JP2019191690A - Program, system, and method for providing virtual space - Google Patents

Abstract

To support providing an image of a virtual space including an avatar of a user with an appropriate visual field.SOLUTION: A user terminal 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention provides VR content using a virtual space to a user. The user terminal 10 is configured to control an avatar based on input information input by the user via a controller 30 while controlling a virtual camera based on the input information input according to movement of the head of the user, and automatically change the position of the virtual camera from the third person position to the first person position when the avatar starts a predetermined operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, a system, and a method for providing a virtual space including a user's avatar.

  Conventionally, there are various systems for providing a virtual space including a user's avatar. For example, such a virtual space may be referred to as a head-mounted display (hereinafter referred to as “HMD”) worn on the user's head. .) Or a system provided as a VR (Virtual Reality) image via VR goggles or the like has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1 below). Such a VR image is configured as, for example, a stereoscopic video using binocular parallax, and is displayed in a first-person field of view corresponding to the field of view of the avatar itself, thereby providing an immersive feeling to the user.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2018-028900

  However, for example, when an avatar can be decorated through the setting of items (clothing and accessories), the user wants to see not only the other user's avatar but also the user's own avatar. In the first person view described above, the user's own avatar cannot be seen. Therefore, it is conceivable to appropriately switch between the third-person view including the user's own avatar and the first-person view, but such a view change reduces the user's immersive feeling and may be an opportunity for VR sickness. .

  An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to support providing an image of a virtual space including a user's avatar with an appropriate field of view. Other objects of the embodiments of the present invention will become apparent by referring to the entire specification.

  A program according to an embodiment of the present invention is a program for providing a virtual space, and is mounted on a user's head on the one or more computers according to execution on the one or more computers. In the first device to be processed, a process of displaying an image of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located in the virtual space, and a second input input via the second device operated by the user At least based on the process of controlling the user's avatar located in the virtual space based on at least one input information, and on the second input information input according to the movement of the user's head, A process of controlling the virtual camera, and the process of controlling the virtual camera is configured to change the position of the virtual camera according to the start of a predetermined operation of the avatar. The containing from a first position, including a view changing to a second position corresponding to a field of view of the avatar itself.

  A system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes one or more computer processors and provides a virtual space, and the one or more computer processors respond to execution of readable instructions. In the first device worn on the user's head, a process of displaying an image of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located in the virtual space, and a second device operated by the user A process for controlling the avatar of the user located in the virtual space based on at least first input information input via the second input, and a second input input according to the movement of the user's head A process for controlling the virtual camera based on at least information, and the process for controlling the virtual camera is performed in accordance with the start of a predetermined action of the avatar. The position of the virtual camera, including from a first position, including the avatar field changing to a second position corresponding to a field of view of the avatar itself.

  A method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing a virtual space that is executed by one or a plurality of computers, in the first device mounted on a user's head, in the virtual space. At least based on the step of displaying an image of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located at the first input information input via the second device operated by the user Controlling the avatar of the user located inside, and controlling the virtual camera based at least on second input information input according to the movement of the user's head, The step of controlling the virtual camera is configured to change the position of the virtual camera from the first position including the avatar in the field of view in response to the start of the predetermined operation of the avatar. It comprises changing to a second position corresponding to the field of view of the coater itself.

  Various embodiments of the present invention assist in providing an image of a virtual space containing a user's avatar with an appropriate field of view.

