JP4926207B2 - Display switching device and method for clearly indicating transition to three-dimensional display - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for switching display of a web page and a three-dimensional space.

  A three-dimensional space realized on the Internet and in which users communicate with each other is called a metaverse. As an example, a virtual shared space that imitates the real society is constructed on a website, and the user can enter a user's alternate form and operate it (see, for example, Patent Document 1). There is an example in which a web page is displayed in the 3D space and a two-dimensional web page is displayed in a new window when a link is clicked (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

  Conventionally, when browsing a normal two-dimensional web page with a web browser and performing a predetermined operation to switch to the metaverse as described above, the display in the window is three-dimensionally displayed through appropriate scene change expressions such as darkening (3D) Switching to space.

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  However, conventionally, there has been a problem that it is difficult to understand that the space is a three-dimensional space. In particular, in a 3D space that is configured as a 3D display by pasting a web page on a flat surface such as a wall, it is a 3D space unless a 3D-specific event such as a moving operation of a character avatar occurs. It was hard to understand. As described above, it is difficult to distinguish between the two-dimensional display and the three-dimensional display. As a result, it is difficult to perform a smooth operation according to each.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to explicitly display a transition from a two-dimensional web page to a three-dimensional space.

  Based on the above object, one embodiment of the present invention displays a two-dimensional web page in a display switching device that switches between a two-dimensional web page and a three-dimensional space on a display device by a computer. When receiving the instruction to switch to the display of the three-dimensional space and the switching instruction is received by the instruction receiving means, the display surface of the two-dimensional web page is perpendicular to the three-dimensional space. A display control means for displaying at least temporarily a three-dimensional space extending upward including the bottom surface by gradually tilting it toward the back with the base of the plane as an axis. It is realized.

  When the above aspect is regarded as a method, a two-dimensional web page is displayed in a display switching method executed by a display switching device that switches between a two-dimensional web page and a three-dimensional space on a display device by a computer. An instruction reception processing step for receiving an instruction to switch to the display of the three-dimensional space, and when the switching instruction is received, the display surface on the two-dimensional web page is perpendicular to the three-dimensional space. A display control processing step that at least temporarily displays a three-dimensional space that is regarded as a standing plane and gradually tilts toward the back with the base of the plane as an axis to form a bottom surface and includes the bottom surface, and extends upward. It is characterized by performing.

  In this way, at the time of switching the display to the three-dimensional space, at least temporarily the three-dimensional space having the floor surface and the space above the two-dimensional web page that has been displayed so far is formed into a floor shape. By displaying on the screen, the transition from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional is clearly displayed and becomes easy to understand, and an appropriate operation can be smoothly performed.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the display control unit displays the image included in the two-dimensional web page in an upright manner on the floor surface of the three-dimensional space. It is characterized by that.

  In this way, the image on the web page is displayed in a three-dimensional space so that the load of image processing such as deformation processing that gives depth in perspective as if pasted on the bottom or wall surface is increased. The effect is that the image can be reduced and the image can be easily viewed without distortion.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above apparatus and method, but includes each aspect of a method, apparatus, and computer program corresponding to the above apparatus or method.

  According to the present invention, at the time of transition from a two-dimensional web page to a three-dimensional space, the two-dimensional web page display contents so far are displayed so as to be configured as the bottom surface of the three-dimensional space, thereby entering the three-dimensional space. Transitions can be specified.

The figure which shows the structure of embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a display of the two-dimensional web page in embodiment of this invention. In order to explain a state in which the display surface of the two-dimensional web page in the embodiment of the present invention is regarded as a plane standing perpendicular to the three-dimensional space, and is gradually tilted to the back with the bottom of the plane as an axis. Conceptual diagram. The figure which shows the process in which the display surface in a two-dimensional web page is tilted in the back direction in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a display of the three-dimensional space in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the other example of a display about the three-dimensional space in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the other example of a display about the three-dimensional space in embodiment of this invention.

  Next, modes for carrying out the present invention (referred to as “embodiments”) will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that assumptions common to those already described in the background art and problems are omitted as appropriate.

