US Patent 11184599 Enabling motion parallax with multilayer 360-degree video

Systems and methods are described for simulating motion parallax in 360-degree video. In an exemplary embodiment for producing video content, a method includes obtaining a source video, based on information received from a client device, determining a selected number of depth layers, producing, from the source video, a plurality of depth layer videos corresponding to the selected number of depth layers, wherein each depth layer video is associated with at least one respective depth value, and wherein each depth layer video includes regions of the source video having depth values corresponding to the respective associated depth value, and sending the plurality of depth layer videos to the client device.