The lineblock diagram showing roughly the composition of the network containing user terminal 10 concerning one embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a user terminal 10. FIG. The figure which illustrates the external appearance of the controller. The figure which shows the correspondence of the operation content with respect to the controller 30 (touchpad 32), and the operation | movement of an avatar and a virtual camera. The figure for demonstrating the position of the virtual camera corresponding to a 3rd person's visual field. The figure which illustrates VR image 50 corresponding to the field of view of the third person. The figure for demonstrating a mode that a virtual camera moves to the position of the first person from the position of the third person. The figure which illustrates VR image 50 corresponding to the first person visual field of a running avatar. The figure for demonstrating a virtual camera rotating about an avatar. The figure which illustrates VR image 50 in case a virtual camera is rotating. The figure for demonstrating a VR image 50 of a 3rd person's visual field changing by the direction of a virtual camera interlock | cooperating with the direction of a user's head. The figure for demonstrating a VR image 50 of a 1st person's visual field changing by the direction of a virtual camera interlock | cooperating with the direction of a user's head. The figure for demonstrating a mode that the avatar in running turns in the direction of a user's head. The figure for demonstrating a mode that the VR image 50 changes, when the avatar of another user enters into the said visual field of the virtual camera of a 3rd person visual field. The figure for demonstrating a mode that a virtual camera moves, when an avatar of another user enters into the said visual field of the virtual camera of a 3rd person visual field. The block diagram which shows roughly the structure of user terminal 10A and HMD20A.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration of a network including a user terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, the user terminal 10 is communicably connected to the management server 60 via a communication network 50 such as the Internet. The user terminal 10 provides the user with VR content (for example, game content) using a virtual space including the user's avatar. The user terminal 10 is an example of an apparatus that implements all or part of the system of the present invention.

  In the present embodiment, the user terminal 10 is configured as a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, and is used by being attached to a VR goggle 20 (first device) as shown in FIG. The user wears VR goggles 20 to which the user terminal 10 is attached to the head and enjoys VR content. The VR goggles 20 have a mechanism such as a lens for allowing a user to view a stereoscopic image in the VR content.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 is configured as a general computer, and as shown in the figure, a computer processor 11 such as a CPU, a main memory 12, an input / output I / F 13, a communication I / F 14, and a storage (storage device) ) 15 and various sensors 16, and these components are electrically connected through a bus or the like (not shown).

  The computer processor 11 reads various programs stored in the storage 15 or the like into the main memory 12 and executes various instructions included in the programs. The main memory 12 is configured by, for example, a DRAM.

  The input / output I / F 13 includes, for example, an information input device such as a touch panel and a controller, a voice input device such as a microphone, and an image input device such as a camera. The input / output I / F 13 includes an image output device (display device) such as a display and an audio output device such as a speaker.

  In the present embodiment, the input / output I / F 13 includes a controller 30 (second device) that is a physical device that is operated by a user's hand. FIG. 3 illustrates the appearance of the controller 30. The controller 30 has a substantially plate shape with rounded four corners, and a disk-shaped touch pad 32 is provided on one surface. The touch pad 32 is configured as a clickable touch pad, detects a touch state (including a touch position) by a user's finger, detects a click state (including a click position), and detects the touch state. The information is transmitted to the user terminal 10 via wireless or wired communication. The controller 30 having such an appearance and function is an example, and the appearance and function of the controller in the embodiment of the present invention are not limited to this.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the communication I / F 14 is implemented as hardware such as a network adapter, various types of communication software, and combinations thereof, and is configured to realize wired or wireless communication.

  The storage 15 is configured by, for example, a magnetic disk or a flash memory. The storage 15 stores various programs including an operating system, various data, and the like. The program stored in the storage 15 can be downloaded and installed from an application market or the like. In the present embodiment, the program stored in the storage 15 includes a content program 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The content program 40 is a program for causing the user terminal 10 to function as a device for providing VR content using a virtual space.

  The various sensors 16 include, for example, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor (angular velocity sensor), a geomagnetic sensor, and the like. The user terminal 10 can specify the orientation (posture, inclination, orientation, etc.) of the user terminal 10 based on information detected by these various sensors 16.

  The management server 60 has a configuration as a general computer. The management server 60 stores and manages information related to VR content provided by the user terminal 10. For example, the management server 60 manages the progress of content (for example, the progress of a game) and content data (for example, virtual space data) for each user. The management server 60 can be configured using a plurality of server devices each having a configuration as a general computer.

