5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the metadata comprises at least one of a region of interest (ROI) bounding the detected object, a location of the detected object in the image frame, at least one foreground region in the image frame, or at least one background region in the image frame.
1. An apparatus, comprising: processing logic to automatically detect an object in at least a portion of at least one image frame of video content, and to associate metadata corresponding to the detected object with the image frame, wherein the metadata associates at least one multimedia element with the detected object, wherein the metadata is embedded with the at least one image frame to tightly couple the metadata to the at least one image frame to provide for metadata-to-content synchronization that is independent of playback performance, playback timing, and user interaction, and wherein upon rendering of the image frame, the multimedia element is to be overlaid on the detected object based on the metadata; and memory coupled to the processing logic, the memory to store the image frame.