Immersive video experience including rotation

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium for video manipulation, the computer program product comprising code which causes one or more processors to perform operations of:

• determining a plurality of parameters pertaining to a video and a second plurality of parameters pertaining to a video display on a device;
• calculating a minimum scale value to inscribe a rectangle within an oval based on a height and a width of the video and wherein a height and a width of the video display define the rectangle;
• and
• rendering a rectangular portion of the video on the video display wherein the rectangular portion is on or inside boundaries of the oval.

A computer system for video manipulation comprising:

• a memory which stores instructions;
• one or more processors attached to the memory wherein the one or more processors, when executing the instructions which are stored, are configured to:
• determine a plurality of parameters pertaining to a video and a second plurality of parameters pertaining to a video display on a device;
• calculate a minimum scale value to inscribe a rectangle within an oval based on a height and a width of the video and wherein a height and a width of the video display define the rectangle;
• and
• render a rectangular portion of the video on the video display wherein the rectangular portion is on or inside boundaries of the oval.