JP3408263B2 - Information presentation apparatus and information presentation method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for presenting information in a multimedia system or a virtual reality system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional computer graphics (Co
In the (mputer Graphics) technology, the shape of the object and the material of the object are often defined by being cut off. For example, if there is three-dimensional shape data of a vase, the texture of the object differs depending on how the surface is viewed.

The simplest method of presenting a texture is to change the color of an object or the amount of light reflected from the object surface. If it is mirror-reflected, it will be a vase made of metal-like material. On the other hand, if it is made to diffuse uniformly, it can look like a plastic vase. However, this gives only a uniform surface.

The next method is "texture mapping".
It is called "Pattern" on the surface of an object. If you stick the wood grain, it becomes a "wooden" jar, and in the marble pattern it becomes a "marble" jar. Also, sometimes a "picture" is attached, and if the side label of the cola is projected, it becomes a cola vase. In this method, it is difficult to present the texture of unevenness because only a slippery picture is pasted on the smooth surface.

What can be considered there is "bump mapping", in which "a deviation of the normal vector" is pasted on the surface of the object. The surface appears to be uneven, so you can show it on "rock faces", "brass work", or "water marks".
Even in this case, it is not necessary to complicate the original shape data.

In addition, virtual reality
The technology called "ity" is capable of creating environmental conditions that make people feel as if they were real by using stereoscopic images, images such as computer graphics, and stereoscopic sound, and electronic technologies such as artificial tactile sensation. is there.

Amusement parks are being held at amusement parks that allow users to experience space adventure travel and the like using virtual reality. This is made possible by the use of virtual reality, which is actually impossible to experience at present. Alternatively, by using it in an aviation training simulator, etc., it became possible to carry out training close to the actual situation.

In the information presenting apparatus used in these virtual reality systems, the viewpoint, repulsive force, loudness, etc. of the user are determined in advance according to the user's attributes by appropriately assuming the user's attributes such as height and arm strength. ing. For this reason, when a user having an attribute extremely different from the attribute of the assumed user is used, the virtual experience cannot be performed because the parameters necessary for the experience of virtual reality do not match.

For example, when the viewpoint for position setting is set assuming that the user's attribute is an adult boy, and in reality, children much shorter than the adult boy are the user, that is, the owner of the attribute. , Since the length of the arm, which is one of the user attributes, is short, the material set in advance assuming the user attributes cannot reach the object set in the virtual reality, or the strength of the arm cannot be reached. Since there is no such force, the load applied by the virtual reality system becomes stronger than the physical strength of the actual user, and the repulsive force is returned, so the assumed force is too strong and is splashed.

Also, in the case of virtual reality using stereoscopic vision or stereophonic sound, the distance between both eyes and the distance between both ears are set assuming a specific user (often the developer himself). However, in reality, these have individual differences as attributes as users, so parameters are set in advance corresponding to users of general average attributes, so they do not look completely three-dimensional, or It often happens that you can't hear.

Alternatively, when a product prototype is used and evaluated by utilizing virtual reality, if the product is used by a child, it must be evaluated from the child's standpoint. In other words, if an adult becomes the owner of a child's size and strength and can experience it, they can be evaluated from the child's standpoint. Also, if it is a kitchen usage evaluation, even the same adult girl,
When the user group corresponds to the younger age group and the elderly group, it is not only the preference but also the adaptation of the environment, that is, the attribute of the user, that is, the average height is different, so it is possible to adapt to each taste and each environment. It is necessary to experience the hypothesis of having become a certain height and evaluate the usability, that is, the ease of use.

However, in the current virtual reality, since it is assumed that the type of user owns a specific attribute, the characteristics of the user attribute are changed, and the environment world temporarily assumed to be the owner of another user attribute. I couldn't experience it.

[0013]

In the above techniques such as texture mapping, the visual data is the only texture data that can be presented.

In the real world, a wooden vase has not only a grain pattern on its surface but also a dull sound of the tree when tapped and a rough feel when touched. With the techniques such as the texture mapping described above, the texture data that can be presented is only visual information, and therefore it is not possible to handle textures such as timbres and tactile sensations integrally.