[1. Constitution〕
The present embodiment relates to a server apparatus (hereinafter also referred to as “this apparatus”) 1 shown in FIG. 1 (configuration diagram), and a method, a computer program, and a download provided for this apparatus 1 (regardless of chargeable or free of charge). ).

  The apparatus 1 is a computer that is connected to one or more (usually many) client terminals (such as a personal computer or a mobile phone terminal device) that are accessed via a communication network N (such as the Internet or a mobile phone network). This means that the two-dimensional web page and the three-dimensional space are switched and displayed on the display device D of T), and can be called a display switching device.

  Each element of the apparatus 1 is realized by a computer. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the present apparatus 1 includes, as a general computer configuration, at least an arithmetic control unit 5 such as a CPU, a storage device 6 such as an external storage device (HDD or the like) and a main memory, FIG. 1 shows that a predetermined computer program (not shown) having communication means 7 (such as a LAN adapter) with a communication network and stored in advance (installed) in the storage device 6 controls the arithmetic control unit 5. Elements (10, 20,...) Such as each means are realized.

  Among these elements, the web data storage means 15 and 3D data storage means 45, which are means for storing information, are stored in the storage device 6 as files, various databases (also referred to as “DB”), variables such as arrays, system setting values, etc. The web data storage means 15 is an interactive video file such as an HTML file, image, Silverlight or Flash (trademark or registered trademark, respectively) used for displaying a two-dimensional web page, that is, the rich Internet. Information such as an application (Rich Internet Application, RIA) file is stored in advance.

  Further, the 3D data storage unit 45 stores in advance information representing the appearance and behavior of the RIA file used for display, display objects, avatars, and the like according to the display method of the three-dimensional space. The other elements (10, 20, etc.) that perform information processing are processing means for realizing and executing functions and processes as described later.

  The terminal T also has a general personal computer configuration, and includes at least an arithmetic control unit 5, a storage device 6, a communication means 7, an input device M such as a mouse and a keyboard, and a display device such as a liquid crystal panel. D. The terminal T includes a web browser B stored (installed) in the storage device 6 in advance, a plug-in (plug-in program) P that is a player that reproduces and executes the RIA file on the web browser B, Is provided.

[2. Action)
In the present embodiment, at the time of transition from the two-dimensional web page to the three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional space is displayed by performing an animation display in which the contents of the two-dimensional web page displayed so far are transformed and changed to the floor surface of the three-dimensional space. Explicitly display the transition to the original space. An example of the operation procedure of the apparatus 1 that realizes such an operation is shown in the flowchart of FIG.

  That is, in the present embodiment, the web page display means 10 of the apparatus 1 reads out an HTML file or the like from the web data storage means 15 and returns it to the requesting terminal T in response to a page request from the terminal T. A two-dimensional web page is displayed in the display window of the web browser B (step S10 in FIG. 2). A display example of such a two-dimensional web page is shown in FIG. The web page W in this figure includes images F1 and F2 in addition to the character group C.

  Then, the instruction receiving unit 20 receives a predetermined switching instruction to display the three-dimensional space from the web browser B of the terminal T when the two-dimensional web page W is displayed on the terminal T as described above. When it is accepted (step S20, instruction acceptance processing step), the display control means 30 performs a transition animation display from 2D to 3D. As a predetermined switching instruction to display the three-dimensional space, for example, an operation of the switching button B1 (FIG. 3) on the web page W can be considered, but the implementation is free such as a keyboard shortcut.

  As the transition animation display, the display control means 30 regards the display surface 22 in the two-dimensional web page as a plane standing perpendicular to the three-dimensional space 3, as shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG. With the bottom 26 of the plane as the axis of rotation, as shown by the arrow 27, it is gradually tilted in the back direction to form the bottom G (FIG. 4). FIG. 5 (1) → (2) → (3) schematically shows a state where the display surface 22 is gradually tilted in the back direction as viewed from the front of the display surface 22. And the three-dimensional space 3 (FIG. 6) which spreads upward including the bottom face G obtained in this way is displayed at least temporarily (step S31. Display control processing step).

  At this time, the display control means 30 makes the image (F1, F2 in the example of FIG. 3) included in the two-dimensional web page stand upright on the bottom surface G of the three-dimensional space 3 as illustrated in FIG. However, this is not essential (step S32). It is also assumed that an avatar A1 representing the user who is viewing the display is displayed in the display state of FIG. 6 or FIG. 7 (step S33).

