Systems and methods for generating panoramic visual content

A method for generating panoramic visual content, the method performed by a computing system including one or more processors, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by the computing system, visual information defining visual content captured by an image capture device, the visual content having a spherical field of view, wherein the visual content is rotated based on rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content to horizon level the visual content;
• determining, by the computing system, placement of a viewing window within the spherical field of view of the visual content, the viewing window defining an extent of the visual content to be included within a punchout of the visual content, the viewing window having a panoramic field of view;
• and
• generating, by the computing system, the panoramic visual content based on the viewing window, wherein the extent of the visual content defined by the viewing window is positioned to be centered on a center of a two-dimensional plane onto which the visual content is mapped, and generation of the panoramic visual content includes crop of an extent of the visual content mapped onto the two-dimensional plane that is outside the viewing window centered on the center of the two-dimensional plane.

A system for generating panoramic visual content, the system comprising:

• one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
• obtain visual information defining visual content of a spherical video having a progress length, the visual content captured by an image capture device, the visual content having a spherical field of view, wherein the visual content is rotated based on rotational position of the image capture device during capture of the visual content to horizon level the visual content;
• determine placement of a viewing window within the spherical field of view of the visual content, the viewing window defining an extent of the visual content to be included within a punchout of the visual content, the viewing window having a panoramic field of view;
• and
• generate the panoramic visual content as a function of progress through the progress length of the spherical video for inclusion in a panoramic video based on the viewing window, wherein the extent of the visual content defined by the viewing window is positioned to be centered on a center of a two-dimensional plane onto which the visual content is mapped, and generation of the panoramic visual content includes crop of an extent of the visual content mapped onto the two-dimensional plane that is outside the viewing window centered on the center of the two-dimensional plane.