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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2017
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Jussi Leppänen, Tampere, FI;
Arto Lehtiniemi, Lempäälä, FI;
Antti Eronen, Tampere, FI;
Francesco Cricrì, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An apparatus configured to: •in respect of virtual reality content comprising video imagery configured to provide a virtual reality space for viewing in virtual reality, wherein a virtual reality view presented to a user provides for viewing of the virtual reality content, the virtual reality view comprising a spatial portion of the video imagery that forms the virtual reality space and being smaller in spatial extent than the spatial extent of the video imagery of the virtual reality space and •based on one or more of; •i) a viewing direction in the virtual reality space of at least one virtual reality view provided to the user; and •ii) a selected object in the video imagery, •providing for one or more of generation or display of causal summary content comprising selected content from the virtual reality content at least prior to a time point in the virtual reality content currently viewed by the user, the causal summary content at least focussed on an object or event appearing in the at least one virtual reality view or the selected object to show the historic occurrence of the object or event or selected object in the virtual reality content, •wherein the provision of one or more of generation or display of causal summary content is further based on the virtual reality view provided to the user historically not including the object or event or selected object for at least a predetermined period of time thereby providing causal summary content for objects or events that were missed by the user while watching the virtual reality content.