Further, in the conventional virtual reality, since the user attribute is set within a certain range in advance, the individual difference of the users who own the attribute outside the certain range is ignored, and the inferiority is revealed. I was left as it was, and I couldn't experience the world view of the environment where I became a user with different attributes.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention stores a plurality of user attributes, that is, attribute values such as height, visual acuity, and hearing ability, and optimally selects parameters to assume in a virtual world environment. Parameters required for virtual reality are calculated according to the user's attributes, and based on these parameters, information presentation that can present virtual reality (depiction of virtual reality) such as computer graphics (CG) and stereoscopic images The purpose is to provide a device.

[0017]

[0018]

In order to achieve the above object, an information presenting apparatus for presenting virtual information to a real user is provided.
The type of virtual user that is pre-classified.
User attributes that store attributes that are physical characteristic parameters
Sex memory and for specifying the type of virtual user
Enter the specification method and the physical characteristic parameters of the real user.
Input means for force and visual, auditory and tactile information
Presentation that presents at least one to the actual user as information
Means and the virtual user designated by the designation means
Stored in the user attribute storage means corresponding to the type of
Attributes and the actual user input by the input means
Based on the physical characteristic parameters of the user
Presentation control that controls the presentation of information that should be presented to real users
And means.

[0019]

With the above-described structure, the user can easily obtain the information about the property of the object such as the texture and tactile information other than the visual material simply by designating the name of the material. Moreover, it is not necessary to complicate the original shape data and increase the number of processes, and it is possible to easily change only the texture.

Further, according to the present invention, user-desired attributes necessary for calculating parameters for experiencing a sense of world in a virtual space such as height, visual acuity, and hearing as a plurality of typical attributes are stored in advance. Then, the characteristics and attributes of the user who want to experience are appropriately selected, and the parameters necessary for the virtual reality information display system are calculated based on the separately input user attribute values actually used. Images such as computer graphics (CG) and stereoscopic images are presented based on this parameter, so that the user is as if he / she is in a virtual appearance in a virtual environment in which his / her height, eyesight, and hearing are different. You will be able to taste it as if you are experiencing it.

Further, according to the present invention, an adult developer of a toy for children can become a child and experience the feeling of use, or an adult boy who is a developer of a system kitchen is a user. By adapting to the attributes of adult girls such as height size and taste, they can become adult girls and experience the system kitchen experience.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. A shape data storage unit 1 that defines and stores the shape of an object two-dimensionally or three-dimensionally,
A texture data storage unit 2 that stores texture data such as tactile, olfactory, and taste information in association with visual information, and an instruction to assign texture data by a simple operation that simply indicates a material name in shape data, For example, an input unit 3 such as a mouse, a scanner, and a microphone for inputting visual information and pitch information, a storage unit 7 that stores shape data and texture data in association with each other, shape data and visual information, Alternatively, it is composed of a graphic display 5 for displaying a menu or the like for inputting instructions, a speaker 6 for presenting pitch information, and a management unit 4 for managing data exchange between these.

In addition to the configuration of FIG. 1, a configuration in which a tactile information presentation unit is added, a configuration without a speaker 6, a configuration including a taste information presentation unit and an odor information presentation unit, or a presentation unit for all five sense information is provided. The configuration provided is also possible as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a storage system of the texture data storage unit 2. Texture data such as texture, sound quality, and texture is stored for each material name used when the input unit 3 gives an instruction.

The sound quality is Collision when colliding or hitting, and Finger-Scratc when rubbed by hand.
The sound of h and rubbing with a nail is stored in each item of Nail-Scratch. When there is no change in sound upon collision or rubbing, it can be directly stored as an attribute value of sound quality, as in the example of the material "velvet" in FIG.
Also, in the case of materials that break like materials such as "pottery," the sound when they break is described in the Destruction section. In the example of FIG. 2, the attribute value is a data file name that stores texture, sound quality, and texture. The texture is previously captured by the input unit 3 such as a scanner and normalized to the size of a unit square. In addition, as for the sound, the sound produced when the actual iron or pottery is rubbed or hit is taken from the input unit 3 such as a microphone, digitized by the AD converter, and accumulated.
As for the tactile sensations, typical feels such as a smooth feel, a rough feel, and a smooth feel are stored. The storage system depends on the presentation system of the tactile presentation device. Besides the method of describing the data file name, a format for storing a pointer to the data file or the like is also possible.

