Transmission of three-dimensional video

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a request to provide for display on the client device during a first time period a particular view of a three-dimensional video comprising a plurality of views;

accessing a data stream corresponding to the video;

selecting, based on the request, a plurality of portions of the accessed data stream to transmit to the client device, wherein the plurality of selected portions comprise:

a high-resolution video of the particular view of the three-dimensional video for display during the first time period; and

a low-resolution video of one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view, wherein the low-resolution video is not for display on the client device during the first time period; and

transmitting to the client device a content container comprising the selected portions of the accessed data stream such that the low-resolution video of the one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view is transmitted to the client device before the high-resolution video of the particular view is displayed on the client device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received request comprises instructions for transmitting one or more of the portions of the accessed data stream at a specified bit rate or omitting one or more portions of the accessed data stream.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received request comprises instructions for transforming the accessed data stream.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the transformation comprises transcoding or resizing the accessed data stream.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising storing the results of a transformed data stream.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

decoding the accessed data stream; and

extracting each portion of the selected data stream from the decoded data stream.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:

the accessed data stream comprises a plurality of data streams; and

each of the plurality of data streams comprises a particular one of the extracted portions.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video comprises a video stream with multiple resolutions, a video stream from a single camera, a manipulated video stream, or a video stream from a top camera.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessed data stream comprises a 360° stereoscopic three-dimensional (3-D) video.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessed data stream comprises one or more audio streams that are time synchronized to the video.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the accessed data stream comprises data to reconstruct the video on the client device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the reconstruction data comprises spatial filtering data, distortion data, correction information, or projection parameters of the video.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the reconstruction data comprises audio spatial reconstruction data.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the low-resolution video of one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view is displayed on the client device during a second time period, a resolution of the low-resolution video increases proportionally to an amount of time a view corresponding to the low-resolution video is stationary.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

inferring a change in the particular view; and

selecting, based on the inferred change, one or more portions of the accessed data stream corresponding to the inferred change.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the selected portions comprises adjusting a bit rate of the selected portions based on a detected bandwidth of a connection with the client device.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting one or more of the plurality of portions of the accessed data stream based on the capabilities of the client device.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the client device, a subsequent request for a high-resolution video of a particular one of the one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view, wherein the request is generated based on a determination that the client device is displaying the particular one of the one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view during a second time period that is after the first time period.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the particular view of the three-dimensional video comprises at least one left-eye image of the view at a particular time and one right-eye image of the view at the particular time;

the data stream comprises the left-eye image or the right-eye image and a description of a plurality of spatial offsets between the left-eye image and the right-eye image; and

transmitting the selected portion of the accessed data stream to the client device comprises transmitting the left-eye image or the right-eye image and the spatial offsets to the client device.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the particular view of three-dimensional video further comprises at least one left-eye image of the view at a subsequent time and one right-eye image of the view at the subsequent time;

the data stream further comprises a plurality of time-dependent spatial offsets between:

the left-eye image at the particular time and the left-eye image at the subsequent time; or

the right-eye image at the particular time and the right-eye image at the subsequent time; and

transmitting the selected portion of the accessed data stream to the client device further comprises transmitting the left-eye image at the subsequent time or the right-eye image at the subsequent time and the plurality of time-dependent spatial offsets.

21. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying instructions that are operable when executed to:

receive, from a client device, a request to provide for display on the client device during a first time period a particular view of a three-dimensional video comprising a plurality of views;

access a data stream corresponding to the video;

select, based on the request, a plurality of portions of the accessed data stream to transmit to the client device, wherein the plurality of selected portions comprise:

a high-resolution video of the particular view of the three-dimensional video for display during the first time period; and

a low-resolution video of one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view, wherein the low-resolution video is not for display on the client device during the first time period; and

transmit to the client device a content container comprising the selected portions of the accessed data stream such that the low-resolution video of the one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view is transmitted to the client device before the high-resolution video of the particular view is displayed on the client device.

22. The media of claim 21 , wherein the received request comprises instructions for transmitting one or more of the portions of the accessed data stream at a specified bit rate or omitting one or more portions of the accessed data stream.

23. The media of claim 21 , wherein the received request comprises instructions for transforming the accessed data stream.

24. The media of claim 21 , wherein the instructions are further operable when executed to:

decode the accessed data stream; and

extract each portion of the accessed data stream from the decoded data stream.

25. The media of claim 21 , wherein the video comprises a video stream with multiple resolutions, a video stream from a single camera, a manipulated video stream, or a video stream from a top camera.

26. The media of claim 21 , wherein the instructions are further operable when executed to:

infer a change in the particular view; and

select, based on the inferred change, one or more portions of the accessed data stream corresponding to the inferred change.

27. An apparatus comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying instructions; and

one or more processors coupled to the storage media and configured to execute the instructions to:

receive, from a client device, a request to provide for display on the client device during a first time period a particular view of a three-dimensional video comprising a plurality of views;

access a data stream corresponding to the video;

select, based on the request, a plurality of portions of the accessed data stream to transmit to the client device, wherein the plurality of selected portions comprise:

a high-resolution video of the particular view of the three-dimensional video for display during the first time period; and

a low-resolution video of one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view, wherein the low-resolution video is not for display on the client device during the first time period; and

transmit to the client device a content container comprising the selected portions of the accessed data stream such that the low-resolution video of the one or more views of the three-dimensional video that are adjacent to but outside the particular view is transmitted to the client device before the high-resolution video of the particular view is displayed on the client device.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the received request comprises instructions for transmitting one or more of the portions of the accessed data stream at a specified bit rate or omitting one or more portions of the accessed data stream.

29. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the received request comprises instructions for transforming the accessed data stream.

30. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the processors are further configured to execute the instructions to:

decode the accessed data stream; and

extract each portion of the accessed data stream from the decoded data stream.

31. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the video comprises a video stream with multiple resolutions, a video stream from a single camera, a manipulated video stream, or a video stream from a top camera.

32. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the processors are further configured to execute the instructions to:

infer a change in the particular view; and

select, based on the inferred change, one or more portions of the accessed data stream corresponding to the inferred change.