Computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor being configured to control the information processing apparatus to at least:

• determine whether or not at least a part of an object of interest is hidden by a first hiding object as viewed from a virtual camera configured to take an image of the object of interest in a virtual space;
• move the virtual camera, on a virtual line from the virtual camera toward the object of interest, to a first position that is a position where the virtual line first passes through the first hiding object or a position closer to the object of interest than the position where the virtual line first passes through the first hiding object, on the basis of at least a part of the object of interest being determined to be hidden by the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved to the first position, if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by a second hiding object, not move the virtual camera to a second position that is a position where the virtual line first passes through the second hiding object or a position closer to the object of interest than the position where the virtual line first passes through the second hiding object, while a re-movement condition is not satisfied, and move the virtual camera to the second position when the re-movement condition is satisfied.

An information processing system comprising a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor being configured to control the information processing system to at least:

• determine whether or not at least a part of an object of interest is hidden by a first hiding object as viewed from a virtual camera configured to take an image of the object of interest in a virtual space;
• move the virtual camera, on a virtual line from the virtual camera toward the object of interest, to a first position that is a position where the virtual line first passes through the first hiding object or a position closer to the object of interest than the position where the virtual line first passes through the first hiding object, on the basis of at least a part of the object of interest being determined to be hidden by the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved to the first position, if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by a second hiding object, not move the virtual camera to a second position that is a position where the virtual line first passes through the second hiding object or a position closer to the object of interest than the position where the virtual line first passes through the second hiding object, while a re-movement condition is not satisfied, and move the virtual camera to the second position when the re-movement condition is satisfied.

An information processing method executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, the information processing method causing the computer to:

• determine whether or not at least a part of an object of interest is hidden by a first hiding object as viewed from a virtual camera configured to take an image of the object of interest in a virtual space;
• move the virtual camera, on a virtual line from the virtual camera toward the object of interest, to a first position that is a position where the virtual line first passes through the first hiding object or a position closer to the object of interest than the position where the virtual line first passes through the first hiding object, on the basis of at least a part of the object of interest being determined to be hidden by the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved to the first position, if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by a second hiding object, not move the virtual camera to a second position that is a position where the virtual line first passes through the second hiding object or a position closer to the object of interest than the position where the virtual line first passes through the second hiding object, while a re-movement condition is not satisfied, and move the virtual camera to the second position when the re-movement condition is satisfied.

A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, cause the computer of the information processing apparatus to:

• determine whether or not a virtual camera is in contact with or buried in a hiding object;
• move the virtual camera closer to an object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, on the basis of the virtual camera being determined to be in contact with or buried in the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved closer to the object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, even if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by another hiding object, when the virtual camera is not in contact with or buried in the other hiding object, not move the virtual camera closer to the object of interest such that the other hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera.

An information processing apparatus comprising a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor being configured to control the information processing apparatus to at least:

• determine whether or not a virtual camera is in contact with or buried in a hiding object;
• move the virtual camera closer to an object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, on the basis of the virtual camera being determined to be in contact with or buried in the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved closer to the object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, even if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by another hiding object, when the virtual camera is not in contact with or buried in the other hiding object, not move the virtual camera closer to the object of interest such that the other hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera.

An information processing system comprising a processor and a memory coupled thereto, the processor being configured to control the information processing system to at least:

• determine whether or not a virtual camera is in contact with or buried in a hiding object;
• move the virtual camera closer to an object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, on the basis of the virtual camera being determined to be in contact with or buried in the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved closer to the object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, even if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by another hiding object, when the virtual camera is not in contact with or buried in the other hiding object, not move the virtual camera closer to the object of interest such that the other hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera.

An information processing method executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, the information processing method causing the computer to:

• determine whether or not a virtual camera is in contact with or buried in a hiding object;
• move the virtual camera closer to an object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, on the basis of the virtual camera being determined to be in contact with or buried in the first hiding object;
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• when the virtual camera is moved closer to the object of interest such that the first hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera, even if at least a part of the object of interest is further hidden by another hiding object, when the virtual camera is not in contact with or buried in the other hiding object, not move the virtual camera closer to the object of interest such that the other hiding object is not captured by the virtual camera.