Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: enabling a first virtual reality (VR) user to control movement of a first virtual user in a virtual space, wherein the one or more non-VR users are represented in the virtual space by one or more, respective, separate virtual visual elements; enabling selection in the virtual space of a virtual visual element representative of a non-VR user to select one of the one or more non-VR users; newly creating two-way audio communication between the selected one of the one or more non-VR users and a second VR user by enabling audio from the second VR user to be rendered to at least the selected one of the one or more non-VR users and audio from at least the selected one of the one or more non-VR users to be newly rendered to the second VR user.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: determining a target in a virtual scene; determining a user context with respect to the target; selecting one or more indicator modes of a user guidance based on at least the target and the user context; and guiding the user towards the target using the selected one or more indicators of the user guidance.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described, comprising: determining a similarity between a content of a first zone and a content of at least one or more other zones of a multi-zone virtual scene, in response to a modification of the content of said first zone, wherein content as perceived by a user within said scene is dependent on a virtual position of the user within said scene; and determining an updated rendering position of the first zone relative to said one or more other zones within the virtual scene, dependent on the determined similarities.

Abstract: A method comprising identifying a mood media item association with an object media item, the mood media item being a media item of a face of a user while the object media item is being viewed by the user, determining an object that is associated with the object media item, and causing establishment of an association between the object and the mood media item is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising means for: in a first mode rendering sound scenes defined by a spatial audio content to a user, wherein a current sound scene is selected by a current point-of-view of the user; and in a second mode, automatically determining, at least in part, a sequence of notional points-of-view of the user in dependence upon the spatial audio content; and rendering sound scenes defined by the spatial audio content to a user, wherein a sequence of sound scenes are selected by the sequence of notional points-of-view of the user.

Abstract: A method is disclosed including providing a plurality of sets of virtual reality video content, the sets representing respective three-dimensional virtual spaces within which a user can be immersed and being associated with respective three-dimensional portions of a real-world space such that, when rendered to a user device, there is a partial overlap between at least two virtual spaces defining one or more overlapping zones. The method may also include determining the position of a user device within the real-world space and rendering one or more of the virtual spaces, or representation(s) thereof, for display to the user device dependent on the determined position or movement within the real-world space.

Abstract: An apparatus method comprising means for: determining an available real space comprising a portion of a real space that comprises locations available to a user to control a corresponding virtual location of a virtual user, via first-person perspective-mediated reality, wherein first-person perspective-mediated reality creates a correspondence between a location and orientation of a user in real space to a virtual location and virtual orientation of a virtual user; determining a constrained virtual space comprising a portion of a virtual space that corresponds to the available real space; determining available mediated reality content which comprises multiple representations of the virtual space when observed from multiple virtual locations within the constrained virtual space; automatically determining a sub-set of the available mediated reality content without requiring the user to change location in the real space; and causing rendering of at least some of the determined sub-set of the available virtual re

Abstract: Described herein are an apparatus, a computer program product, and a method for switching between rendering modes based on location data. The method can comprise based on location data indicative of a location of a user in an environment, causing rendering of audio content, via headphones worn by the user, to be switched from a first rendering mode, in which the audio content is rendered such that at least a component of the audio appears to originate from a first location that is fixed relative to the user, to a second rendering mode, in which the audio content is rendered such that at least the component of the audio content appears to originate from a second location that is fixed relative to the environment of the user. The method can further comprise causing rendering of additional audio content for the user via the headphones.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for filtering media files for inclusion in a user's profile. A user may define rules to prevent certain media files from being included in his/her profile and, if desired, to redirect the media files to another individual's profile. The recommendation service, itself, may further generate rules to be used to filter the media files. When a media file that meets one of the rules defined by the user, or automatically by the service, is consumed in association with the user's account, a reference associated with the media file may, depending upon the requirements of the rule, be placed into a temporary folder, from which the user may delete the reference or redirect it to his or her own, or another's, profile.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: receive at least one audio signal; obtain, associated with the at least one audio signal over at least one frequency band: at least one spatial audio energy ratio parameter; and at least one remainder energy ratio, wherein a sum of the at least one spatial audio energy ratio parameter and the at least one remainder energy ratio over the frequency band equal a determined value; and control a transmission/storage of the at least one spatial audio energy ratio, and the at least one remainder energy ratio.