  For example, the user terminal 10 acquires the user's content progress status and content data from the management server 60 in response to the activation of the content program 40. For example, during execution of the content program 40, the user terminal 10 acquires content data from the management server 60 and transmits the progress status of the latest content of the user to the management server 60. In the present embodiment, the user terminal 10 can be configured to provide content without communication with the management server 60. In this case, the management server 60 may be unnecessary.

  Next, functions of the user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the computer processor 11 of the user terminal 10 functions as an image generation display unit 111 and a virtual space control unit 112 by executing instructions included in a program read into the main memory 12. It is configured as follows.

  The image generation / display unit 111 executes various processes related to generation and display of a virtual space image used for VR content. For example, in the user terminal 10 attached to the VR goggles 20 attached to the user's head, the image generation display unit 111 is a stereoscopic video of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located in the virtual space. Is configured to display an image corresponding to. The virtual space is configured as, for example, a three-dimensional virtual space. For example, the image generation display unit 111 is configured to generate and display on the user terminal 10 a left-eye image and a right-eye image corresponding to a stereoscopic video in the virtual space.

  The virtual space control unit 112 executes various processes related to control of the virtual space used for the VR content. For example, the virtual space control unit 112 executes processing related to control of an avatar that exists in the virtual space. In this embodiment, the control of the avatar is performed based on at least input information (first input information) input by the user via the controller 30. For example, the virtual space control unit 112 operates the avatar according to the operation input by the user on the touch pad 32 of the controller 30.

  Further, the virtual space control unit 112 executes processing related to control of a virtual camera located in the virtual space. In the present embodiment, the control of the virtual camera is performed based at least on input information (second input information) input according to the movement of the user's head. For example, the virtual space control unit 112 performs virtual operation according to input information input according to the movement of the user's head via the user terminal 10 or other device attached to the VR goggles 20 attached to the user's head. Control camera position, orientation, etc. In addition to the above-described control of the virtual camera based on the input information input according to the movement of the user's head, the virtual space control unit 112 is, for example, a virtual camera that follows the user's avatar in the virtual space. It can also be configured to provide control.

  In this embodiment, in addition to the above-described control of the virtual camera, the virtual space control unit 112 responds to the third-person view including the position of the virtual camera in the view of the avatar according to the start of the predetermined operation of the avatar. The position (first position) is changed to the position (second position) corresponding to the first person view corresponding to the field of view of the avatar itself.

  As described above, the user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment controls the avatar based on the input information input by the user via the controller 30, while based on the input information input according to the movement of the user's head. When the avatar starts a predetermined operation by controlling the virtual camera, the position of the virtual camera is automatically changed from the third person position to the first person position. Therefore, when the avatar starts a predetermined operation while controlling the avatar and the virtual camera by the operation on the controller 30 and the movement of the head, the user can obtain an immersive feeling in the first person view without any special operation. it can. Thus, the user terminal 10 in this embodiment supports providing an image of the virtual space including the user's avatar with an appropriate field of view.

  In the present embodiment, the predetermined operation of the avatar that triggers the automatic change of the position of the virtual camera from the third person position to the first person position may include various operations. The predetermined operation is typically an operation that preferably gives the user an immersive feeling in the first person view, and includes, for example, movement. In this case, the virtual space control unit 112 is configured to change the position of the virtual camera from the third person position to the first person position in response to the start of movement of the avatar. For example, when the avatar starts moving in response to a predetermined operation input to the controller 30 by the user, the virtual space control unit 112 changes the position of the virtual camera to a first person position corresponding to the field of view of the avatar itself. Such a configuration makes it possible to automatically switch the position of the virtual camera to the position of the first person in accordance with the start of the movement of the avatar.

  In this embodiment, the virtual space control unit 112 can be configured to move the avatar at the first speed and the second speed faster than the first speed. In this case, The predetermined operation includes movement at the second speed. For example, the virtual space control unit 112 is configured to change the position of the virtual camera from the third person position to the first person position in response to the start of movement of the avatar at the second speed. For example, the virtual space control unit 112 moves the avatar at the first speed according to the first operation input to the controller 30 and controls the virtual camera so that the position of the virtual camera becomes the third person position. The avatar is moved at the second speed in response to the second operation input to the controller 30, and the virtual camera is controlled so that the position of the virtual camera becomes the first person position. Such a configuration makes it possible to automatically switch the position of the virtual camera to the position of the first person in response to the start of movement of the avatar at a high speed (second speed).