If the tactile material does not change in any direction, the tactile material is directly stored as an attribute value of the tactile material as in the example of the material "iron" and "pottery" in FIG. On the other hand, as for the example of the material “velvet” in FIG. 2, which has a different touch depending on the touch direction, the touch when touched in the positive x direction is +
x, the negative feel of x is -x, the positive feel of y is +
Regarding the feeling of y and y in the negative direction, the texture is memorized in the −y section for each direction.

In addition to the storage format shown in FIG. 2, there is no tactile format,
Various forms are possible, such as when there are attributes of taste and odor instead of texture.

Next, the operation of assigning the texture data to the shape data and presenting the sound quality to the user will be described according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an example of a screen of this embodiment. Figure 3a
Indicates the shape (jar) read from the shape data storage unit 1. When it is desired to assign materials to this vase, the entire vase is selected by the input unit 3. When selected, as shown in FIG. 3a, the reference direction for assigning the material is indicated by an arrow. Further, the designation of the target is not necessarily limited to the entire object, and may be only a part of the surface of the object. Next, when the "material" menu is selected from the menu bar of the upper method of FIG. 3a from the input unit 3, the materials stored in the texture data storage unit 2 are displayed together with the texture sample as shown in FIG. 3b. When the user appropriately selects from these materials and gives an instruction to execute allocation, the selected material is allocated to the previously selected target.

For example, when "iron" is selected in FIG. 3b and an instruction to execute allocation is given, the iron-te stored in FIG.
x is assigned to the vase, giving it the appearance of an iron vase, as shown in Figure 3c. When it is not desired to directly assign the texture coordinates to the reference direction of the vase, the material is rotated in the desired direction from the input unit 3 and then the texture is assigned. For example, after the 180-degree rotation, the characters of the texture are arranged upside down. The allocation is done by mapping the unit squares in the coordinate system of the texture to the quadrilateral of the coordinate system of the surface of the vase.

As a result of the allocation, the material of iron is linked to the shape data of the vase, and the data is stored in the storage unit 8 in a format as shown in FIG. 4b. As shown, the texture data attribute value is nil). The magnetic sensor or the like stores the three-dimensional coordinate values in the storage unit 8 when the input unit 3 including the input device makes the gesture of hitting the pot displayed in FIG. 3c (eg, shaking with the palm open). The attribute value iron-sound 1 of the Collision term of the sound quality of FIG. 2 is read by following the data link of the format of FIG.
iron-sound 1 sound (sound when iron is hit) is played.
When you use the input unit 3 to claw with your nails (for example, bending or extending the index finger several times from the state where the index finger is extended), the sound quality of the Nail-Scratch section iron-
sound 2 (high-pitched key sound when scratching iron) is generated.

If a device capable of presenting a tactile sensation is shown in FIG.
2 is read out at this time, the slippery (smooth feel) can be presented.

Further, when a pottery ball in which a pottery material is assigned to the ball is struck against an iron pot, the iron pot will cause Collision
The iron-sound 1 of is generated. The collision is strong,
When it exceeds a certain value, China-sound 4 of the Destruction term is generated from the pottery sphere, and you can simulate the situation when the pottery sphere hits an iron vase and cracks.

Further, FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 show flow charts of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention. The information presentation device shown in FIG. 1 includes a model storage unit 15 that stores a three-dimensional model of a target that the user wants to experience,
An attribute storage unit 11 that stores virtual user attributes that the user can experience by type, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, and a user can specify a specific type from the attribute storage unit 11 or input the height of the user himself / herself. An input unit 22 including a keyboard or a mouse, a position input unit 16 including a magnetic sensor capable of measuring the position of the user's viewpoint in three dimensions, and an attribute memory of a type specified by the input unit 12. The conversion rate is calculated from the attribute of the section 11 and the attribute of the user similarly input from the input section 12, and the conversion rate is used to determine the position of the viewpoint of the user input from the position input section 16. Conversion unit 13 for converting to the position of the virtual user, and conversion unit 1
Based on the viewpoint position of the virtual user converted by 3,
The model storage unit 15 includes a management unit 14 that controls conversion of a three-dimensional model, and an output unit 17 that outputs the result and that includes, for example, a binocular stereoscopic display or a head-mounted display.

