Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a setting unit configured to set at least one of a first attribute and a second attribute that is distinct from the first attribute in a first virtual object generated based on virtual object model data;
• a generation unit configured to generate the first virtual object at a position in a virtual space corresponding to a predetermined position in a real space based on the at least one of the first and second attributes set by the setting unit and the virtual object model data;
• a position acquisition unit configured to acquire a position of a user;
• a distance calculation unit configured to calculate a distance between the user and the first virtual object based on the position of the user and the position of the first virtual object generated by the generation unit;
• a virtual image generation unit configured to generate a virtual image to be viewed by the user by drawing a second virtual object that is different from the first virtual object;
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• an output unit configured to output the virtual image,
• wherein, in a case in which the setting unit has set the first attribute in the first virtual object, if the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit indicates a value less than a threshold value, the output unit further outputs information indicating that the user is approaching the predetermined position in the real space, and
• wherein, in a case in which the setting unit has set the second attribute in the first virtual object, the virtual image generation unit does not draw the second virtual object in a region in which the position of the first virtual object is closer to the position of the user than the position of the second virtual object is and draws the second virtual object in a region in which the position of the first virtual object is farther from the position of the user than the position of the second virtual object is.

An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus including a storing unit configured to store data having a first attribute and a second attribute that is different from the first attribute by associating the data with a position of a real object arranged in a real space, the method comprising:

• outputting warning information for a user, based on a position of the user and the position of the real object with which the data is associated in a case where the first attribute indicates outputting of the warning information for the user;
• generating an image, in a case where the second attribute indicates drawing of a virtual object in accordance with the position of the real object and a position at which the virtual object to be viewed by the user is arranged, by not drawing the virtual object in a region in which the position of the real object with which the data is associated is closer to the position of the user than the position at which the virtual object is arranged, based on the position of the real object with which the data is associated and the position at which the virtual object is arranged, and by drawing the virtual object in a region in which the position of the real object with which the data is associated is farther from the position of the user than the position at which the virtual object is arranged;
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• outputting the image.

A storage medium storing a program that causes an information processing method to be executed, the information processing method comprising:

• storing data having a first attribute and a second attribute that is distinct from the first attribute by associating the data with a position of a real object existing in a real space;
• outputting warning information for a user, based on a position of the user and the position of the real object with which the data is associated in a case where the first attribute indicates outputting of the warning information for the user;
• generating an image, in a case where the second attribute indicates drawing of a virtual object in accordance with the position of the real object and a position at which the virtual object to be viewed by the user is arranged, by not drawing the virtual object in a region in which the position of the real object with which the data is associated is closer to the position of the user than the position at which the virtual object is arranged, based on the position of the real object with which the data is associated and the position at which the virtual object is arranged, and by drawing the virtual object in a region in which the position of the real object with which the data is associated is farther from the position of the user than the position at which the virtual object is arranged;
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• outputting the image.