Method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of virtual characters, device, and storage medium

A terminal, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor electrically connected to the memory,
• the processor being configured to load and execute computer-executable instructions of an application with an augmented reality (AR) function to perform a plurality of operations including:
• displaying a first user interface of the application, the first user interface comprising a plurality of virtual characters for user selection;
• receiving a first user selection operation on at least two virtual characters on the first user interface, wherein the first user selection operation defines a selection order of the at least two virtual characters and each of the at least two virtual characters has unique depth information corresponding to the virtual character in the selection order;
• displaying a second user interface of the application, the second user interface of the application including a background picture of a real world and the at least two user-selected virtual characters located in the background picture, the at least two virtual characters being rendered after a rendering sequence of the at least two virtual characters is determined according to the depth information of the at least two virtual characters based on the selection order of the at least two virtual characters by the first selection operation;
• receiving a second user selection operation on the second user interface;
• and
• determining a target virtual character from the at least two virtual characters according to the second user selection operation and the rendering sequence of the at least two virtual characters.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing computer-executable instructions of an application with an augmented reality (AR) function, the computer-executable instructions being loaded and executed by a processor of a terminal to perform a plurality of operations including:

• displaying a second user interface of the application, the second user interface of the application including a background picture of a real world and the at least two user-selected virtual characters located in the background picture, the at least two virtual characters being rendered after a rendering sequence of the at least two virtual characters is determined according to the depth information of the at least two virtual characters based on the selection order of the at least two virtual characters by the first selection operation;
• receiving a second user selection operation on the second user interface;
• and
• determining a target virtual character from the at least two virtual characters according to the second user selection operation and the rendering sequence of the at least two virtual characters.