FIG. 9 is a view showing the external appearance of the case where the present invention is used. The user is an adult male with a height of 180 cm. Consider a case where this adult boy becomes an elementary school student who is a user and designs environmental equipment for elementary school students.
For example, let's install a panel for class at a height of 200 cm and judge whether this position is appropriate. Since the user has a height of 180 cm, he / she can see about 20 cm from the top to the bottom of the panel without raising his face. However, elementary school children of lower grades can only see the lower part of the panel when their height is 120 cm and their faces are not raised, as can be seen from the attribute values in FIG. Although it is possible for an adult male user to crouch and reach a height of 120 cm, it is difficult for the elementary school students of lower grades to experience the viewpoint position when sitting down. In addition, even if the person is crouched or the height can be reduced, the postures are different, and it is difficult to make a correct decision. According to the present invention, a user having a height of 180 cm converts the output image to a viewpoint position that a user who will be an elementary school student having a height of 120 cm will experience and presents it. Therefore, if the elementary school student wants to experience a sitting state, the user only needs to sit down, and in the same posture,
I can judge correctly.

The flow of conversion is as shown in FIG. First, attributes such as the height of the user are input from the input unit 12 (step a). In this case, it is assumed that the height of 180 cm is entered. Next, the type to be experienced is designated from the input unit 12 from the attribute storage unit 11 (step b).
In this case, it is assumed that the type elementary school (lower grade) is designated. The management unit 14 reads the attribute value corresponding to the specified type from the attribute storage unit 11. Height 12 in this case
0cm is read and the height of the user and 180cm
Send with. The conversion unit 13 calculates the conversion rate r (step c). In this case, the conversion rate r is 120/180 =
It is 0.67. The conversion unit 13 holds this conversion rate r. Next, unless the user gives an instruction to end the conversion (step d), the three-dimensional position is read from the three-dimensional position input unit 16 (step e), and the conversion rate r is used to calculate the y coordinate value corresponding to the height in this case. Convert (step f). The management unit 14 reads the three-dimensional model stored in the model storage unit 15, and supposes that the viewpoint is located at the converted position.
The image is converted into an image projected on a dimension (step g) and further displayed on the output unit 17. The image displayed at this point can be seen in the same situation as when the user became 120 cm tall.
It is an image from the viewpoint of the virtual user. If the head is moved from this state, the viewpoint conversion or the like is performed with the distance r · d obtained by multiplying the actually moved distance d by the conversion rate r as the virtual movement distance.

That is, assuming that the height is 120 cm, all viewpoints are changed. Height 120 cm in this state
There is an advantage that elementary school students can check whether they can easily see the characters hung on the panel without making actual ones.

In the second embodiment, the user simply specifies the type he or she wants to experience virtually, and from the perspective of becoming a virtual user in the exact same situation as if the user himself / herself sees it as a virtual user of different height. It is possible to see.

Further, when the user himself / herself becomes a virtual user and works, it may be necessary to check the use environment whether the arm reaches or does not reach. For this purpose, for example, by indirect measurement with an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, or the like so that the positions of both hands can be detected,
Alternatively, a direct measurement value such as a magnetic sensor is attached to the hand. Instead of the attribute value of FIG. 9, the length of the hand added as an attribute value as shown in FIG. 12 is used for the attribute storage unit 11.

The user inputs the arm length as well as the height as an attribute (step a in FIG. 11). The conversion unit 13 calculates the conversion ratio s of the arm length in addition to the conversion ratio r of the height (step c ′). Assuming that the arm length is 65 cm, the conversion rate s = 50/6 for the arm length 50 cm read from FIG.
5 = 0.77.

For example, supposing the operation of writing characters toward the blackboard, the user has a height of 180 cm and the length of the arms is 65 cm, so that the characters can be written easily. However, when the user becomes a virtual user, even if the user extends his hand with the magnetic sensor for direct measurement to the fullest extent, the conversion rate is reduced by the conversion rates r and d. Therefore, the user is 180 + 65-30 = 215
Even if the hand reaches to cm, the number of users who have become virtual users is 120 + 50-30 × 0.67 =
It only reaches up to about 150 cm. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, the hand can only reach below the blackboard.

In this way, the working environment of the desk and chair, the working environment of the kitchen, the driving environment of the car, etc. can be similarly checked by directly attaching the magnetic sensor for measurement to a necessary portion.

