The ultimate frontier for spherical media is the transition from recorded content to real-time delivery. Immersive video streaming allows users to virtually transport themselves to a live event, whether it is a sold-out music festival, a high-stakes championship game, or a critical corporate keynote, experiencing it live alongside thousands of physical attendees.

The primary hurdle facing live spatial streaming is bandwidth. Delivering a high-resolution spherical feed requires transmitting significantly more data than a standard flat video. To provide a crisp experience inside a VR headset, the stream must ideally be delivered in 8K resolution or higher. To combat bandwidth constraints, engineers are developing clever technologies like viewport-dependent streaming, which optimizes data delivery by only transmitting high-resolution data for the exact area the user is currently looking at.