  The three-dimensional display of FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 may be continued as it is, but these FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are merely transitional displays, and after waiting for further instructions (step S35), the avatar A predetermined three-dimensional space is generated as a final display in which the user can be active (FIG. 8), and the avatar A1, the avatar A2 of another user, etc. are displayed again at appropriate positions in the room-like space, The two-dimensional web page W that has been browsed until then may be displayed on the inner wall or the like (step S40).

  In the three-dimensional display such as FIG. 6, when a predetermined operation (for example, click of the switching button B <b> 2 of “To 2D site”) is performed to return to the two-dimensional display, contrary to the transition to the three-dimensional display, As shown by the broken line arrow 28 in FIG. 4, the display consistency is improved by performing an animation display in which the fallen bottom surface G gradually rises toward the front. Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, by manipulating a hyperlink in a web page displayed as a bottom surface or a wall surface of a three-dimensional space (for example, a symbol H indicating an underlined character string in FIG. 6), If it is implemented to display the linked web page in such a way that the contents of the bottom surface and the wall surface are switched in the three-dimensional display or return to the two-dimensional display, excellent operability can be obtained.

[3. effect〕
As described above, in the present embodiment, at the time of switching the display to the three-dimensional space (metaverse), the two-dimensional web page that has been displayed so far is tilted backward to form a floor and a space above it. By displaying at least temporarily the three-dimensional space (which has depth), the transition from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional is clearly displayed and can be easily understood, and appropriate operations can be smoothly performed.

  In addition, as described above, in the present embodiment, an image on a web page is displayed in a three-dimensional space without being subjected to a deformation process that gives depth in perspective as if pasted on a bottom surface or a wall surface. As a result, it is possible to reduce the load of image processing and to obtain an effect that the image is not distorted and is easy to see. However, this feature is not essential and can be omitted.

[4. Other embodiments]
In addition, the said embodiment is only an illustration and this invention includes what is illustrated below and other embodiment other than that. For example, in the present invention, elements such as each means are not limited to an operation control unit of a program built-in type or a Neumann type computer, but are realized by an electronic circuit based on wired logic or an information processing organization based on other information processing principles. Also good. Further, each configuration diagram, data diagram, flowchart diagram, and the like are merely examples, and the presence / absence of each element, its order, specific contents, and the like can be appropriately changed.

  As an example, the client server system has been described in the above embodiment. However, the present invention includes a so-called stand-alone mode in which the operation is completed within a single device such as a personal computer.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Server apparatus T Terminal 3 Three-dimensional space 5 Operation control part 6 Storage device 7 Communication means 10 Web page display means 20 Instruction reception means 30 Display control means 40 Three-dimensional space display means D Display apparatus M Input apparatus B Web browser P Plug-in

Claims (3)

In a display switching device that controls switching display on a display device between a two-dimensional web page and a three-dimensional space,
An instruction receiving means for receiving an instruction to switch to the display of the three-dimensional space when displaying a two-dimensional web page;
When the switching instruction is received by the instruction receiving means, the display surface of the two-dimensional web page is regarded as a plane standing perpendicular to the three-dimensional space, and gradually toward the back with the base of the plane as the rotation axis And a display control means for displaying at least temporarily a three-dimensional space extending upward including the bottom surface.
A display switching device characterized by being realized by a computer. The display switching apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit performs an upright display on the bottom surface of the three-dimensional space for an image included in the two-dimensional web page. In a display switching method executed by a display switching device that switches between a two-dimensional web page and a three-dimensional space on a display device by a computer,
An instruction reception processing step for receiving an instruction to switch to the display of the three-dimensional space when displaying a two-dimensional web page;
When the switching instruction is accepted, the display surface in the two-dimensional web page is regarded as a plane standing perpendicular to the three-dimensional space, and the bottom surface of the plane is gradually tilted in the back direction as the bottom surface, A display control processing step for displaying at least temporarily a three-dimensional space extending upward including the bottom surface;
Display switching method characterized in that the above is executed by a computer.

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