Electronic device for controlling display of VR image, control method of electronic device, and non-transitory computer readable medium

A method of controlling an electronic device that displays a VR image on a display unit, the method comprising:

• a step of accepting a user operation for moving touch position on the display unit;
• a step of detecting a change in a posture of the electronic device;
• a step of determining a display direction based on a movement distance of the touch position or an amount of the change in the posture of the electronic device;
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• a step of 1) controlling the display unit to display a partial region of a VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the amount of the change in the posture of the electronic device regardless of whether the display direction determined based on the amount of the change in the posture of the electronic device is larger than a predetermined angle or not, 2) controlling the display unit to display the partial region of the VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is smaller than the predetermined angle and 3) controlling the display unit to change over to another VR image and display another VR image instead of displaying the partial region of the VR image if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is larger than the predetermined angle.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, wherein the program causes a computer to execute a method of controlling an electronic device to display a VR image on a display unit,

• the method including:
• a step of accepting a user operation for moving touch position on the display unit;
• a step of detecting a change in a posture of the electronic device;
• a step of determining a display direction based on a movement distance of the touch position or an amount of the change in the posture of the electronic device;
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• a step of 1) controlling the display unit to display a partial region of a VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the amount of the change in the posture of the electronic device regardless of whether the display direction determined based on the amount of the change in the posture of the electronic device is larger than a predetermined angle or not, 2) controlling the display unit to display the partial region of the VR image in accordance with the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is smaller than the predetermined angle and 3) controlling the display unit to change over to another VR image and display another VR image instead of displaying the partial region of the VR image if the display direction determined based on the movement distance of the touch position is larger than the predetermined angle.