Device and system for viewing content using head-mounted display

A method to be used for content viewing, the method comprising:

• conditionally playing contents respectively associated with a plurality of virtual displays arranged in a virtual space;
• displaying, on a head mounted display, the plurality of virtual displays that are included in a field of view of the virtual space and respectively have the conditionally played contents;
• detecting a movement of the head mounted display;
• selecting one virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays depending on the movement;
• playing a content associated with the selected one virtual display;
• arranging in the virtual space the plurality of virtual displays on grid sections along a spherical surface, and
• identifying one of the grid sections based on the detected movement on the spherical surface of a sphere, and selecting a virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays corresponding to the identified one of the grid sections, wherein
• the selected display is selected based on a maintaining of an inclination of the HMD for a predetermined time;
• further comprising:
• determining whether the content is continuously played for a given time period in the playing a content;
• and
• switching the content being played with a content associated with a virtual display arranged at a predetermined position in response to a determination that the content is continuously played for the given time period.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer to control a content viewing operation, the instructions for causing the computer to function as:

• a conditional playing unit configured to conditionally play contents respectively associated with a plurality of virtual displays arranged in a virtual space;
• a display unit configured to display, on a head mounted display, the plurality of virtual displays that are included in a field of view of the virtual space and respectively have the conditionally played contents;
• a selecting unit configured to select one virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays depending on a movement detected by a detector of the head mounted display;
• a playing unit configured to play a content associated with the selected one virtual display,
• arranging in the virtual space the plurality of virtual displays on grid sections along a spherical surface, and
• identifying one of the grid sections based on the detected movement on the spherical surface of a sphere, and selecting a virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays corresponding to the identified one of the grid sections, wherein
• the selected display is selected based on a maintaining of an inclination of the HMD for a predetermined time;
• wherein the instructions are for further causing the computer to function as:
• a determining unit configured to determine whether the playing unit has continuously played the content for a given time period;
• and
• an arranging unit configured to switch the content being played with a content associated with a virtual display arranged at a center portion of the field of view in response to a determination that the content is continuously played for the given time period.