Spectator view into an interactive gaming world showcased in a live event held in a real-world venue

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program for enabling participation in a live event, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

• program instructions for establishing a multi-player gaming session controlled by a plurality of players through execution of a gaming application at a server, the multi-player gaming session generating an interactive gaming world within which player participation is enabled, the live event being a real-world venue where the plurality of players is present and engaging with the multi-player gaming session being displayed on a screen at the live event;
• program instructions for generating at the server a three dimensional (3D) live view of the real-world venue based on one or more captured video streams, the 3D live view generated for a physical point-of-view (POV) of the live event, wherein the physical POV is anchored to a physical location in the real-world venue;
• program instructions for streaming the 3D live view via a network from the server to an HMD of a first remote user, the first remote user being located outside of the real-world venue, the 3D live view presenting an augmented reality view of the live event including the screen to the first remote user through a head mounted display (HMD);
• program instructions for receiving at the server a request from the first remote user to jump from the 3D live view to a first spectator view of the multi-player gaming session displayed on the screen as a spectator of the interactive gaming world from a first virtual POV defined by a virtual location in the interactive gaming world;
• program instructions for generating by the server the first spectator view associated with the first virtual POV, wherein the first spectator view is generated from the multi-player gaming session being displayed on the screen at the live event;
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• program instructions for delivering the first spectator view via the network to the HMD of the first remote user for display, the first spectator view presenting in real-time a virtual reality view of the interactive gaming world to the first remote user through the HMD.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory coupled to the processor and having stored therein instructions that, if executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method for enabling participation in a live event comprising:
• establishing a multi-player gaming session controlled by a plurality of players through execution of a gaming application at a server, the multi-player gaming session generating an interactive gaming world within which player participation is enabled, the live event being a real-world venue where the plurality of players is present and engaging with the multi-player gaming session being displayed on a screen at the live event;
• generating at the server a three dimensional (3D) live view of the real-world venue based on one or more captured video streams, the 3D live view generated for a physical point-of-view (POV) of the live event, wherein the physical POV is anchored to a physical location in the real-world venue;
• streaming the 3D live view via a network from the server to an HMD of a first remote user, the first remote user being located outside of the real-world venue, the 3D live view presenting an augmented reality view of the live event including the screen to the first remote user through a head mounted display (HMD);
• receiving at the server a request from the first remote user to jump from the 3D live view to a first spectator view of the multi-player gaming session displayed on the screen as a spectator of the interactive gaming world from a first virtual POV defined by a virtual location in the interactive gaming world;
• generating by the server the first spectator view associated with the first virtual POV, wherein the first spectator view is generated from the multi-player gaming session being displayed on the screen at the live event;
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• delivering the first spectator view via the network to the HMD of the first remote user for display, the first spectator view presenting in real-time a virtual reality view of the interactive gaming world to the first remote user through the HMD.