PLAYBACK INITIALIZATION TOOL FOR PANORAMIC VIDEOS

摘要

A method for initializing a panoramic video by a graphical user interface (GUI) includes receiving a panoramic video, creating a three-dimensional mesh, and displaying a preview rendered from the three-dimensional mesh. The GUI displays a time selection interface and selects a frame time in the panoramic video with the time selection interface. The GUI displays a view selection interface and selects view parameters that define a camera orientation at the frame time of the panoramic video with the view selection interface. The GUI determines a selected frame of the panoramic video defined by the frame time and the view parameter, renders the thumbnail from the three-dimensional mesh based on the selected frame, and stores orientation data including the frame time and the view parameters.

主权项

1. A method for creating a thumbnail for a panoramic video, by a playback initialization tool, comprising:
receiving a panoramic video; creating a three-dimensional mesh; displaying a time selection interface; selecting a frame time in the panoramic video with the time selection interface; displaying a view selection interface; selecting view parameters that define a camera orientation at the frame time of the panoramic video with the view selection interface; determining a selected frame of the panoramic video defined by the frame time and the view parameters; and rendering the thumbnail from the three-dimensional mesh based on the selected frame.