Enhanced Emotive Engagement with Volumetric Content

A volumetric content enhancement system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
• creating an annotated volumetric video comprising a volumetric video, an annotation, and at least one actionable position,
• providing the annotated volumetric video to a volumetric content playback system through which a viewer can view the annotated volumetric video,
• obtaining viewer feedback associated with a viewer,
• determining an emotional state of the viewer based, at least in part, upon the viewer feedback,
• receiving viewer position information from the volumetric content playback system, wherein the viewer position information identifies a specific actionable position of the at least one actionable position comprised in the annotated volumetric video,
• generating manipulation instructions to instruct the volumetric content playback system to manipulate the annotated volumetric video to achieve a desired emotional state of the viewer, wherein the manipulation instructions are based, at least in part, upon the viewer feedback, the emotional state, and the viewer position information, and
• providing the manipulation instructions to the volumetric content playback system.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• creating an annotated volumetric video comprising a volumetric video, an annotation, and at least one actionable position;
• providing the annotated volumetric video to a volumetric content playback system through which a viewer can view the annotated volumetric video;
• obtaining viewer feedback associated with a viewer;
• determining an emotional state of the viewer based, at least in part, upon the viewer feedback;
• receiving viewer position information from the volumetric content playback system, wherein the viewer position information identifies a specific actionable position of the at least one actionable position comprised in the annotated volumetric video;
• generating manipulation instructions to instruct the volumetric content playback system to manipulate the annotated volumetric video to achieve a desired emotional state of the viewer, wherein the manipulation instructions are based, at least in part, upon the viewer feedback, the emotional state, and the viewer position information;
• and
• providing the manipulation instructions to the volumetric content playback system.