System for Active-Focus Prediction in 360 Video

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• analyzing video content obtained from a 360 degree camera system to discern a point of interest in the video content, resulting in an analysis of the video content which identifies at least one potential point of interest;
• obtaining first information about a first user requesting a viewing of the video content and second information about a second user requesting a viewing of the video content;
• identifying a predicted field of view based on the first information, the second information, and the analysis, the predicted field of view being sent to first equipment of the first user and second equipment of the second user;
• obtaining a first line of sight of the first user based upon eye movements of the first user and a second line of sight of the second user based upon eye movements of the second user;
• and
• updating the analysis based on the first line of sight and the second line of sight, the predicted field of view being updated based on the first line of sight and the second line of sight.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• analyzing video content obtained from a 360 degree camera system to discern a point of interest in the video content, resulting in an analysis of the video content that identifies at least one potential point of interest;
• obtaining information about a viewer of the video content;
• predicting a field of view to obtain a predicted field of view based on the information about the viewer and the analysis of the video content, less than 180 degrees of the video content centered on the predicted field of view being sent to equipment of the viewer;
• obtaining a monitored line of sight of the viewer based upon eye movements of the viewer relative to an orientation of the viewer;
• updating the analysis based on the monitored line of sight to obtain an updated analysis of the video content;
• and
• updating the predicted field of view based on the updated analysis.