A method of generating at least one image of a real environment comprises providing at least one environment property related to at least part of the real environment, providing at least one virtual object property related to a virtual object, determining at least one imaging parameter according to the at least one provided virtual object property and the at least one provided environment property, and generating at least one image of the real environment representing information about light leaving the real environment according to the determined at least one imaging parameter, wherein the light leaving the real environment is measured by at least one camera.

The information processing apparatus includes: one or more processors functioning by executing instructions stored in one or more memories as the following units: a setting unit configured to set a parameter with which a display condition of additional information that is displayed in a virtual viewpoint image, identification information indicating the additional information, and virtual viewpoint information on a virtual viewpoint image that is generated are associated; and an output unit configured to output a parameter that is set by the setting unit.

A virtual image processing method, an image processing system, and a storage medium used for realizing virtualization of a captured picture, the method includes the following steps: acquiring a reference position and a real-time position of a camera device; calculating a movement parameter of the real-time position relative to the reference position; virtualizing, according to the movement parameter, the position and the posture of the virtual camera device, and calculating a perspective parameter of a scene to be replaced with respect to the virtualized virtual camera device; encoding a virtual scene according to the perspective parameter; and using the encoded virtual scene to replace the scene to be replaced.

Systems and methods provide for capturing, at a first computing device associated with a first user, a first video stream, and presenting, by the first computing device, and indication that a second computing device associated with a second user is located within a predetermined distance of the first computing device. The systems and methods further providing for receiving, by the first computing device, a request to access a second video stream being captured on the second computing device and displaying, by the first computing device, the second video stream being captured on the second computing device, on a display of the first computing device.

A system and method of synchronizing auxiliary content to a video stream is disclosed that uses a block of bit-vectors linked to a target frame in a video steam. The block of bit-vectors consists of a multi-frame sequence of image bit-vectors. The video stream and block of bit-vectors are transmitted to an end user device that uses the bit-vector block to uniquely identify the target frame. The target frame is used to synchronize auxiliary content to the video stream.

Substituting video on demand (VOD) content items for video content recorded onto a digital video recorder (DVR) or selected to be recorded onto a DVR is provided. Oftentimes, there is overlap between content that a user has recorded on his DVR or is selecting to record onto his DVR and video content that is available in a VOD library. When a user selects to record video content, selects to play recorded content, when a storage space reaches a predetermined capacity, or according to a predetermined time interval, a query may be performed to search for VOD content items that match recorded content or content selected to be recorded. If a match is found, the VOD content item may be substituted for the DVR recording. When a user selects to playback the content, the content may be streamed from the VOD library. Advertising may also be inserted.

In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling aspects of a virtual concert is provided. The apparatus includes one or more controllers and at least one computing device. The one or more controllers are positioned in a venue and are configured to control features of a live performance at the venue based on at least one first signal. The at least one computing device is programmed to receive a second signal indicative of a command to control at least a portion of the live performance from directly from a user that is remote from the venue and to transmit the at least one first signal to the one or more controllers to control the features of the live performance.

Systems and methods for precision downstream synchronization of digital streaming content on an edge content processor in the absence of access to pixel-level data by a video player app operative on the edge content processor are disclosed. Encrypted video streams are synchronized to unencrypted video streams using acquired knowledge of the edge content processor's latency, i.e., the time elapsed between a command to render a video frame and that frame being displayed by the edge content processor. Once a predicted time of display of an encrypted video is obtained by a video player app operative on the edge content processor, a corresponding RGBA video frame is delayed by an amount of time equal to that predicted time minus the edge content processor's latency before a command to render it is issued by the video player app, thereby ensuring both frames are displayed simultaneously.

This disclosure relates to systems and methods for displaying of thumbnails of content to be played after viewing of a video advertisement. A method includes generating a thumbnail associated with video content, the video content to be provided for playback after playback of a video advertisement, and presenting the thumbnail during the playback of the video advertisement to inform a user of the video content, wherein a skip counter indicative of time left until skipping of the video advertisement is enabled is provided, and wherein the time left is less than a remaining playing time of the video advertisement.

An image processing apparatus displays a virtual viewpoint video generated using a plurality of video data generated by a plurality of image capture apparatuses and first video data that is stored in a storage medium and different from the plurality of video data, identifies a position of an object relating to the first video data in the plurality of video data, generates second video data which is a virtual viewpoint video, on the basis of the identified position of the object, and controls to display the first video data following a display of the second video data.