WO2020017866A1

WO2020017866A1 - Method for arranging and displaying virtual reality picture

Info

Publication number: WO2020017866A1
Application number: PCT/KR2019/008771
Authority: WO
Inventors: 유일영; 김정윤; 윤준희; 남상훈
Original assignee: 주식회사 테크노블러드코리아
Priority date: 2018-07-19
Filing date: 2019-07-16
Publication date: 2020-01-23
Also published as: KR101982291B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for arranging and displaying a virtual reality picture, and a method by which virtual reality equipment displays contents comprises the steps of: displaying a virtual reality space; acquiring contents to be displayed in the virtual reality space; determining the number and type of pictures to be displayed in the virtual reality space on the basis of the subject of the contents; determining a location at which the number and type of determined pictures are to be displayed; and displaying the picture in the determined location.

Description

Arrangement and Display Method of Virtual Reality Screen

The present invention relates to an arrangement and display method of a virtual reality screen.

Virtual Reality is a technology that allows people to have a realistic experience in a virtual world made of computers.

Meanwhile, a technology that combines virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), a technology that adds virtual information to the real world, is called mixed reality (MR). VR, AR, and MR are all common in that they are technologies that realize reality that does not exist so that people can recognize it. AR differs from the fact that virtual information is added to real reality and VR is presented in a fictional situation. MR provides a mixture of AR and VR to provide a mixture of real and virtual information on a realistic background, requiring a technology that can process large amounts of data.

HMD (Head Mount Display) is generally used for the experience of virtual reality, which is a display device mounted on the user's head for the VR experience, and serves to show the virtual world to the user's vision after blocking the user's eyes from the outside. Do it. It can be equipped with a microphone, stereo speakers and other sensors in the form of a face that faces the display in front of you.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method of arranging and displaying a virtual reality screen.

Problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an arrangement and display method of a virtual reality screen, including: displaying a virtual reality space, acquiring content to be displayed in the virtual reality space, Determining the number and type of screens to be displayed in the virtual reality space, determining a position to display the determined number and type of screens, and displaying the screens at the determined positions.

According to the disclosed embodiment, it is possible to efficiently provide content including a plurality of screens in a virtual reality space, and to provide a customized content service for each user.

Effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system for arranging and displaying a virtual reality screen according to an exemplary embodiment.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of arranging and displaying a virtual reality screen according to an exemplary embodiment.

3 is a diagram illustrating a virtual reality space according to an exemplary embodiment.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a screen arrangement and a display method according to an exemplary embodiment.

5 is a flowchart for describing a method of updating an arrangement of a screen according to an exemplary embodiment.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a game relay screen according to an exemplary embodiment.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a screen classification method according to an exemplary embodiment.

8 is a diagram illustrating a screen arranging method according to an exemplary embodiment.

9 is a diagram illustrating a screen arranging method according to another exemplary embodiment.

10 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

The determining of the position may include determining an arrangement and size of each of the screens and determining a position to display the screen having the determined arrangement and size.

In addition, updating the number of the screen according to the content of the content, updating the arrangement and size of the updated number of screens and updating the position to display the screen having the updated arrangement and size It may include.

The acquiring of the content may include acquiring a game relay image, and determining the type of the screen may include determining a screen including a play image of at least one player. have.

The determining of the type of the screen may further include determining at least one observer screen when the total number of players playing the relayed game is greater than or equal to a preset number, and updating the number of the screens. The method may include removing a screen corresponding to the dropped player and reducing the number of screens by the number of the removed screens when the player corresponding to the at least one displayed screen is dropped.

The determining of the arrangement and size may include classifying the screen into a main screen and a sub screen based on a user's movement, determining the arrangement and size of the main screen, and arranging and sizes of the sub screen. It may include the step of determining.

The displaying of the screen may include displaying an advertisement on at least one of the displayed screens, and the contents of the advertisement may be determined based on the contents displayed on the main screen. have.

The classifying may include classifying one or more screens located in the user's gaze direction as a main screen, and classifying a screen other than the main screen as a sub screen. Determining one or more sub-screens located in the gaze direction; and changing the determined one or more sub-screens to a main screen when the gaze direction of the user is located in the determined one or more sub-screens for a predetermined time or more. The determining of the arrangement and the size of the main screen may include changing the arrangement and the size of the main screen according to a time when the gaze direction of the user is located on the main screen.

