Device, method and program for improving cooperation between tele-existence and head-mounted display

An information processing method executed by a computer, comprising:

• acquiring an image in which an object in a real world captured by an imaging device appears;
• generating a first image in which a virtual object appears together with the object in the real world appearing in the image acquired in the acquisition and which presents an exterior appearance of the virtual object while a position of the imaging device is set as a view-point;
• causing a head-mounted display to display the first image generated by the generation;
• detecting a change in a position of the head-mounted display in a height direction;
• generating, in a case in which the position of the head-mounted display in the height direction changes, a second image from which the object in the real world is deleted and which presents the exterior appearance of the virtual object viewed from a new view-point according to the change in the position of the head-mounted display in the height direction;
• and
• causing the head-mounted display to display the second image in place of the first image.

A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform information processing method by carrying out actions, comprising:

• acquiring an image in which an object in a real world captured by an imaging device appears;
• generating a first image in which a virtual object appears together with the object in the real world appearing in the image acquired by the acquisition and which presents an exterior appearance of the virtual object while a position of the imaging device is set as a view-point;
• causing a head-mounted display to display the first image generated by the generation;
• and
• detecting a change in a position of the head-mounted display in a height direction,
• wherein, in a case in which the position of the head-mounted display in the height direction changes,
• the generating includes generating a second image from which the object in the real world is deleted and which presents the exterior appearance of the virtual object viewed from a new view-point according to the change in the position of the head-mounted display in the height direction, and
• the causing includes causing the head-mounted display to display the second image in place of the first image.