Information processing apparatus and information processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsKei Takahashi, Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Ryouhei Yasuda
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium that each allow a user to recognize a border of a virtual space without breaking the world view of the virtual space. The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that tracks a motion of a user to present an image of a virtual space to the user, and performs distance control to increase a distance between a viewpoint of the user and a border region in the virtual space while an operation of the user coming closer toward the border region is being inputted. The border region is fixed at a specific position in the virtual space.
Claims8
An information processing apparatus, comprising
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a central processing unit (CPU) configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to:
- track a motion of a user to present an image of a virtual space to the user,
- perform, based on movement of an origin in the virtual space in a same direction as a movement direction of the user, distance control to increase a distance between a viewpoint of the user and a border region in the virtual space while an operation of the user that comes closer toward the border region is being inputted, wherein
- the border region is at a specific position in the virtual space;
- control presentation of one of a bounce effect or a space transforming effect in the image of the virtual space based on the distance control;
- determine whether the motion of the user toward the border region of the virtual space has stopped;
- stop, based on the determination that the motion of the user toward the border region has stopped, the presentation of the one of the bounce effect or the space transforming effect;
- and
- continue, based on the determination that the motion of the user toward the border region has not stopped, the presentation of the one of the bounce effect or the space transforming effect.
An information processing method, comprising:
- in an information processing apparatus:
- storing, by a memory of the information processing apparatus, instructions;
- executing, by a processor of the information processing apparatus, the instructions stored in the memory;
- tracking, by the processor, a motion of a user to present an image of a virtual space to the user;
- performing, by the processor based on movement of an origin in the virtual space in a same direction as a movement direction of the user, distance control to increase a distance between a viewpoint of the user and a border region in the virtual space while an operation of the user that comes closer toward the border region is being inputted, wherein
- the border region is at a specific position in the virtual space;
- controlling, by the processor, presentation of one of a bounce effect or a space transforming effect in the image of the virtual space based on the distance control;
- determining, by the processor, whether the motion of the user toward the border region of the virtual space has stopped;
- stopping, by the processor based on the determination that the motion of the user toward the border region has stopped, the presentation of the one of the bounce effect or the space transforming effect;
- and
- continuing, by the processor based on the determination that the motion of the user toward the border region has not stopped, the presentation of the one of the bounce effect or the space transforming effect.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
- tracking a motion of a user to present an image of a virtual space to the user;
- performing, based on movement of an origin in the virtual space in a same direction as a movement direction of the user, distance control to increase a distance between a viewpoint of the user and a border region in the virtual space while an operation of the user coming closer toward the border region is being inputted, wherein
- the border region is at a specific position in the virtual space;
- controlling presentation of one of a bounce effect or a space transforming effect in the image of the virtual space based on the distance control;
- determining whether the motion of the user toward the border region of the virtual space has stopped;
- stopping, based on the determination that the motion of the user toward the border region has stopped, the presentation of the one of the bounce effect or the space transforming effect;
- and
- continuing, based on the determination that the motion of the user toward the border region has not stopped, the presentation of the one of the bounce effect or the space transforming effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.