Storage medium having stored information processing program therein, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing system

An information processing apparatus which includes an imaging device and renders one or more objects appearing in a virtual space, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• face characteristic data storage means for storing face characteristic data indicating a characteristic of a face;
• face characteristic detection means for detecting a characteristic of a face included in a taken image which is obtained from the imaging device;
• face characteristic data selection means for, when the characteristic of the face is detected by the face characteristic detection means, selecting a piece of the face characteristic data which corresponds to the characteristic of the face detected by the face characteristic detection means, from the face characteristic data storage means;
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• motion control means for controlling a motion of each object on the basis of the piece of the face characteristic data selected by the face characteristic data selection means.

An information processing method which is performed in an information processing apparatus which includes an imaging device and renders one or more objects appearing in a virtual space, the information processing method comprising:

• a face characteristic data storage step of storing face characteristic data indicating a characteristic of a face;
• a face characteristic detection step of detecting a characteristic of a face included in a taken image which is obtained from the imaging device;
• a face characteristic data selection step of, when the characteristic of the face is detected at the face characteristic detection step, selecting a piece of the face characteristic data corresponding to the characteristic of the face detected at the face characteristic detection step, from among the face characteristic data stored at the face characteristic data storage step;
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• a motion control step of controlling a motion of each object on the basis of the piece of the face characteristic data selected at the face characteristic data selection step.

An information processing system which includes an imaging device and renders one or more objects appearing in a virtual space, the information processing system comprising:

• face characteristic data storage means for storing face characteristic data indicating a characteristic of a face;
• face characteristic detection means for detecting a characteristic of a face included in a taken image which is obtained from the imaging device;
• face characteristic data selection means for, when the characteristic of the face is detected by the face characteristic detection means, selecting a piece of the face characteristic data corresponding to the characteristic of the face detected by the face characteristic detection means, from the face characteristic data storage means;
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• motion control means for controlling a motion of each object on the basis of the piece of the face characteristic data selected by the face characteristic data selection means.