Method and system for using 2D captured images of a scene to provide virtual reality content

摘要

An example method includes the steps of obtaining, by the virtual reality media provider system, surface data for the one or more objects from a plurality of capture devices physically located at different vantage points with respect to a scene comprising one or more objects, Generating a color video data stream for the 2D color data and a depth video data stream for the depth data for each capture device included in the plurality of capture devices, the capture included in the plurality of capture devices. Packaging the color video data stream and the depth video data stream into a transport stream for each of the devices, and providing the metadata and the transport stream for streaming to a media player device.