In addition to the attribute values shown in FIG. 12, various attribute values such as the thickness of a finger and the size of a foot can be stored.
Therefore, depending on the thickness of the finger, it is safe to hit the gap in the toy or the like if the finger is thick. However, if the virtual user is a small child, the finger may get stuck because the finger is thin, which may be dangerous. Such places can be checked. It is also possible to check that the pedal is too small due to the size of the foot and cannot be fully depressed.

Further, muscle strength such as grip strength and back muscle strength is stored as an attribute value, and the structure shown in FIG. 8 is further provided with a force sense means presentation unit 18 such as a torque motor. There are also examples. Suppose an adult girl turns the steering wheel of a car. Since the strength of the user (adult boy) is attenuated in accordance with the strength of the adult girl, even if he / she is fully turned, only the strength when the handle is turned by the strength of the adult girl is exerted (the hand position is Inputted by the position input unit 16 such as a data glove). That is, as shown in FIG. 15, in the virtual user (adult girl), a state in which the handle rotates only about 30 degrees is displayed on the output unit 17. Further, since the force is fed back by the torque motor, it is possible to feel that the handle is heavy.

Further, in order to simulate the actual driving situation, the road surface is projected on the background of FIG. 15, and since there is no power, it is possible to experience a time-consuming work when making a right turn or a left turn.

In the above embodiments, the viewpoint, the scale of the body, and the conversion of power are opened as examples. However, in addition to this, visual acuity (the image is blurred like a person with good eyesight becomes a person with bad eyesight). Sense of sound (those who have a poor sense of audibility feel better), hearing (those who have a good hearing feel like they have a poor sense of ears), warmth (the sensation of a person who is cold and hot). ), Touch, taste, smell, etc. are stored in the attribute storage unit as attributes, and by providing a device capable of presenting these sensations, etc. Ears, actions, etc.
You can experience a virtual reality world feeling different from your own environment.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can experience auditory and tactile information other than visual information by a simple operation of assigning a material to shape data. You can perform editing operations, etc., and the effect is great.

Moreover, since the shape data and the texture data are separated, it is possible to easily change the shape and the texture.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, even if the user who uses the product developed by the developer has different physical characteristics, the size is virtually the same as the user and the user can experience the feeling of use. The equipment and facilities that can be used by people with problems can check particularly dangerous places, so the effect is great.

In virtual reality such as heights, visual acuity, and hearing ability of a plurality of users, characteristics required for calculating parameters for experiencing the virtual space are stored in advance. From this, the characteristics of the user who wants to experience can be selected appropriately and optimally. The parameters required for the virtual reality are calculated based on the attribute values of the actually used user, which are separately input, and the selected attribute values. Computer graphics (CG) and stereoscopic images are presented based on this parameter, and the user experiences as a virtual user whose height, visual acuity, and hearing are different from himself. You can experience the virtual world under the same conditions as in.

According to the present invention, an adult male developer of a toy for children becomes a child to experience the feeling of use, or an adult male who is a developer of the system kitchen is an adult female who is a user. It has the effect of becoming the size of a person and experiencing the usability of the system kitchen. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a storage format of a texture data storage unit in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage example of a storage unit of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a first flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.
FIG.

FIG. 6 is a second flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.
FIG.

FIG. 7 is a third flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.
FIG.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of attribute storage in the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an external view showing how the apparatus of the second embodiment is actually used.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of storage of attributes.

FIG. 13 is an external view showing a state in which the modified device of the second embodiment is used.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a modification of the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Shape data storage 2 Texture data storage 3 input section 4 management department 5 display 6 speakers 7 memory 11 Attribute storage 12 Input section 13 Converter 14 Management Department 15 Model storage 16 Position input section 17 Output section 18 Force Display

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-4-91205 (JP, A) JP-A-2-27420 (JP, A) JP-A-2-273861 (JP, A) US Pat. No. 5671283 (US, A) International Publication 96/027155 (WO, A1) Michitaka Hirose, Artificial Reality and Man-Machine Interface, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Japan, October 20, 1991, Vol. 111, No. 10, 831-834 (58) ) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06F 19/00 110 G06T 17/40 JISST file (JOIS)

