Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program for presenting information based on a force estimated by user preparation to handle an object and a force presented to the user when the user handles the object

An information processing method, executed by at least one processor, the method comprising:

• acquiring state information of a user during a preparatory motion of the user as the user prepares to handle a tangible object;
• estimating, based on the acquired state information, a first amount corresponding to a force predicted by the user regarding the tangible object;
• and
• controlling presentation of information to the user based on the first amount and a second amount stored in a memory in association with a force to be provided to the user when the user handles the tangible object.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by a computer causes the computer to function as execute a method, the method comprising:

• acquiring state information of a user during a preparatory motion of the user as the user prepares to handle a tangible object;
• estimating, based on the acquired state information, a first amount corresponding to a force predicted by the user regarding the tangible object;
• and
• controlling presentation of information to the user based on the first amount and a second amount stored in a memory in association with a force to be provided to the user when the user handles the tangible object.