Other specific details of the invention are included in the detailed description and drawings.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below but may be embodied in various different forms, only the present embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is provided to fully inform the skilled person of the scope of the invention, which is defined only by the scope of the claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the singular also includes the plural unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. As used herein, “comprises” and / or “comprising” does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components in addition to the mentioned components. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout, and "and / or" includes each and all combinations of one or more of the mentioned components. Although "first", "second", etc. are used to describe various components, these components are of course not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one component from another. Therefore, of course, the first component mentioned below may be the second component within the technical spirit of the present invention.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used in the present specification (including technical and scientific terms) may be used in a sense that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, terms that are defined in a commonly used dictionary are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless they are specifically defined clearly.

The term "part" or "module" as used herein refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA or ASIC, and the "part" or "module" plays certain roles. However, "part" or "module" is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. The “unit” or “module” may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, as an example, a "part" or "module" may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, Procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. Functions provided within components and "parts" or "modules" may be combined into smaller numbers of components and "parts" or "modules" or into additional components and "parts" or "modules". Can be further separated.

The spatially relative terms " below ", " beneath ", " lower ", " above ", " upper " It can be used to easily describe a component and its correlation with other components. Spatially relative terms are to be understood as including terms in different directions of components in use or operation in addition to the directions shown in the figures. For example, when flipping a component shown in the drawing, a component described as "below" or "beneath" of another component may be placed "above" the other component. Can be. Thus, the exemplary term "below" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. Components may be oriented in other directions as well, so spatially relative terms may be interpreted according to orientation.

In the present specification, a computer refers to any kind of hardware device including at least one processor, and according to an embodiment, it may be understood as a meaning encompassing a software configuration that operates on the hardware device. For example, a computing device may be understood as including, but not limited to, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a computer, and a user client and an application running on each device.

In the present specification, virtual reality is understood as a concept encompassing all of VR (Augmented Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), MR (Mixed Reality), the type is not limited.

Each step described herein is described as being performed by the virtual reality equipment, but the subject of each step is not limited thereto, and at least some of the steps may be performed in different devices according to embodiments.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention;

The components shown in FIG. 1 are shown by way of example, and the components of the system according to the disclosed embodiments are not limited thereto. In addition, components not shown in FIG. 1 may be further added to the system shown in FIG. 1, and some components shown in FIG. 1 may be omitted from the system shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system according to the disclosed embodiment includes a virtual reality equipment 100 and a server 200.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 includes a head mount display (HMD) 110. The output device included in the virtual reality device 100 is not limited to the HMD, and various types of output devices may be used to output the virtual reality.

In one embodiment, the HMD 110 may have a built-in processing device for processing and reproducing a virtual reality image, or may be connected to an external processing device to output information received from the processing device using a display. . The external processing device may be a user terminal 120 which is a kind of computer, or may be a computer connected to the server 200. According to an embodiment, the HMD 110 may output a virtual reality image based on the information received from the server 200.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the HMD may be configured to accommodate the display of the user terminal 120 by accommodating the user terminal 120 without having a built-in processing device and a display.

In one embodiment, the server 200 may be a computing device including at least one processor. According to an embodiment, the server 200 may mean a cloud server.

In an embodiment, the server 200 may be connected to a plurality of virtual reality devices and transmit content to each of the plurality of virtual reality devices.

Each virtual reality device 100 outputs a virtual reality image based on the content received from the server 200.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the content output from the virtual reality device 100 may be a sports relay including a game relay.

In one embodiment, the system shown in Figure 1 is installed in the game relay stadium, the server 200 transmits the game relay information to each of the virtual reality equipment, the virtual reality equipment 100 is each of the game relay stadium It may be provided for each seat.

That is, the audience watching the game relay can watch the game relay in the virtual reality using the virtual reality equipment 100 provided in each seat.

In another embodiment, the audience may watch the game relay in the virtual reality using the virtual reality equipment 100 used personally without visiting the game relay stadium.

In another embodiment, a relay space using a virtual reality is provided in an external space other than the game relay stadium, and the audience may watch the relay like the audience watching the relay at the stadium using the virtual reality equipment provided in the corresponding relay space. have.

In another embodiment, the content may be a sports relay, such as soccer, but not a game relay. In this case, according to the embodiment, the virtual reality equipment 100 is provided in each seat of the sports stadium, and the audience uses the virtual reality equipment 100 to supplement the field image, the sports relay image, and the sports information of the actual stadium. Etc. can be watched through virtual reality.