Abstract: An approach is provided for substantially automatically determining that a user is associated with at least one product. A processing platform determines one or more media files, one or more content files, or a combination thereof, which are associated with the at least one product. Further, the processing platform associates the one or media files, one or more content files, or a combination thereof with descriptive information associated with the at least one product.

Abstract: Embodiments of these teachings concern integrating a sound object such as an audio object recorded by, e.g., a lavalier microphone to a spatial audio signal. First the sound object is obtained and then a direction and an active duration of the sound object is determined. The spatial audio signal is compiled from audio signals of multiple microphones and could be pre-recorded and obtained after the fact. Then, using the determined direction, the sound object is integrated with the spatial audio signal over the active duration. If there are further moving sound sources to integrate the same procedure is followed for them all individually. One technique specifically shown herein to find the optimized direction and starting time is steered response power with phase transform weighting.

Abstract: A method including receiving an audio scene including at least one source captured using at least one near field microphone and at least one far field microphone. The method includes determining at least one room-impulse-response (RIR) associated with the audio scene based on the at least one near field microphone and the at least one far field microphone, accessing a predetermined scene geometry corresponding to the audio scene, and identifying a best matching geometry to the predetermined scene geometry in a scene geometry database. The method also includes performing RIR comparison based on the at least one RIR and at least one geometric RIR associated with the best matching geometry, and rendering a volumetric audio scene experience based on a result of the RIR comparison.

Abstract: A method including receiving an audio scene including at least one source captured using at least one near field microphone and at least one far field microphone. The method includes determining at least one room-impulse-response (RIR) associated with the audio scene based on the at least one near field microphone and the at least one far field microphone, accessing a predetermined scene geometry corresponding to the audio scene, and identifying a best matching geometry to the predetermined scene geometry in a scene geometry database. The method also includes performing RIR comparison based on the at least one RIR and at least one geometric RIR associated with the best matching geometry, and rendering a volumetric audio scene experience based on a result of the RIR comparison.

Abstract: A method is disclosed including providing a plurality of sets of virtual reality video content, the sets representing respective three-dimensional virtual spaces within which a user can be immersed and being associated with respective three-dimensional portions of a real-world space such that, when rendered to a user device, there is a partial overlap between at least two virtual spaces defining one or more overlapping zones. The method may also include determining the position of a user device within the real-world space and rendering one or more of the virtual spaces, or representation(s) thereof, for display to the user device dependent on the determined position or movement within the real-world space.

Abstract: In accordance with an example aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising at least one processing core and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code being configured to, with the at least one processing core, cause the apparatus at least to obtain a movement context of a user, rank, based at least in part on the movement contest, at least two objects based on their visibility to the user, and determine, based at least in part on the ranking, at least one of the at least two objects as a placement object for an augmented reality information element.

Abstract: A method including, identifying at least one object of interest (OOI), determining a plurality of microphones capturing sound from the at least one OOI, determining, for each of the plurality of microphones, a volume around the at least one OOI, determining a spatial audio volume based on associating each of the plurality of microphones to the volume around the at least one OOI, and generating a spatial audio scene based on the spatial audio volume for free-listening-point audio around the at least one OOI.

Abstract: This specification relates to a method including controlling an audio output of a first loudspeaker and one or more second loudspeakers based on a signal indicative of a detected position of a user's head on a headrest, the first loudspeaker being associated with the headrest, and wherein the one or more second loudspeakers are located away from the headrest.

Abstract: A method including capturing, by a low latency monitoring device, content visualized in video rendering mode, capturing at least one parameter modified in the video rendering mode, determining at least one correction update message for modifying the captured content based on the at least one captured parameter modified in the video rendering mode, determining a content production stream based on the captured content, sending the content production stream to a receiver device, and sending the at least one correction update message to the receiver device, wherein the at least one correction update message is configured to be used by the receiver device to retroactively fix an audio rendering of the captured content based on aligning the content production stream and the at least one captured parameter modified in the video rendering mode.

Abstract: This application relates to causing receipt of visual virtual reality content comprising a first portion for display as a first region of virtual reality content and a second portion corresponding to a second region of virtual reality content, wherein the first portion has a first quality and the second portion has a second quality lower than the first quality, and causing generation of a third portion of visual virtual reality content for display as at least part of the second region of virtual reality content, wherein the third portion is generated by a neural network based on the first portion and/or the second portion.