Information processing apparatus, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein information processing program, information processing method, and information processing system

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein an information processing program executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus which controls a player object present in a virtual space by using an input device including a first input section and a second input section different from the first input section, the information processing program causing the computer to function as:

• input reception means for receiving inputs from the first input section and the second input section;
• direction setting means for setting a direction of movement of the player object, based on the input from the first input section, and setting a direction relating to an action of the player object other than the movement, based on the input from the second input section;
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• display control means for displaying, on a first display area, an image taken by a first virtual camera based on the direction of movement of the player object, and displaying, on a second display area, an image taken by a second virtual camera based on the direction relating to the action of the player object other than the movement, wherein
• the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera are present in the same virtual space, and take images from different positions and/or different directions in the virtual space.

An information processing method for controlling a computer of an information processing apparatus which controls a player object present in a virtual space by using an input device including a first input section and a second input section different from the first input section, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

• receiving inputs from the first input section and the second input section;
• setting a direction of movement of the player object, based on the input from the first input section, and setting a direction relating to an action of the player object other than the movement, based on the input from the second input section;
• and
• displaying, on a first display area, an image taken by a first virtual camera based on the direction of movement of the player object, and displaying, on a second display area, an image taken by a second virtual camera based on the direction relating to the action of the player object other than the movement, wherein
• the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera are present in the same virtual space, and take images from different positions and/or different directions in the virtual space.

An information processing system configured to control a player object present in a virtual space by using an input device including a first input section and a second input section different from the first input section, the information processing system comprising:

• an input reception section configured to receive inputs from the first input section and the second input section;
• a direction setting section configured to set a direction of movement of the player object, based on the input from the first input section, and set a direction relating to an action of the player object other than the movement, based on the input from the second input section;
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• a display control section configured to display, on a first display area, an image taken by a first virtual camera based on the direction of movement of the player object, and display, on a second display area, an image taken by a second virtual camera based on the direction relating to the action of the player object other than the movement, wherein
• the first virtual camera and the second virtual camera are present in the same virtual space, and take images from different positions and/or different directions in the virtual space.