In addition, virtual reality equipment is provided in the relay space outside the stadium where the actual sports game is held, and the audience can watch the broadcast together with the audience watching the relay at the stadium site using the virtual reality equipment in the corresponding space. Can be. In an embodiment, the audience in the stadium or the audience in the external relay space may select each seat of the stadium and watch a real-time image photographed at the seat through virtual reality.

Therefore, the audience can feel the realism without visiting the stadium, and when the stadium is visited, the viewer can experience the view of various seats, thereby increasing the satisfaction of viewing.

Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a method of providing a game relay image to a viewer through virtual reality using the virtual reality equipment 100 disposed at each seat of the game relay stadium will be described. However, the scope of the embodiments disclosed below is not limited thereto.

In step S101, the virtual reality equipment 100 displays the virtual reality space.

For example, the virtual reality space may represent a virtual stadium. The virtual stadium may actually be configured in the same shape and structure as the stadium in which the audience is located, or may have the same structure but different shapes and designs, or may have a different structure and form than the actual stadium. The virtual reality space may be a 360 degree virtual reality space, but is not limited thereto.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality space may be displayed in the form of a room in which the relay image may be displayed. The room may be a polyhedron such as a hexahedron, a cylinder or a sphere, and the shape thereof is not limited.

In operation S102, the virtual reality equipment 100 obtains content to be displayed in the virtual reality space. For example, the content may be a game relay image, but is not limited thereto.

In operation S103, the virtual reality device 100 determines the number and types of screens to be displayed in the virtual reality space based on the contents of the content. A detailed method of determining the number and type of screens by the virtual reality device 100 will be described later.

In step S104, the virtual reality equipment 100 determines a position to display the screen of the determined number and type. The determined number and type of screens may be determined to be displayed at each location, or may be determined to be displayed as one group.

In step S105, the virtual reality equipment 100 displays the screen at the determined position.

The virtual reality content referred to in this specification may include a plurality of screens, and the virtual reality device 100 may display one or more screens in the virtual reality space. In addition, the virtual reality device 100 may adjust the number, type, arrangement, and size of the screens displayed according to the contents and the situation of the virtual reality content.

For example, even in the case of sports relay, different images (screens) may be generated according to the position of the camera. In the case of game relay, different images (screens) are generated according to each observer (non-player), and different images (screens) are generated according to each player screen. In particular, in a game in which many players play at the same time, such as Battle Unknown's Battle Ground, up to 100 or more images (screens) may be generated for each player.

Each screen may be generated for a different player, or may be generated for each team when the game is played as a team.

In this case, it is practically impossible to relay each screen using a general display, and it is only possible to relay an image acquired at the viewpoint of some players or a specific observer.

However, in this case, there are a number of images that cannot be relayed, and the viewers have a problem of watching their favorite player's play screen or internet personal broadcasting screen using a smartphone or the like rather than a relay screen of a stadium. This is different from the existing game relay represented by Starcraft, and therefore, development of a technology that can solve this problem is required.

Therefore, according to the disclosed embodiment, after displaying the virtual reality space using the virtual reality equipment 100, preparing a space for displaying one or more screens in the virtual reality space, the content of the content (for example, Image) in the virtual reality space based on at least one of a user's preference (for example, a user's favorite player) and a user's selection (image selected by the user), a user using the virtual reality equipment 100, and the like. By displaying, it is possible to induce the audience to watch the image provided from the relay agent.

Referring to FIG. 3, the virtual reality space 300 and the user 10 viewing the virtual reality space 300 are illustrated. The shape of the virtual reality space 300 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 3, but this is shown as an example for description.

Referring to FIG. 3, one or

more regions

310, 320, and 330 for displaying content are illustrated in the virtual reality space 300. Each area may be divided into a main screen 310 and a

sub screen

320 and 330, but is not limited thereto. The main screen 310 may be a screen positioned in front of the gaze of the user 10. The sub screens 320 and 330 may be screens positioned at the left and right sides of the user's eyes, and according to an exemplary embodiment, the sub screens may be screens positioned at the ceiling 340 or the floor.

In one embodiment, the main screen 310 may be a relay screen (or an observer screen) provided by a broadcaster, the sub screen 320 may be an information providing screen, and the sub screen 330 may be a customized screen for each user (for example, , A user's favorite video of a player or team) may be displayed, but is not limited thereto.

