Using Video to Encode Assets for Swivel/360-Degree Spinners

摘要

A method and system for video encoding assets for swivel/360-degree spinners is disclosed. Still images of a 3D object from different perspectives about the 3D object may be stacked and then video encoded to generate video frames of the object from the different perspectives. The video-encoded assets may be stored on a server or other network-connected device, and later retrieved by a connected client device for display processing by a swivel/360-degree spinner on the client device. The swivel/360-degree spinner may utilize native video processing capabilities of the client device and/or of a browser running on the client device to display video motion of the object moving through different angular orientations in response to movement of an interactive cursor.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating a respective still image of a three-dimensional (3D) object from each of a multiplicity of perspectives corresponding to different 3D angular orientations about the 3D object, each respective still image comprising respective data for display on a display device, and each being one of a plurality of still images of the 3D object; determining an ordering of the multiplicity of perspectives corresponding to minimally differential changes in 3D angular orientation from one of the different 3D angular orientations to the next; constructing a sequence of still images by ordering successive still images of the plurality in correspondence to the determined ordering of the multiplicity of perspectives; and encoding the sequence of still images with a video encoder to generate a compressed video-format rendering of the sequence of still images, wherein the compressed video-format rendering of the sequence of still images is smaller in total data volume than a sum of all of the still images of the sequence.