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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Denny Breitenfeld, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Rene Sepulveda, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Michael Lodato, New Egypt, NJ (US);
Pai Moodlagiri, Clinton, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An exemplary virtual reality system provides an experience selection data structure to a media player device. The experience selection data structure comprises a plurality of entries each corresponding to a different virtual reality dataset, and each virtual reality dataset is customized to a different virtual reality experience associated with a different virtual viewpoint positioned at a different location with respect to a three-dimensional (3D) scene. The virtual reality system detects that the media player device selects an entry from the plurality of entries by way of the experience selection data structure. The selected entry corresponds to a particular virtual reality dataset customized to a particular virtual reality experience. Thus, in response to the detecting, the virtual reality system provides the particular virtual reality dataset to the media player device. Corresponding methods and systems, including details regarding corresponding media player devices, are also disclosed.