Methods and Systems for Customizing Virtual Reality Data

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
• access metadata descriptive of a plurality of frame sequences that each include two-dimensional (2D) color data frames and depth data frames that depict a different view of a three-dimensional (3D) scene,
• identify a set of experience parameters defining a particular virtual reality experience associated with the 3D scene and that is to be experienced by a user using a media player device,
• select, based on the metadata and the set of experience parameters, frame sequences from the plurality of frame sequences for inclusion in a frame sequence subset that is customized to the particular virtual reality experience and that collectively includes data sufficient to allow the media player device to generate a virtual 3D representation of the 3D scene, and
• provide the selected frame sequences included within the frame sequence subset to the media player device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, direct a processor of a computing device to:

• access metadata descriptive of a plurality of frame sequences that each include two-dimensional (2D) color data frames and depth data frames that depict a different view of a three-dimensional (3D) scene;
• identify a set of experience parameters defining a particular virtual reality experience associated with the 3D scene and that is to be experienced by a user using a media player device;
• select, based on the metadata and the set of experience parameters, frame sequences from the plurality of frame sequences for inclusion in a frame sequence subset that is customized to the particular virtual reality experience and that collectively includes data sufficient to allow the media player device to generate a virtual 3D representation of the 3D scene;
• and
• provide the selected frame sequences included within the frame sequence subset to the media player device.