Apparatus and method for repositioning a virtual camera based on a changed game state

A method comprising:

• generating, using one or more processors, a first image of a virtual object in a field of view of a virtual camera having an initial orientation and an initial position in a virtual world;
• receiving an input to increase a moving speed of the virtual object within the virtual world;
• raising the position of the virtual camera from the initial position upon receiving the input to increase the moving speed of the virtual object;
• downwardly changing the orientation of the virtual camera from the initial orientation upon receiving the input to increase the moving speed of the virtual object;
• and
• generating a second image of the virtual object in a field of view of the virtual camera at the raised position and downwardly changed orientation.

A system comprising:

• a device configured to provide an instruction to increase a moving speed of a virtual object within a virtual world;
• and
• one or more processors configured to perform functionality comprising:
• generate a first image of the virtual object in a field of view of a virtual camera having an initial orientation and an initial position;
• raise, based upon on the instruction to increase the moving speed of the virtual object, the position of the virtual camera from the initial position;
• change downwardly, based upon on the instruction to increase the moving speed of the virtual object, the orientation of the virtual camera from the initial orientation;
• and
• generate at least a second image of the virtual object in a field of view of the virtual camera having the changed orientation and the changed position.