Haptic effect generation for space-dependent content

Abstract

Systems and methods for authoring and encoding haptic effects are provided for space-dependent content, such as 360-degree videos, three-dimensional videos, or virtual or augmented reality contents. The systems and methods can generate one or more haptic layers for encoding or modifying haptic effects for the content.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of authoring haptic effects, the method comprising:
 receiving a haptic track and a video texture map, the haptic track having haptic data, the haptic data defining operation of a haptic actuator, the video texture map representative of at least one frame of a video, the haptic track associated with the at least one frame of the video, and the video texture map having a plurality of video pixels; and   generating haptic data modifiers associated with haptic pixels, each haptic pixel associated with at least one of the video pixels, the haptic data modifiers for modifying at least a portion of the haptic data and modifying operation of the haptic actuator.