Methods and systems for game video recording and virtual reality replay

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for processing computer game videos for virtual reality replay, the storage medium comprising program code stored thereon, that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• receive a video recorded using a first virtual camera array during a game play of a source computer game, wherein the first virtual camera array includes a plurality of virtual cameras each facing a different direction, wherein the video was recorded at a frame rate lower than that of the source computer game, and wherein the video was recorded at a resolution lower than that of the source computer game;
• upscale the received video to a higher resolution to generate an upscaled video;
• receive player meta data, comprising player pitch and yaw, during the game play;
• and
• generate a spherical video from the upscaled video for later replay, wherein the generated spherical video is annotated with a player viewing direction based on the received player meta data.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for recording computer game videos for virtual reality replay, the storage medium comprising program code stored thereon, that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• receive a request to record a game play of a source computer game for virtual reality replay, wherein the source computer game is an existing computer game that lacks spherical video output;
• and
• in response to receiving the request to record the game play for virtual reality replay;
• record a video using a virtual camera array in real-time during the game play, wherein the virtual camera array includes a plurality of virtual cameras each facing a different direction, wherein the video is recorded at a frame rate lower than that of the source computer game, wherein the video is recorded at a spatial resolution lower than that of the source computer game, wherein the video from the virtual camera array is later stitched into a spherical video, wherein the spherical video comprises a replay of the source computer game that originally lacked spherical output, and wherein the virtual camera array was inserted into the source computer game using a capture client provided by a Software Development Kit (SDK) or a game connector module.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for recording computer game videos for virtual reality replay, the storage medium comprising program code stored thereon, that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

• receive a demo file generated by a source computer game, wherein the demo file comprises an input visual or non-visual game recording of the source computer game, and wherein the source computer game is an existing computer game that lacks spherical video output;
• initiate a game play of the source computer game, wherein the game play is configured according to the demo file;
• and
• transform the input visual or non-visual game recording in the demo file into a plurality of video recordings using a virtual camera array, wherein the plurality of video recordings are later stitched into a spherical video, wherein the spherical video comprises a replay of the source computer game that originally lacked spherical output, and wherein the virtual camera array was inserted into the source computer game using a capture client provided by a Software Development Kit (SDK) or a game connector module.