  In the present embodiment, the virtual space control unit 112 controls the orientation of the virtual camera based on the orientation of the user's head detected via various sensors 16 included in the user terminal 10 attached to the VR goggles 20. Can be configured. For example, the virtual space control unit 112 is configured to control the orientation of the virtual camera so as to be interlocked with the orientation of the user's head detected via the various sensors 16. In this case, the virtual space control unit 112 may be configured to turn the moving avatar based on the orientation of the virtual camera. For example, when the orientation of the virtual camera based on the orientation of the user's head is the front direction, the virtual space control unit 112 moves the avatar straight, while the orientation of the virtual camera is on the right side (or the left side) of the front direction. In some cases, the avatar is turned to the right (or left). Such a configuration makes it possible to turn the avatar based on the orientation of the user's head (by shaking his / her head) while the avatar is moving in the first person view. A good balance with operability is achieved.

  In addition, the virtual space control unit 112 changes the position of the virtual camera from the third person position to the first person position in a first time according to the start of the predetermined operation of the avatar, while the predetermined operation ends. In response, the first person position may be changed to the third person position at a second time shorter than the first time. Such a configuration makes it possible to quickly switch from the first person view to the third person view while suppressing the VR sickness of the user when changing from the third person view to the first person view.

  Next, a specific example of the user terminal 10 of this embodiment having such a function will be described. In this specific example, the user terminal 10 provides, as VR content, a game in which a plurality of users play using each user's avatar that exists in the same virtual space. Such a game includes, for example, a game in which a plurality of avatars play “games” in a virtual space.

  In this example, the motion of the avatar is controlled by an operation input via the touch pad 32 of the controller 30. FIG. 4 shows a correspondence relationship between the operation contents for the controller 30 (touch pad 32) and the operations of the avatar and the virtual camera. In this example, as illustrated, first, when the touch pad 32 of the controller 30 is not touched (non-touch state), the avatar does not move (stops). Also, the virtual camera does not move, and its position is a position corresponding to a third-person visual field that includes the user's own avatar. Specifically, the position of the virtual camera is a position where the relative positional relationship with the avatar becomes a predetermined relationship (for example, a position at a predetermined height separated by a predetermined distance in a predetermined direction). .

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the position of the virtual camera corresponding to the third person visual field. As illustrated, the virtual camera 104 is positioned obliquely above the avatar 102 standing on the ground 103 of the virtual space 100, and the avatar 102 is included in the field of view.

  FIG. 6 illustrates a VR image 50 that is presented to the user via the VR goggles 20 and that corresponds to a third person field of view. As illustrated, the VR image 50 corresponding to the third person visual field includes an avatar 102 located in the virtual space 100. Note that the illustrated VR image 50 schematically shows an image that the user sees as a stereoscopic video image, and actually realizes a stereoscopic video image with binocular parallax on the display of the user terminal 10 or the like. Two images, a left-eye image and a right-eye image, are displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the touch pad 32 is touched (touched state) and not pressed (non-clicked), the avatar walks in a direction corresponding to the touch position of the touchpad 32. (Move at the first speed). In this example, the avatar walks in a direction corresponding to one of eight directions (up, down, left, right, upper right, lower right, upper left, and lower left) according to the touch position of the touch pad 32. . The virtual camera follows a walking avatar while maintaining the position of the third person. Specifically, the virtual camera is moved so that the relative positional relationship between the avatar and the virtual camera is maintained.

