Display control device and display control method
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorYoshio Miyazaki
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Abstract
A VR event detection part 54 of a content processing apparatus 200 detects occurrence of an event set either for a self-object manipulable by a user in a VR space or for other objects therein. A real event detection part 56 detects occurrence of a predetermined event in the real world. According to the event that has occurred, a mode switchover part 62 switches an output target between a display image representing the VR space and a see-through image representing the real world. An output part 64 outputs the display image after the switchover to a head-mounted display 100.
Claims20
A display control apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, configure the display control apparatus to:
- output data of an image representing a virtual space to a head-mount display (HMD);
- detect that a predetermined event related to a virtual object in the virtual space has occurred;
- and
- switch, upon occurrence of the event, data to the HMD from the data of the image representing the virtual space to data of a see-through image representing a real world.
A display control method comprising:
- outputting data of an image representing a virtual space to an HMD;
- detecting that a predetermined event related to a virtual object in the virtual space has occurred;
- and
- switching, upon occurrence of the event, data to the HMD from the data of the image representing the virtual space to data of a see-through image representing a real world.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program which, when executed by for a computer, causes the computer to carry out a display control method, comprising:
- outputting data of an image representing a virtual space to an HMD;
- detecting that a predetermined event related to a virtual object in the virtual space has occurred;
- and
- switching, upon occurrence of the event, data to the HMD from the data of the image representing the virtual space to data of a see-through image representing a real world.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.