Field of view prediction in live panoramic video streaming

A device comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
• providing a live video presentation over a network for viewing at a plurality of user devices;
• determining a latency related to the video presentation for each of the plurality of user devices resulting in a group of latencies being determined;
• identifying a first user device of the plurality of user devices having a latency greater than other latencies of the group of latencies corresponding to other user devices of the plurality of user devices;
• generating a predicted viewing map for the first user device, based on data from the other user devices of the plurality of user devices, the data comprising field of view (FoV) data, user head movement data, or a combination thereof;
• and
• adjusting the video presentation for the first user device based on the predicted viewing map.

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

• providing a video presentation over a network for viewing at a plurality of user devices;
• determining a latency related to the video presentation for each of the plurality of user devices resulting in a group of latencies being determined;
• identifying a first user device of the plurality of user devices having a latency greater than other latencies of the group of latencies, the other latencies corresponding to other user devices of the plurality of user devices and exceeding a latency threshold;
• generating a predicted viewing map for the first user device, based on data from the other user devices of the plurality of user devices, the data comprising field of view (FoV) data, user head movement data, or a combination thereof;
• and
• adjusting the video presentation for the first user device based on the predicted viewing map.