request to spectate a live event through a head-mounted display by a virtual reality spectator;
• assigning the virtual reality spectator to a seat in a venue in which the live event takes place;
• receiving a plurality of video feeds from a plurality of cameras positioned in the venue;
• accessing video processing parameters that are stored in association with the seat;
• using the video processing parameters to select and stitch selected ones of the video feeds to generate a composite video that provides a view of the venue from a perspective that is defined by a 3D location of the seat in the venue;
• transmitting the composite video over the network to the client device for rendering to the head-mounted display.

A system comprising at least one computing device, said at least one computing device having at least one processor and at least one memory, said at least one computing device configured to perform the following:

• receiving, over a network from a client device, a request to spectate a live event through a head-mounted display by a virtual reality spectator;
• assigning the virtual reality spectator to a seat in a venue in which the live event takes place;
• receiving a plurality of video feeds from a plurality of cameras positioned in the venue;
• accessing video processing parameters that are stored in association with the seat;
• using the video processing parameters to select and stitch selected ones of the video feeds to generate a composite video that provides a view of the venue from a perspective that is defined by a 3D location of the seat in the venue;
• transmitting the composite video over the network to the client device for rendering to the head-mounted display.