Proactively selecting virtual reality content contexts

A system for proactively selecting virtual reality (VR) content, which comprises:

• a computer system comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
• receive position metadata from a VR interaction device (VRID), said position metadata including a reference location and position metadata for the VRID indicating that the VRID will be in a second location at a second time and at a third location at a third time;
• receive bandwidth metadata for said reference, the second location, and the third location, location including available bandwidth values for the respective locations indexed to a timescale;
• receive VR content requirement information which includes threshold values of available bandwidth to achieve acceptable virtual element rendering performance for a plurality of VR content contexts;
• receive at a reference time, a request for VR content delivery at the second time and at the third time, the second time being chronologically later than said reference time, and the third time being chronologically later than the second time;
• select before the occurrence of said second time and based at least in part on satisfying associated context threshold values of available bandwidth to achieve acceptable virtual element rendering performance, a second VR content context having a threshold value of available bandwidth for acceptable virtual element rendering performance below the available bandwidth value in the second location at said second time on said timescales.
• select, before the occurrence of said third time and based at least in part on satisfying associated context threshold values of available bandwidth to achieve acceptable virtual element rendering performance, a third VR content context having a threshold value of available bandwidth for acceptable virtual element rendering performance below the available bandwidth value in the third location at said third time on said timescale;
• responsive to selecting the first and second VR content contexts, prepare respective second and third context content;
• and
• send the second and third context content to the VRID at the associated scheduled second and third times,
• whereby the server computer proactively selects content matching available bandwidth of the second and third known locations at known second and third times, thereby ensuring satisfactory content portrayal during a VR use session, with content matching available bandwidth of known locations at known upcoming times that are subsequent to the reference time.

A computer program product for proactively selecting virtual reality (VR) content, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• receive, using said computer, position metadata from a VR interaction device (VRID), said position metadata including a reference location and position metadata for the VRID indicating that the VRID will be in a second location at a second time and at a third location at a third time;
• receive, using said computer, bandwidth metadata for said reference, the second location, and the third location, location including available bandwidth values for the respective locations indexed to a timescale;
• receive, using said computer, VR content requirement information which includes threshold values of available bandwidth to achieve acceptable virtual element rendering performance for a plurality of VR content contexts;
• receive at a reference time, a request for VR content delivery at the second time and at the third time, the second time being chronologically later than said reference time, and the third time being chronologically later than the second time;
• select, using said computer, before the occurrence of said second time and based at least in part on satisfying associated context threshold values of available bandwidth to achieve acceptable virtual element rendering performance, a second VR content context having a threshold value of available bandwidth for acceptable virtual element rendering performance below the available bandwidth value in the second location at said second time on said timescale;
• select, before the occurrence of said third time and based at least in part on satisfying associated context threshold values of available bandwidth to achieve acceptable virtual element rendering performance, a third VR content context having a threshold value of available bandwidth for acceptable virtual element rendering performance below the available bandwidth value in the third location at said third time on said timescale;
• responsive to selecting the first and second VR content contexts, preparing respective second and third context content;
• and
• send the second and third context content to the VRID at the associated scheduled second and third times,
• whereby the server computer proactively selects content matching available bandwidth of the second and third known locations at known second and third times, thereby ensuring satisfactory content portrayal during a VR use session, with content matching available bandwidth of known locations at known upcoming times that are subsequent to the reference time.