Systems and methods for providing a virtual reality experience

A virtual reality (“VR”) system for providing a VR experience, the VR system comprising:

• a display device, wherein the display device is configured to present a VR presentation;
• and
• a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is communicatively coupled to the display device, and wherein the control circuit is configured to:
• generate a background VR presentation, wherein the background VR presentation includes only those pixels that are not within a user's sphere during the VR experience, wherein the user's sphere has a radius which extends from the user during the VR experience;
• determine, based on an analysis of video frames, objects that are not within the user's sphere during the VR experience;
• generate a foreground VR presentation, wherein the foreground VR presentation excludes the objects that are not within the user's sphere during the VR experience;
• render a VR presentation, wherein the VR presentation includes a real time rendering of the foreground VR presentation, and wherein the background VR presentation is rendered as an object within the VR presentation;
• transmit, during the rendering of the VR presentation to the display device for presentation, the VR presentation;
• and
• synchronize, during the rendering of the VR presentation, the background VR presentation and the foreground VR presentation.