Image generation apparatus, image generation method, and program

An image generation method comprising:

• a recognizing a body of a player;
• a acquiring viewpoint information regarding a viewpoint position and a viewpoint direction;
• a generating a mesh structure of the player that reflects a skeleton of the body of the player, on a basis of a result of the recognition;
• and
• a generating an image by rendering the mesh structure of the player and a virtual object when viewed in the viewpoint direction from the viewpoint position in the viewpoint information, and pasting and superimposing the rendered virtual object on the rendered mesh structure of the player.

A program for a computer, comprising:

• by a player recognition section, recognizing a body of a player;
• by a viewpoint acquisition section, acquiring viewpoint information regarding a viewpoint position and a viewpoint direction;
• by a mesh generation section, generating a mesh structure of the player that reflects a skeleton of the body of the player, on a basis of a result of the recognition;
• and
• by an image generation section, generating an image by rendering the mesh structure of the player and a virtual object when viewed in the viewpoint direction from the viewpoint position in the viewpoint information, and pasting and superimposing the rendered virtual object on the rendered mesh structure of the player.