While watching the main screen 310, the user 10 may view the

sub-screens

320 and 330 through eye movements. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the user's gaze changes by more than a preset angle to look at a specific sub screen (eg, 320), the sub screen 320 may be changed to the main screen. In this case, the image displayed on the sub screen 320 may move to the position of the main screen 310, and the image displayed on the main screen 310 may move to the position of the sub screen 320.

According to an embodiment, the number of areas where content is displayed in the virtual space 300 may be determined automatically by a user's selection. For example, the number of areas where content is displayed in the virtual space 300 is set to three, but when a user requests to add a specific image, the image is added, and the added image is added horizontally or vertically. Can be. For example, the added image may be displayed on the left side of the sub image 320 or may be displayed on the top or ceiling of the main image 310.

The virtual reality device 100 may obtain a screen from the content as many as the determined area, and display the obtained screen in each area.

In an embodiment, not only the virtual reality space 300 but also the virtual appearance of the virtual reality device 100, that is, the inside of the stadium, may be displayed through the virtual reality device 100. In an embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 may capture a surrounding image using a camera device (depending on an embodiment, a 360 degree image may be captured using a 360 degree camera), and display the captured image. have.

That is, the virtual reality device 100 may display not only the virtual reality space 300 including the game image, but also the surrounding image of the virtual reality device 100 as a 360 degree image. Accordingly, the user 10 may experience an experience of watching an image in which reality (stadium) and virtual (game relay) are mixed.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality equipment 100 may display the virtual reality space 300 and the surrounding image by mixing or overlapping, displaying the sections separately, or displaying the sections alternately according to a situation. The method is not limited.

In operation S106, the virtual reality device 100 may determine the arrangement and size of each of the screens.

For example, when the number and type of screens are determined in step S103 of FIG. 2, the virtual reality equipment 100 may determine the arrangement of the determined number of screens. For example, the screens may be arranged in a line, tiled, or each screen may have a different size. For example, the main screen can be displayed large and the sub screens can be displayed small.

In operation S107, the virtual reality apparatus 100 may determine a location to display a screen having the determined arrangement and size.

For example, when the arrangement of the screens is determined, the virtual reality device 100 may determine where to display the screens of the determined arrangement. For example, the computing device 100 may display the screens in a preset position or display the screens in the user's gaze direction.

In operation S108, the virtual reality device 100 may display a screen according to the determined items.

In operation S109, the virtual reality device 100 may update the number of screens according to the content of the content.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality content may include a game relay image. In addition, each screen may include a play video of one or more players, and according to an embodiment, each screen may include a play video of a team composed of a plurality of players.

In this case, when a player or a team corresponding to at least one of the images displayed on the screen is dropped (or includes a game death, game over, etc.), the screen is removed and the screen is displayed as many as the number of screens removed. The number can be reduced.

In another embodiment, the screen of the dropped player may be replaced with the screen of another player.

For example, if a total of four teams are playing, four screens displaying four teams may be displayed. In this case, if a team is eliminated, one screen may be removed and the entire screen may be three. Similarly, when another team is eliminated, another screen is removed, and the entire screen may include only two

screens

310 and 340 as shown in FIG. 9.

In operation S110, the virtual reality device 100 may update the arrangement and size of the updated number of screens.

For example, if the number of screens is changed (updated), the arrangement may also vary. Referring to the example described above, when two screens are displayed in the same space than when four screens are displayed in the same space, each screen may be displayed about twice as large as when four screens are displayed. have.

In addition, when four screens are displayed, each screen may be displayed in a quadrangular form, three screens may be displayed in a line or triangular form, and two screens may be displayed left and right.

In operation S111, the virtual reality apparatus 100 may update a position to display a screen having the updated arrangement and size.

For example, if the arrangement and size of the screens are updated in step S110, the virtual reality device 100 may also update the location where the screens are displayed. For example, as the arrangement of the entire screen is changed, an area, a shape, and a position corresponding to the center of the entire screens of the entire screens may be changed. In order to correct this, the positions where the screens are displayed may be updated. .

In operation S112, the virtual reality device 100 may display a screen on the updated number, arrangement, size, and location.

In operation S113, the virtual reality device 100 may obtain a game relay image as virtual reality content.

In operation S114, the virtual reality device 100 may determine to display a screen including play images of one or more players.

In operation S115, the virtual reality device 100 may determine to display at least one observer screen when the total number of players playing the game being relayed is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.

For example, if a total of three screens are to be displayed, and if the total number of players is ten, not all player screens can be displayed. In this case, the virtual reality device 100 may determine to display an observer screen on at least one screen.

