Head-mounted display apparatus

A mounting-state confirming method for a head-mounted display apparatus having left-eye image display means, right-eye image display means, and a mounting unit arranged to support said left-eye image display means and said right-eye image display means and to be mountable on a part of the body of a user, said mounting-state confirming method comprising:

• a step of holding a display order of displaying a mounting-state confirming figure for confirming a mounting state of said mounting unit when said mounting unit has been mounted on the part of the body of the user among a first display state of displaying the mounting-state confirming figure both on said left-eye image display means and said right-eye image display means, a second display state of displaying the mounting-state confirming figure on one of said left-eye image display means and said right-eye image display means, and a third display state of displaying the mounting-state confirming figure on another of said left-eye image display means and said right-eye image display means;
• a step of generating the mounting-state confirming figure;
• a step of displaying the mounting-state confirming figure according to a display state corresponding to the first of said held display order;
• a step of displaying, when a confirmation operation for confirming the mounting state of said mounting unit by the user is inputted after displaying the mounting-state confirming figure according to the display state corresponding to the first of said held display order, the mounting-state confirming figure according to a display state corresponding to the second of said held display order;
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• a step of displaying, when the confirmation operation is inputted after displaying the mounting-state confirming figure according to the display state corresponding to the second of said held display order, the mounting-state confirming figure according to a display state corresponding to the third of said held display order.

A head-mounted display apparatus, comprising:

• left-eye image display means;
• right-eye image display means;
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• control means for changing over, sequentially in a time-series manner, a display state of displaying mounting-state confirming figure information on said left-eye image display means, a display state of displaying the mounting-state confirming figure information on said right-eye image display means, and a display state of simultaneously displaying the mounting-state confirming figure information both on said left-eye image display means and said right-eye image display means.