Information processing apparatus and operation reception method

An operation reception method applied by an information processing apparatus that generates a menu screen including a plurality of icons and receives a selection operation performed by a user, the operation reception method comprising:

• arranging the icons in a virtual space;
• acquiring posture information related to a head of the user and determining a field-of-view plane with respect to the virtual space in accordance with the acquired posture information;
• drawing an image to be projected into the virtual space with respect to the field-of-view plane, generating the menu screen over which a cursor indicating point of view of the user is displayed, and outputting the generated menu screen to a display device;
• and
• identifying an operation in accordance with a positional relationship between the cursor and an icon image drawn on the menu screen,
• wherein the arranging the icons is arranging the icons in a spherical background object centered around the head of the user in the virtual space in such a manner that the icons differ from each other in a direction and a distance from the user.

A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to generate a menu screen including a plurality of icons and receive a selection operation performed by a user, the computer program causing the computer to implement functions of:

• by an icon arrangement section, arranging the icons in a virtual space;
• by a field-of-view control section, acquiring posture information related to a head of the user and determining a field-of-view plane with respect to the virtual space in accordance with the acquired posture information;
• by an image generation section, drawing an image to be projected into the virtual space with respect to the field-of-view plane, generating the menu screen over which a cursor indicating point of view of the user is displayed, and outputting the generated menu screen to a display device;
• and
• by an operation determination section, identifying an operation in accordance with a positional relationship between the cursor and an icon image drawn on the menu screen,
• wherein the arranging the icons is arranging the icons in a spherical background object centered around the head of the user in the virtual space in such a manner that the icons differ from each other in a direction and a distance from the user.