Virtual reality content display system and virtual reality content display method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorAkio Ohba
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Abstract
A VR content display system includes a head-mounted display (HMD), a storage device, a position determination unit, and a display control unit. The position determination unit starts, in response to the HMD being taken out from the storage device, determination of whether positions of pupils of a user wearing the HMD are located at predetermined proper positions or not. The display control unit starts, in response to determination that the positions of the pupils of the user wearing the HMD are located at the proper positions, display of virtual reality content on the HMD.
Claims18
A virtual reality content display system comprising:
- a head-mounted display including a first sensor to detect positions of pupils of a user;
- a storage device capable of storing the head-mounted display;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to
- in response to the head-mounted display being taken out from the storage device, determine whether the positions of the pupils of the user wearing the head-mounted display detected by the first sensor are located at predetermined proper positions or not;
- in response to a determination that the positions of the pupils of the user wearing the head-mounted display are located at the proper positions, display of virtual reality content on the head-mounted display;
- generate data regarding the virtual reality content on a basis of a viewpoint of the user in a virtual space;
- assist movement in an up-down direction of the user in a real space;
- and
- change the viewpoint of the user in the virtual space based on the movement in the up-down direction of the user in the real space.
A virtual reality content display method executed by a computer, comprising:
- in response to a head-mounted display being taken out from a storage unit, the head-mounted display including a first sensor to detect positions of pupils of a user, determining whether the positions of the pupils of the user wearing the head-mounted display detected by the first sensor are located at predetermined proper positions or not;
- starting, in response to a determination that the positions of the pupils of the user wearing the head-mounted display are located at the proper positions, display of virtual reality content on the head-mounted display;
- generating data regarding the virtual reality content on a basis of a viewpoint of the user in a virtual space;
- assisting movement in an up-down direction of the user in a real space;
- and
- changing the viewpoint of the user in the virtual space based on the movement in the up-down direction of the user in the real space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.