In one embodiment, the observer screen may be a main relay screen provided by a relay company (broadcaster), but is not limited thereto.

In operation S116, the virtual reality device 100 updates the number of screens, and when a player corresponding to the at least one displayed screen is dropped, removes the screen corresponding to the dropped player and removes the screen. The number of screens can be reduced by the number.

In one embodiment, if the number of players playing is greater than the number of displayed screens, the play screen of another player is displayed instead of the dropped player, if the number of players playing is smaller than the number of displayed screens, the screen is removed and the remaining screens are displayed. You can also rearrange them.

In operation S117, the virtual reality apparatus 100 may classify the displayed screens into a main screen and a sub screen based on the user's movement.

In one embodiment, the user's movement may include a user's selection input, the user's movement (eg, gaze, head direction, etc.), biometric information of the user, and the like.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the virtual reality device 100 may classify one or more screens located in the user's gaze direction as a main screen, and classify screens other than the main screen as sub screens.

In operation S118, the virtual reality device 100 may determine the arrangement and size of the main screen.

In operation S119, the virtual reality device 100 may determine the arrangement and size of the sub screen.

For example, referring to FIG. 8, an example of arranging and displaying the main screen 310 and the sub screens 312 to 318 in different sizes is illustrated.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 may change the arrangement and size of the main screen 310 according to the time when the gaze direction of the user 10 is located on the main screen 310.

For example, the size of the main screen 310 may increase in proportion to the time when the user 10 looks at the main screen 310. When the size of the main screen 310 becomes a preset maximum value, the size may not increase any more.

According to an embodiment, when the gaze direction of the user is changed, the virtual reality device 100 may determine one or more sub-screens located in the changed gaze direction. For example, when it is recognized that the user 10 looks at the sub screen 318, the virtual reality device 100 may select the sub screen 318.

In addition, the virtual reality device 100 may change the determined sub-screen 318 to the main screen when the gaze direction of the user 10 is located on the determined sub-screen 318 for a predetermined time or more.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 may swap the position and size of the sub screen 318 which became the main screen and the existing main screen 310.

In one embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 is the same as the existing main screen 310, the size of the sub screen 318 becomes the main screen, and reduces the size of the existing main screen 310, screen 318 You can also update the array based on.

In addition, when the user 10 looks at the sub screen 318, the virtual reality device 100 gradually increases the size of the sub screen 318 in proportion to the time when the user 10 looks at the sub screen 318. The size of the main screen 310 may be gradually reduced.

When the sub screen 318 is larger than the main screen 310, the virtual reality device 100 may change the sub screen 318 to the main screen.

In an embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 may display an advertisement on at least one of the displayed screens. For example, the virtual reality device 100 may display an advertisement on the sub screen 312.

In an embodiment, the content of the advertisement may be determined based on the content displayed on the main screen 310.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the actual surrounding image may be photographed and displayed in the margin between the screen and the region where the screen is not displayed.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the gaze of the user 10 moves more than a predetermined angle, an actual surrounding image may be displayed within the gaze of the user, and a virtual space may be displayed outside the gaze of the user. Similarly, when the gaze of the user 10 moves again by a predetermined angle or more, the virtual space may be displayed within the gaze of the user, and the actual surrounding image may be displayed outside the gaze of the user.

In the present embodiment, the image may actually be displayed outside the user's line of sight, but displaying the image outside the line of sight of the user may be unnecessary or impossible due to limitations of the display. When the gaze is turned in the corresponding direction, the concept may be rendered or loaded to display the corresponding image.

In one embodiment, as the gaze of the user 10 moves, an upper limit may be set to a speed at which the gaze of the user recognized by the virtual reality device 100 moves. That is, when the gaze of the user 10 moves at a speed higher than or equal to a preset upper limit speed, the speed at which the gaze of the user recognized by the virtual reality device 100 does not follow this, the user 10 may be virtual reality. The apparatus 100 may watch an image outside the line of sight recognized by the apparatus 100. That is, the user 10 may watch the actual surrounding image displayed outside of the gaze until the movement of the gaze follows the movement of the gaze. Therefore, the user 10 may check the actual surrounding image by quickly moving the line of sight over a preset upper limit speed.

For example, the user 10 may need to check the state of the audience sitting next to the virtual space, or may need to check the mobile phone or food in his hand. In this case, the user 10 may move quickly over the preset upper limit speed in the corresponding direction, so that the user may check the actual surrounding image for a time before the gaze moves to the position of the actual gaze.

