Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Method and apparatus for synchronizing viewing angles in virtual reality live streaming

Abstract:

Embodiments of the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for synchronizing viewing angles in Virtual Reality (VR) live streaming. The method comprises: determining transmitting user's viewing angle information corresponding to image frames in a process of playing VR content on a transmitting device side; and providing the image frames in the VR content and the transmitting user's viewing angle information corresponding to the image frames to a VR receiving device such that, when displaying the VR content, the VR receiving device is configured to determine, based on the transmitting user's viewing angle information corresponding to a current image frame to be displayed and a preset number of preceding image frames, a display angle for the VR receiving device to display the current image frame to be displayed.