METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING OF 360-DEGREE VIDEO INFORMATION

Coding techniques for 360-degree video. An encoder selects a projection format and maps the 360-degree video to a 2D planar video using the selected projection format. The encoder encodes the 2D planar video in a bitstream and further signals, in the bitstream, parameters identifying the projection format. The parameters identifying the projection format may be signaled in a video parameter set, sequence parameter set, and/or picture parameter set of the bitstream. Different projection formats that may be signaled include formats using geometries such as equirectangular, cubemap, equal-area, octahedron, icosahedron, cylinder, and user-specified polygon. Other parameters that may be signaled include different arrangements of geometric faces or different encoding quality for different faces. Corresponding decoders. Projection parameters may further include relative geometry rotation parameters that define an orientation of the projection geometry.