Apparatus and associated methods for displaying amalgamated virtual reality content
In respect of first virtual reality content of a scene captured by a first virtual reality content capture device and second virtual reality content of the same scene captured by a second virtual reality content capture device, the first and second virtual reality content capture devices physically arranged within a predetermined distance of one another in the same scene when the first virtual reality content and the second virtual reality content was captured; provide for display, in virtual reality, of an amalgamated virtual reality space representative of the scene, the amalgamated virtual reality space comprising an amalgamation of both the images or parts thereof of the first virtual reality content and the images or parts thereof of the second virtual reality content.
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least:
cause display of amalgamated content comprising at least first content captured from a first content capture device and second content captured from a second content capture device;
determine divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device;
in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, cause provision of a visual indication prompting a user-selection to view content from one of the first or second content capture devices; and
in response to a user-selection of one of the first or second content capture devices, cause the displayed amalgamated content to transition to a display of content from the selected first or second content capture device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the divergence occurs at a time temporally associated with a point in time of capture of the first content and second content.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to, further in response to a user-selection of the first or second content capture device, prevent content from a non-selected content capture device from being displayed.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, further cause the apparatus to at least:
further in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, and prior to the transition from the display of the amalgamated content to the display of content from the selected first or second content capture device, cause a portion of the amalgamated content to be at least one of distorted, stretched, or warped.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the processor, further cause the apparatus to at least:
further in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, and prior to the transition from the display of the amalgamated content to the display of content from the selected first or second content capture device, cause a discontinuity to be provided in the amalgamated content between the first content and the second content.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a portion of a display in which the content from the selected first or second content capture device is displayed is gradually expanded to replace displayed content from a non-selected content capture device.
7. A method comprising:
causing display of amalgamated content comprising at least first content captured from a first content capture device and second content captured from a second content capture device;
determining divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device;
in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, causing provision of a visual indication prompting a user-selection to view content from one of the first or second content capture devices; and
in response to a user-selection of one of the first or second content capture devices, causing the displayed amalgamated content to transition to a display of content from the selected first or second content capture device.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the divergence occurs at a time temporally associated with a point in time of capture of the first content and second content.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
further in response to a user-selection of the first or second content capture device, preventing content from a non-selected content capture device from being displayed.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
further in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, and prior to the transition from the display of the amalgamated content to the display of content from the selected first or second content capture device, causing a portion of the amalgamated content to be at least one of distorted, stretched, or warped.
11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
further in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, and prior to the transition from the display of the amalgamated content to the display of content from the selected first or second content capture device, causing a discontinuity to be provided in the amalgamated content between the first content and the second content.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein a portion of a display in which the content from the selected first or second content capture device is displayed is gradually expanded to replace displayed content from a non-selected content capture device.
13. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:
cause display of amalgamated content comprising at least first content captured from a first content capture device and second content captured from a second content capture device;
determine divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device;
in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, cause provision of a visual indication prompting a user-selection to view content from one of the first or second content capture devices; and
in response to a user-selection of one of the first or second content capture devices, cause the displayed amalgamated content to transition to a display of content from the selected first or second content capture device.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the divergence occurs at a time temporally associated with a point in time of capture of the first content and second content.
15. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable program code instructions comprise program code instructions to, further in response to a user-selection of the first or second content capture device, prevent content from a non-selected content capture device from being displayed.
16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable program code instructions comprise program code instructions to:
further in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, and prior to the transition from the display of the amalgamated content to the display of content from the selected first or second content capture device, cause a portion of the amalgamated content to be at least one of distorted, stretched, or warped.
17. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable program code instructions comprise program code instructions to:
further in response to the divergence of the first content capture device and the second content capture device, and prior to the transition from the display of the amalgamated content to the display of content from the selected first or second content capture device, cause a discontinuity to be provided in the amalgamated content between the first content and the second content.
18. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein a portion of a display in which the content from the selected first or second content capture device is displayed is gradually expanded to replace displayed content from a non-selected content capture device.