Method and system for adaptively changing display parameters of virtual reality content

A computer-implemented method for adaptively changing one or more display parameters of virtual reality content, the method comprising:

• storing, by a computer system, virtual reality image data captured by one or more image capturing devices;
• retrieving, by the computer system, one or more parameters of a display of a virtual reality device;
• generating, by the computer system, one or more two-dimensional renditions from the virtual reality image data in real-time and according to the retrieved one or more parameters, wherein the one or more two-dimensional renditions are generated based at least in part by mapping the virtual reality image data to a two-dimensional bijective resolution-defined projection, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional renditions represents a full sphere of the virtual reality image data;
• one or both of adjusting, by the computer system, a resolution at least one of the one or more two-dimensional renditions and changing parameters of at least one of the one or more two-dimensional renditions, before transmitting for display to the virtual reality device, to be of a resolution below or at about a maximum displayable resolution, and wherein the maximum displayable resolution is limited by at least one or both of a DPI of the display or a processing power of the virtual reality device;
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• accessing, by the computer system, at least a portion of one of the one or more two-dimensional renditions for inversely projecting the virtual reality image data to a sphere or other three-dimensional shape for display on the virtual reality device,
• wherein the computer system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.

A system for processing and delivering virtual reality content, the system comprising:

• one or more computer servers comprising one or more processors and one or more storage devices;
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• executable software stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices and executable on demand, the software operative with at least one of the one or more processors to cause the one or more computer servers to:
• store virtual reality image data captured by one or more image capturing devices on the one or more storage devices;
• retrieve one or more parameters of one or both of transmission speed of a connection between the one or more computer servers with access to the one or more storage devices storing the virtual reality image data and a virtual reality device of a user requesting the virtual reality image data, and a display of the virtual reality device;
• generate one or more two-dimensional renditions from the virtual reality image data in real-time and according to the retrieved one or more parameters, wherein the one or more two-dimensional renditions are generated at least in part by mapping the virtual reality image data to a two-dimensional bijective resolution-defined projection, wherein each of the one or more two-dimensional renditions represents a full sphere of the virtual reality image data;
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• transmit, via the connection, at least a portion of one of one or more two-dimensional renditions to the virtual reality device configured to inversely project the virtual reality image data to a sphere or other three-dimensional shape for display on the virtual reality device.