RELATED APPLICATION

This application was originally filed as Patent Cooperation Treaty Application No. PCT/FI2017/050943 filed 28 Dec. 2017 which claims priority benefit to European Patent Application No. 16207436.3, filed 30 Dec. 2016.

TECHNOLOGICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present invention relate to multimedia content. In particular, embodiments relate to adapting multimedia content.

BACKGROUND

Multimedia content comprises a visual content and an audio content. The visual content and/or the audio content may be perceived live or they may be recorded and rendered.

For example, in an augmented reality application, at least part of the visual content is observed by a user via a see-through display while another part of the visual content is displayed on the see-through display. The audio content may be live or it may be rendered to a user.

In a virtual reality application, the visual content and the audio content are both rendered.

It may in some circumstances be difficult for a user to easily associate a source of perceived audio content (a sound source) with a particular portion of the visual scene defined by the visual content.

BRIEF SUMMARY

According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments of the invention there is provided a method comprising: determining a portion of a visual scene, wherein the portion is dependent upon a position of a sound source within the visual scene; and enabling adaptation of the visual scene to provide, via a display, spatially-limited visual highlighting of the portion of the visual scene.

According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments of the invention there is provided an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:

causing determining a portion of a visual scene, wherein the portion is dependent upon a position of a sound source within the visual scene; and

causing adaptation of the visual scene to provide, via a display, spatially-limited visual highlighting of the portion of the visual scene.

According to various, but not necessarily all, embodiments of the invention there is provided examples as claimed in the appended claims.

