Information processing apparatus and method

An information processing method in which a position of a hand of a player is measured, a view position and a view direction of the player are measured by a measuring unit, a virtual space image is generated in accordance with the view position, the view direction and the position of the hand, and a mixed reality image is generated by combining the virtual space image with a real space image, said method comprising the steps of:

• detecting an upcast action based on a shifting speed of the hand in an upward direction;
• determining that the hand is stopped if the shifting speed in the upward direction becomes smaller than a predetermined value after the upcast action is detected;
• determining a partner player to whom the virtual object is upcast, on the basis of the view position and the view direction of a head mount display of the player, the measuring unit being disposed on the head mount display. and view positions of other players when it is judged that the hand is stopped;
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• moving the state of the virtual space so that in the virtual space a position of the virtual object corresponding to the hand of which the upcast action was detected is changed toward the partner player, according to the detected result of the upcast action.

A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program realizing an information processing method in which a position of a hand of a player is measured, a view position and a view direction of the player are measured by a measuring unit, a virtual space image is generated in accordance with the view position, the view direction and the position of the hand, and a mixed reality image is generated by combining the virtual space image with a real space image, said computer program causing execution of the steps of:

• detecting an upcast action based on a shifting speed of the hand in an upward direction;
• determining that the hand is stopped if the shifting speed in the upward direction becomes smaller than a predetermined value after the upcast action is detected;
• determining a partner player to whom the virtual object is upcast, on the basis of the view position and the view direction of a head mount display of the player, the measuring unit being disposed on the head mount display, and view positions of other players when it is judged that the hand is stopped;
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• moving the state of the virtual space so that in the virtual space a position of the virtual object corresponding to the hand of which the upcast action was detected is changed toward the partner player, according to the detected result of the upcast action.