  When the upper part of the touch pad 32 is pressed (clicked), the avatar travels forward (second direction faster than the first speed) toward the front (the direction of the avatar's visual field (line of sight) at that time). Move at a speed of Further, the virtual camera moves from the third person position to the first person position corresponding to the field of view of the user's avatar itself, and then follows the traveling avatar. Similarly, when the lower part of the touch pad 32 is pressed (clicked), the avatar travels backward (opposite direction of the avatar's visual field (line of sight) at that time), and the virtual camera is a third person. Move from the position of the first person to the position of the first person, and then follow the moving avatar to move. For example, when a user who is a demon devil finds an avatar of another user, he or she can run his or her avatar toward the avatar of the other user by pressing the upper part of the touch pad 32. Also, for example, when a user other than the demon tag (a child) finds the demon user's avatar, he or she evades his or her avatar from the other user's avatar by pressing the lower part of the touch pad 32. It can be made to run.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining how the virtual camera moves from the third person position to the first person position. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 7, the direction of the visual field (line of sight) of the avatar 102 is the direction of the arrow AR (the left direction in FIG. 7), and the virtual camera 104 is positioned on the upper rear side of the avatar 102. When the upper part of the touch pad 32 is pressed (clicked) from the state (it is assumed that the upper part of the touch pad 32 is touched and the avatar 102 is walking in the direction of the arrow AR), FIG. As shown in the lower row, the avatar 102 runs in the direction of the visual field (the direction of the arrow AR), and the virtual camera 104 has a predetermined trajectory so that the virtual camera 104 has a visual field in the same direction as the visual field direction of the avatar 102. Move along BL1. The movement is performed over a predetermined time (for example, 1 second). As described above, since it takes a predetermined time to move the virtual camera from the third person position to the first person position, the VR sickness of the user at the time of switching to the first person view is suppressed. When the state where the upper or lower portion of the touchpad 32 is pressed is canceled and the touchpad 32 is brought into a non-touch state, the avatar travel is stopped and the virtual camera 104 returns from the first person position to the third person position. In this case, switching from the first person position to the third person position is performed immediately without taking the predetermined time.

  FIG. 8 illustrates a VR image 50 corresponding to the first person view of a running avatar. As shown in the figure, the VR image 50 displays the virtual space 100 with a field of view corresponding to the field of view of the avatar 102 itself. Further, as shown in the figure, the VR image 50 is subjected to a tunneling process. Specifically, in the entire region of the VR image 50, a region other than a circular region having a predetermined center size is displayed in a grid instead of displaying the image in the virtual space 100. By narrowing the user's field of view through such tunneling processing, it is possible to suppress user VR sickness caused by displaying an image in the first person field of view of the avatar that is running.

  Returning to FIG. 4, when the right part of the touch pad 32 is pressed (clicked), the avatar does not move. On the other hand, the virtual camera rotates clockwise around the avatar while maintaining the position of the third person. Similarly, when the left part of the touch pad 32 is pressed (clicked), the avatar does not move, and the virtual camera rotates counterclockwise around the avatar while maintaining the third person position. To do.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining how the virtual camera rotates around the avatar. As shown in the figure, the virtual camera 104 rotates and moves along a predetermined circular locus BL2 centered on the avatar 102. Note that when rotating, the direction of the visual field (line of sight) of the virtual camera 104 is maintained to be the direction of the avatar 102.

  FIG. 10 illustrates a VR image 50 when the virtual camera is rotating around the avatar. As shown in the figure, the VR image 50 in this case is subjected to a tunneling process while displaying the virtual space 100 in a third person view including the avatar 102. Specifically, as in the VR image 50 corresponding to the first-person field of view of the avatar during travel illustrated in FIG. 8, the entire region of the VR image 50 is a region other than the central circular region having a predetermined size. Instead of displaying the image of the virtual space 100, a grid is displayed. By narrowing the user's field of view through such a tunneling process, the VR sickness of the user due to the rotational movement of the virtual camera can be suppressed. It should be noted that the processing strength between the tunneling process in the VR image 50 corresponding to the first-person field of view of the avatar being run and the tunneling process in the VR image 50 when the virtual camera is rotating (narrows the field of view). In other words, for example, the size of the central circular area for displaying the image in the virtual space may be changed. For example, it can be considered that the VR image 50 in the case where the virtual camera is rotating is more likely to cause the VR sickness of the user than the VR image corresponding to the first-person view of the avatar while traveling. The latter may be stronger than the former in the tunneling process (for example, the size of the central circular area for displaying the virtual space image may be reduced).

