Information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a medium for use in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system
OwnerKoichi Matsuda, Akira Inoueinventors
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a medium that allow the user to have more varied voice chats unique to a three-dimensional virtual reality space than before. The user clicks one of voice tone select radio buttons to select a normal voice, a tone-changed voice, a robot voice, or an intonation-inverted voice. In addition, by operating a voice tone adjusting slider, the user finely adjusts a selected voice tone parameter. A voice signal inputted by the user is filtered with the preset voice tone parameter before being transmitted to another user.
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An information processing apparatus for use in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system for displaying a three-dimensional virtual reality space image and transferring positional information about a user avatar in the displayed three-dimensional virtual reality space to display said user avatar at a corresponding position in the three-dimensional virtual reality space, said information processing apparatus comprising:
- a voice capturing means for capturing a voice uttered by a user, as voice data corresponding to an avatar corresponding to said user;
- a voice data transfer means for sending the voice data captured by said voice capturing means and receiving the voice data transmitted;
- a converting means for converting said voice data to be transmitted or received by said voice data transfer means into a voice data having a different quality based on a preset parameter;
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- a voice reproducing means for reproducing the voice data outputted from said converting means.
An information processing method for use in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system for displaying a three-dimensional virtual reality space image and transferring positional information about a user avatar in the displayed three-dimensional virtual reality space to display said user avatar at a corresponding position in the three-dimensional virtual reality space, said information processing method comprising the steps of:
- capturing a voice uttered by a user, as voice data corresponding to an avatar corresponding to said user;
- sending the voice data captured by said voice capturing means and receiving said voice data transmitted;
- converting said voice data to be transmitted or received by said voice data transfer means into a voice data having a different quality based on a preset parameter;
- and
- reproducing the voice data outputted from said converting means.
A medium for storing or transmitting a computer program to be executed by an information processing apparatus for use in a three-dimensional virtual reality space sharing system for displaying a three-dimensional virtual reality space image and transferring positional information about a user avatar in the displayed three-dimensional virtual reality space to display said user avatar at a corresponding position in the three-dimensional virtual reality space, said computer program comprising the steps of:
- capturing a voice uttered by a user, as voice data corresponding to an avatar corresponding to said user;
- sending the voice data captured by said voice capturing means and receiving said voice data transmitted;
- converting said voice data to be transmitted or received by said voice data transfer means into a voice data having a different quality based on a preset parameter;
- and
- reproducing the voice data outputted from said converting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.