Abstract: A method is provided of generating virtual reality multimedia at a developer computing device having a processor interconnected with a memory. The method comprises: capturing, at the processor, a point cloud representing a scene, the point cloud data including color and depth data for each of a plurality of points corresponding to locations in the capture volume; generating, at the processor, a two-dimensional projection of a selected portion of the point cloud, the projection including the color and depth data for the selected portion; and storing the two-dimensional projection in the memory.

Abstract: A method of generating virtual reality data includes: obtaining point cloud data, the point cloud data including colour and three-dimensional position data for each of a plurality of points corresponding to locations in a capture volume; generating primary image data containing (i) a first projection of a first subset of the points into a two-dimensional frame of reference, and (ii) for each point of the first subset, depth data derived from the corresponding position data; generating secondary image data containing (i) a second projection of a second subset of the points into the two-dimensional frame of reference, the second projection overlapping with at least part of the first projection in the two-dimensional frame of reference, and (ii) for each point of the second subset, depth data derived from the corresponding position data; and storing the primary image data and the secondary image data in a memory.

Abstract: A method is provided of generating virtual reality multimedia at a developer computing device having a processor interconnected with a memory. The method comprises: capturing, at the processor, a point cloud representing a scene, the point cloud data including colour and depth data for each of a plurality of points corresponding to locations in the capture volume; generating, at the processor, a two-dimensional projection of a selected portion of the point cloud, the projection including the colour and depth data for the selected portion; and storing the two-dimensional projection in the memory.