  As described above, when the state where the upper or lower part of the touch pad 32 is pressed is canceled and the touchpad 32 is brought into a non-touch state, the avatar travel is stopped and the virtual camera returns from the first person position to the third person position. Even when the avatar travel is interrupted by an event other than an operation input to the controller 30 (touch pad 32), the virtual camera returns from the first person position to the third person position. For example, the user's avatar other than the demon is caught by the demon user's avatar while driving, the avatar's driving is interrupted by the effect of the item (for example, explosion of a bomb item), or the avatar's physical strength is consumed Is interrupted, or when the game is ended due to a time limit or the like and the running is interrupted, the virtual camera returns from the first person position to the third person position.

  In this example, the orientation of the virtual camera is controlled so as to be interlocked with the orientation of the user's head detected through various sensors 16 included in the user terminal 10 attached to the VR goggles 20. For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 11, when the avatar 102 is located in the center of the VR image 50 of the third person field of view and the user's head is moved so that the face of the user faces the upper right direction, The direction of the virtual camera is the upper right direction, and the avatar 102 is positioned at the lower left of the VR image 50 as shown in the lower part of FIG.

  In this example, when the avatar is traveling, the orientation of the virtual camera is controlled so as to be interlocked with the orientation of the user's head, and the traveling avatar turns in the orientation of the user's head. To be controlled. For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 12, when the head is moved so that the user's face faces leftward with the wooden object 106 positioned at the center of the VR image 50 of the first person field of view, In conjunction with this, the virtual camera is directed leftward, and the object 106 is positioned to the right of the VR image 50 as shown in the lower part of FIG. Further, as shown in FIG. 13, the traveling avatar 102 turns leftward along the locus BL3. As described above, in this example, it is possible to control the turning of the running avatar 102 by the movement of the user's head, and there is a good balance between the immersive feeling obtained by the user and the operability of the avatar 102. It has been realized.

  In the specific example described above or another example of the present embodiment, when an avatar of another user enters the visual field of the virtual camera of the third person visual field, the user's own avatar is compared with the avatar of the other user. The virtual camera may be controlled so that it can be easily viewed. For example, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 14, when the avatar 108 of another user enters the field of view of the third person virtual camera, as shown in the lower part of FIG. The position between the other avatar 102 and the other user's avatar 108 is set as the center of the visual field, and the distance to the subject is controlled (see FIG. 15).

  The user terminal 10 according to the present embodiment described above controls the avatar based on input information (for example, operation content on the touch pad 30) input by the user via the controller 30, while the movement of the user's head The virtual camera is controlled based on input information (for example, the orientation of the user's head detected via various sensors 16 provided in the user terminal 10) in accordance with the information, and the avatar performs a predetermined operation (for example, , Running), the position of the virtual camera is automatically changed from the third person position to the first person position. Therefore, when the avatar starts a predetermined operation while controlling the avatar and the virtual camera by the operation of the controller 30 and the movement of the head, the user can obtain an immersive feeling in the first person view without any special operation. it can. Thus, the user terminal 10 in this embodiment supports providing an image of the virtual space including the user's avatar with an appropriate field of view.

  In the embodiment described above, the user terminal 10 is configured as a mobile terminal such as a smartphone attached to the VR goggles 20, but the user terminal 10A according to another embodiment of the present invention is an HMD 20A that is worn on the user's head. Is configured as a separate device (for example, including a stationary computer device). FIG. 16 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the user terminal 10A and the HMD 20A in the other embodiment. The HMD 20A includes an input / output I / F 21, a communication I / F 22, and various sensors 23. The various sensors 23 include, for example, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor (angular velocity sensor), a geomagnetic sensor, and the like. The user terminal 10A receives information detected by the various sensors 23 included in the HMD 20A from the HMD 20A, identifies the orientation (posture, inclination, orientation, etc.) of the HMD 20A based on the received information, and identifies the orientation of the identified HMD 20A Is configured to control the orientation of the virtual camera. In this embodiment, the VR image is transmitted from the user terminal 10A to the HMD 20A and displayed on the display (input / output I / F 21) of the HMD 20A.

