Information presentation apparatus and method in three-dimensional virtual space and computer program therefor
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYasunori Ohto
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Abstract
An information presentation apparatus creates a three-dimensional animation of a specific object in a three-dimensional virtual space on the basis of the human characteristic of paying more attention to a moving object. A user's attention can be drawn to a specific object, such as a destination building, in the virtual space displayed on the screen. Irrespective of whether the specific object is selected by the user or designated at the system side to which the user's attention is to be drawn, the user can easily detect the attention-drawing object.
Claims10
An information presentation apparatus in a three-dimensional virtual space, comprising:
- object selecting means for specifying an object to be displayed at a location in a three-dimensional map image, the location being found on a basis of an information search result in accordance with a search condition input by a user;
- animation creating means for creating a deformed animation of the object shape;
- and
- animation playing means for playing the deformed animation of the object shape in the three-dimensional virtual space,
- wherein the object selecting means is further configured to obtain the location of the object satisfying the search condition, and the animation playing means is further configured to play the deformed animation at the location.
An information presentation method in a three-dimensional virtual space, comprising:
- selecting an object by specifying an object to be displayed at a location in a three-dimensional map image, the location being found on a basis of an information search result in accordance with a search condition input by a user;
- creating an animation by deforming the object shape;
- and
- playing an animation by showing the deforming object shape in the three-dimensional virtual space,
- wherein the selecting further includes obtaining the location of the object satisfying the search condition, and the playing further includes showing the animation at the location.
A computer program written in a computer-readable format to perform on a computer system a process for presenting information in a three-dimensional virtual space, comprising:
- selecting an object by specifying an object to be displayed at a location in a three-dimensional map image, the location being found on basis of an information search result in accordance with a search condition input by a user;
- creating an animation by deforming the object shape;
- and
- playing an animation by showing the animation of the object shape in the three-dimensional virtual space,
- wherein the selecting step further includes obtaining the location of the object satisfying the search condition, and the playing step further includes showing the animation at the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.