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information presenting device for presenting virtual information to a real user, a user attribute storage means for storing an attribute, which is a physical characteristic parameter, for each type of virtual user classified in advance, and a type of virtual user. Specifying means for specifying the physical characteristic parameter of the real user, input means for inputting physical characteristic parameters of the real user, presenting means for presenting at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile information to the real user as information, Based on the attributes stored in the user attribute storage unit corresponding to the type of the virtual user designated by the designation unit and the physical characteristic parameters of the real user input by the input unit, An information presentation device comprising: a presentation control unit that controls presentation of information to be presented. 2. An information presenting device for presenting virtual information to a real user, a user attribute storage means for storing an attribute that is a physical characteristic parameter for each type of a virtual user classified in advance, and a type of the virtual user. Specifying means for specifying, the position input means for inputting the viewpoint position of the real user, and the viewpoint position input by the position input means corresponding to the type of the virtual user specified by the specifying means Viewpoint conversion means for converting to a viewpoint position obtained from the attributes stored in the user attribute storage means, and for presenting information to be presented to the actual user based on the converted viewpoint position, Information presentation device. 3. An information presenting device for presenting virtual information to a real user, a user attribute storage means for storing an attribute which is a physical characteristic parameter for each type of virtual user classified in advance, and a type of virtual user. Specifying means for specifying, a position input means for measuring the viewpoint position of the real user, an attribute stored in the user attribute storage means corresponding to the type of the virtual user specified by the specifying means, and Scaling conversion means for converting information to be presented to the real user into a body size corresponding to the attribute of the specified virtual user based on the viewpoint position measured by the position input means, Information presentation device. 4. An information presenting device for presenting virtual information to a real user, a user attribute storage means for storing an attribute which is a physical characteristic parameter for each type of virtual user classified in advance, and a type of virtual user. Specifying means for specifying, a position input means for measuring the viewpoint position of the real user, a force sense presenting means for presenting force information of the user, and a virtual user of the virtual user designated by the specifying means. Based on the attribute stored in the user attribute storage means corresponding to the type and the viewpoint position measured by the position input means, the force sense corresponding to the attribute of the virtual user for which the information to be presented to the real user is specified. An information presenting apparatus, comprising: a conversion unit for converting into. 5. An information presentation method for presenting virtual information to a real user, wherein an attribute which is a physical characteristic parameter of each type of virtual user classified in advance is stored in a user attribute storage means, and the type of virtual user is stored. Is specified by the specifying means, the physical characteristic parameter of the real user is input by the input means, and the attribute stored in the user attribute storage means corresponding to the type of the virtual user specified by the specifying means and the input The presentation control means controls the presentation of at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile information to be presented to the real user based on the physical feature parameter of the real user inputted by the means. Information presentation method. 6. An information presentation method for presenting virtual information to a real user, wherein an attribute which is a physical characteristic parameter of each type of virtual user classified in advance is stored in a user attribute storage means, and the type of virtual user is stored. Is specified by the specification means, the viewpoint position of the real user is input by the position input means, and the viewpoint position input by the position input means is stored in the user attribute memory corresponding to the type of the virtual user specified by the specification means. An information presenting method characterized in that the viewpoint converting means converts the viewpoint position obtained from the attribute stored in the means, and presents information to be presented to a real user based on the converted viewpoint position. 7. An information presentation method for presenting virtual information to a real user, wherein an attribute which is a physical characteristic parameter of each type of virtual user classified in advance is stored by a user attribute storage means, and the type of virtual user is stored. Is designated by the designation means, the viewpoint position of the real user is measured by the position input means, and the attribute stored in the user attribute storage means corresponding to the type of the virtual user designated by the designation means and the position input means A method for presenting information, characterized in that the scaling conversion means converts the information to be presented to the real user into the body size corresponding to the attribute of the designated virtual user based on the viewpoint position measured by. 8. An information presentation method for presenting virtual information to a real user, wherein an attribute which is a physical characteristic parameter of each type of virtual user classified in advance is stored in a user attribute storage means, and the type of virtual user is stored. Is designated by the designation means, the viewpoint position of the real user is measured by the position input means, and the attribute stored in the user attribute storage means corresponding to the type of the virtual user designated by the designation means and the position input means The information to be presented to the actual user was specified based on the viewpoint position measured by
A method for presenting information, characterized by converting the sense of force corresponding to an attribute of a virtual user by a converting means.