Information processing apparatus, image generating method, and program

An image generation method comprising:

• acquiring attitude information indicative of an attitude of a head-mounted display worn on a head of a user,
• wherein the head-mounted display displays a stereoscopic image on a display panel in front of eyes of the user through optical lenses;
• defining a visual-line direction in accordance with the attitude information of the head-mounted display;
• generating a game image of a virtual three-dimensional space that is displayed on the display panel of the head-mounted display;
• accepting a switching manipulation from the user while the head-mounted display displays the game image;
• pausing the game image when the switching manipulation is received from the user;
• displaying, at a center of the display panel, a system menu image,
• wherein an entire area of the display panel surrounding the system menu image and not displaying the menu image displays a single color;
• and
• displaying, in the virtual three-dimensional space, a predetermined image in a direction different from a direction in which the system menu image is arranged relative to a viewpoint position in the virtual three-dimensional space,
• wherein the predetermined image is a screenshot of the game image at a time that the game image was paused.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a program for a computer, the program comprising:

• by an acquisition block, acquiring attitude information indicative of an attitude of a head-mounted display worn on a head of a user,
• wherein the head-mounted display displays a stereoscopic image on a display panel in front of eyes of the user through optical lenses;
• by a visual-line direction definition block, defining a visual-line direction in accordance with the attitude information of the head-mounted display;
• by a first image generation block, generating a game image of a virtual three-dimensional space that is displayed on the display panel;
• by an acceptance block, accepting a switching manipulation from the user while the head-mounted display displays the game image;
• and
• by a second image generation block, pausing the game image when the switching manipulation is received from the user and displaying, at a center of the display panel, a system menu image surrounded by a border formed from a single color occupying a remainder of the display panel.