Method and apparatus for navigating through panoramic content

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:

• receiving panoramic content;
• presenting at least a portion of the panoramic content on a display device;
• detecting that the panoramic content includes a guidance feature;
• responsive to the detecting, obtaining a user-generated input to obtain guidance information;
• obtaining, according to the user-generated input, the guidance information from the panoramic content;
• and
• presenting the guidance information,
• wherein the guidance information includes navigation information for enhancing user navigation of the panoramic content,
• wherein the guidance information includes an icon overlaid on top of the portion of the panoramic content,
• wherein the icon identifies a navigation direction, a navigation speed, or a combination thereof, to arrive at a scene, an object, a region, or a combination thereof, during a playback of the panoramic content,
• wherein the icon includes an upper marker associated with an upper bound in a current field of view and a lower marker associated with a lower bound in the current field of view,
• wherein the icon identifies a navigation path to the scene, the object, the region, or the combination thereof, and
• wherein the navigation path traverses the upper bound, the lower bound, or a combination thereof.

A method, comprising:

• transmitting, by a processing system including a processor, first guidance information associated with a playback of a panoramic video at a user equipment, wherein the first guidance information includes an identification of a first scene included in the video, a first object included in the video, a first region included in the video, or a combination thereof;
• receiving, by the processing system, feedback from the user equipment, wherein the feedback is based on the first guidance information;
• and
• transmitting, by the processing system, second guidance information associated with the playback of the video at the user equipment in accordance with the feedback, wherein the second guidance information includes an identification of a second scene included in the video, a second object included in the video, a second region included in the video, or a combination thereof,
• wherein the second guidance information is different from the first guidance information,
• wherein the second guidance information includes a specification of a reference marker associated with a current viewing direction, and
• wherein the second guidance information includes a specification of a navigation direction and a navigation speed relative to the reference marker to arrive at the second scene included in the video, the second object included in the video, the second region included in the video, or the combination thereof.