The rapid growth of user expectations and network technologies has proliferated the service
needs of 360-degree video streaming. In the light of the unprecedented bitrates required to …

Virtual reality (VR) video streaming and 360◦ panoramic video have received extensive
attention in recent years, which can bring users an immersive experience. However, the ultra …

Predicting the user's viewport scanpath is an essential task for 360° viewport-based
adaptive streaming. It informs the system which parts of content should be streamed with …

Live virtual reality streaming (aka, 360-degree video streaming) is gaining popularity
recently with its rapid growth in the consumer market. However, the huge bandwidth …

Accurate long-term viewport prediction in tile-based 360° video adaptive streaming helps
pre-download tiles for a further future, thus establishing a longer buffer to cope with network …

Objective. Virtual reality (VR) cloud gaming and 360° video streaming are on the rise. With a
VR headset, viewers can individually choose the perspective they see on the head-mounted …

People normally watch 360° videos through a head-mounted display, inside which only the
content of viewports can be seen. Therefore, viewport proposal, referring to detecting …

Head movement prediction is the key enabler for the emerging 360-degree videos since it
can enhance both streaming and rendering efficiency. To achieve accurate head movement …

Viewport prediction is the crucial task for adaptive 360-degree video streaming, as the
bitrate control algorithms usually require the knowledge of the user's viewing portions of the …

Viewport prediction technologies are often used by most popular adaptive 360-degree video
streaming solutions. These solutions stream only the content considered as being more …