Transmission and display of video data

A method for transmitting and presenting video data in which method the video data are transmitted from a video center over a telecommunications network to a communications terminal and are presented there by a video display device in a visible way for the user of the communications terminal, current eye positions of the user being determined and the determined current eye positions being transmitted to the video center, wherein

• the video data are obtained from a database and/or from a file server of the video center, where the video data are stored in digital form,
• the video display device projects picture signals corresponding to the video data onto the retina of the user, and
• the video data are filtered in the video center, prior to their transmission, on the basis of received current eye positions such that outer picture regions, corresponding to the video data, which are projected on the retina outside the fovea have a lower resolution than inner picture regions, corresponding to the video data, which are projected on the fovea of the retina, and the filtered video data therefore contain a lesser quantity of data than the unfiltered video data.

A video center which includes a communications module, which is set up to receive requests for video data from communications terminals over a telecommunications network and transmit requested video data to a respective communications terminal, wherein

• it includes a database and/or a file server in which the video data are stored in digital form, and
• it includes a video filter module which filters video data, prior to their transmission, on the basis of current eye positions of the user of the respective communications terminal, which eye positions are transmitted from the respective communications terminal to the video center, such that outer picture regions, corresponding to the video data, which are projected onto the retina outside the fovea, have a lower resolution than inner picture regions, corresponding to the video data, which are projected on the fovea of the retina, and the filtered video data therefore contain a lesser quantity of data than the unfiltered video data.