Seeing the bigger picture: a user perspective on 360° TV

  • Authors:
  • Lizzy Bleumers;Wendy Van den Broeck;Bram Lievens;Jo Pierson

  • Affiliations:
  • IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;IBBT-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 10th European conference on Interactive tv and video
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Omnidirectional video (ODV) is a type of video in which viewers can look around in 360° as if turning the camera themselves. This type of video presents opportunities for new interactive television formats. The development of such new formats, however, is accompanied by challenges in terms of user experience and technical and creative development. In this paper, we discuss which issues and opportunities users anticipate. These findings are the result of a human-centered design study in which we first introduced potential users to ODV, gathering their feedback, and then encouraged them to envision suitable ODV-based enhancements of television genres.