  The processes and procedures described in the present specification are implemented by software, hardware, or any combination thereof other than those explicitly described. For example, the processes and procedures described in this specification are realized by mounting logic corresponding to the processes and procedures on a medium such as an integrated circuit, a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory, and a magnetic disk. The processing and procedure described in this specification can be implemented as a computer program corresponding to the processing / procedure and executed by various computers.

  Even if the processes and procedures described herein are described as being performed by a single device, software, component, or module, such processes or procedures may be performed by multiple devices, multiple software, multiple Component and / or multiple modules. Also, the software and hardware elements described herein can be implemented by integrating them into fewer components or by disassembling them into more components.

  In the present specification, when the constituent elements of the invention are described as one or a plurality, or when they are described without being limited to one or a plurality of cases, they should be understood separately in context. The component may be either singular or plural.

10, 10A User terminal 11 Computer processor 111 Image generation display unit 112 Virtual space control unit 20 VR goggles (first device)
20A HMD (first device)
30 controller (second device)
32 touchpad 40 content program 50 VR image 100 virtual space 102 avatar 104 virtual camera

Claims (8)

A program for providing a virtual space,
In response to execution on one or more computers, the one or more computers
In the first device worn on the user's head, a process of displaying an image of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located in the virtual space;
A process for controlling the avatar of the user located in the virtual space based at least on first input information input via a second device operated by the user;
A process of controlling the virtual camera based on at least second input information input according to the movement of the user's head,
In accordance with the start of the predetermined operation of the avatar, the process of controlling the virtual camera changes the position of the virtual camera from the first position including the avatar to the visual field of the avatar itself. Including changing to position,
program. The predetermined operation includes movement,
The program of claim 1. The process of controlling the avatar includes moving the avatar at a first speed and moving the avatar at a second speed that is faster than the first speed;
The predetermined operation includes moving at the second speed;
The program of claim 1. The second input information includes an orientation of the user's head detected via a sensor provided in the first device,
The process of controlling the virtual camera includes controlling the orientation of the virtual camera based on the orientation of the user's head.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The predetermined operation includes movement,
The process of controlling the avatar includes turning the moving avatar based on the orientation of the virtual camera.
The program according to claim 4. While the process of controlling the virtual camera changes the position of the virtual camera from the first position to the second position at a first time in response to the start of the predetermined movement of the avatar, Changing the position of the virtual camera from the second position to the first position at a second time shorter than the first time in response to the end of the predetermined action of the avatar. ,
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A system comprising one or more computer processors and providing a virtual space,
The one or more computer processors are responsive to execution of readable instructions,
In the first device worn on the user's head, a process of displaying an image of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located in the virtual space;
A process for controlling the avatar of the user located in the virtual space based at least on first input information input via a second device operated by the user;
Performing a process of controlling the virtual camera based on at least second input information input according to the movement of the user's head,
In accordance with the start of the predetermined operation of the avatar, the process of controlling the virtual camera changes the position of the virtual camera from the first position including the avatar to the visual field of the avatar itself. Including changing to position,
system. A method for providing a virtual space executed by one or more computers, comprising:
In the first device worn on the user's head, displaying an image of the virtual space according to the field of view of the virtual camera located in the virtual space;
Controlling the user's avatar located in the virtual space based at least on first input information input via a second device operated by the user;
Controlling the virtual camera based at least on second input information input according to the movement of the user's head,
In the step of controlling the virtual camera, in response to the start of a predetermined operation of the avatar, the position of the virtual camera is changed from a first position including the avatar to the visual field, and a second corresponding to the visual field of the avatar itself. Including changing to position,
Method.