For example, when the user wants to eat the popcorn on the right side, the user may check the position of the popcorn included in the actual surrounding image by moving the eyes quickly in the corresponding direction. The user may eat popcorn for a time when the gaze follows the real gaze (for example, several seconds), and as the gaze automatically recovers, the user may naturally watch the relay through the virtual space.

In another embodiment, the virtual reality device 100 may recognize the surrounding situation and control the display of the virtual space or the actual surrounding image.

For example, when the sound of a friend sitting near the user 10 calling the user 10 is detected, the virtual reality device 100 may display the actual surrounding image in the corresponding direction.

Similarly, the virtual reality device 100 detects that the user 10 extends his or her hand in a specific direction when another user or object approaches the user 10 and the user 10 is in danger of colliding with an external object. In such a case, the virtual reality device 100 may display the actual surrounding image in the direction in which the corresponding object or motion is recognized.

10 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment.

The processor 102 may include a connection passage (eg, a bus, etc.) that transmits and receives signals with one or more cores (not shown) and graphics processing unit (not shown) and / or other components. .

The processor 102 according to one embodiment executes one or more instructions stored in the memory 104 to perform the method described in connection with FIGS. 1-9.

For example, the processor 102 displays the virtual reality space by executing one or more instructions stored in memory, obtains content to be displayed in the virtual reality space, and displays the content in the virtual reality space based on the content of the content. The number and type of screens to be determined are determined, a position to display the screen of the determined number and type is determined, and the screen is displayed at the determined position.

Meanwhile, the processor 102 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM) for temporarily and / or permanently storing a signal (or data) processed in the processor 102. , Not shown) may be further included. In addition, the processor 102 may be implemented in the form of a system on chip (SoC) including at least one of a graphic processor, a RAM, and a ROM.

The memory 104 may store programs (one or more instructions) for processing and controlling the processor 102. Programs stored in the memory 104 may be divided into a plurality of modules according to functions.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented directly in hardware, in a software module executed by hardware, or by a combination thereof. Software modules may include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or It may reside in any form of computer readable recording medium well known in the art.

The components of the present invention may be implemented in a program (or an application) and stored in a medium to be executed in combination with a computer which is hardware. The components of the present invention may be implemented in software programming or software elements, and similarly, embodiments include C, C ++, including various algorithms implemented in combinations of data structures, processes, routines, or other programming constructs. It may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as Java, assembler, or the like. Functional aspects may be implemented in algorithms running on one or more processors.

In the above, embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may realize the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features thereof. I can understand that. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive.

Claims

In the way that the virtual reality equipment displays the content,

Displaying a virtual reality space;

Acquiring content to be displayed in the virtual reality space;

Determining the number and types of screens to be displayed in the virtual reality space based on the contents of the contents;

Determining a position to display the determined number and type of screens; And

Displaying the screen at the determined position; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.
According to claim 1,

Determining the location,

Determining an arrangement and a size for each of the screens; And

Determining a position to display a screen having the determined arrangement and size; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.
The method of claim 2,

Updating the number of screens according to the content of the content;

Updating the arrangement and the size of the updated number of screens; And

Updating a position to display a screen having the updated arrangement and size; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.
The method of claim 3, wherein

Acquiring the content,

Obtaining a game relay image; Including,

Determining the type of the screen,

Determining a screen that includes play videos of one or more players; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.
The method of claim 4, wherein

Determining the type of the screen,

Determining at least one observer screen when the total number of players playing the relayed game is equal to or greater than a predetermined number; More,

Updating the number of screens,

If a player corresponding to at least one of the displayed screens is dropped, removing the screen corresponding to the dropped player and reducing the number of the screens by the number of the removed screens; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.
The method of claim 2,

Determining the arrangement and size,

Classifying the screen into a main screen and a sub screen based on a user's movement;

Determining an arrangement and a size of the main screen; And

Determining an arrangement and a size of the sub screen; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.
The method of claim 6,

Displaying the screen,

Displaying an advertisement on at least one of the displayed screens; Including,

And the contents of the advertisement are determined based on the contents displayed on the main screen.
The method of claim 6,

The classifying step,

Classifying at least one screen located in the user's gaze direction as a main screen, and classifying a screen except the main screen as a sub screen;

Determining one or more sub-screens located in the changed gaze direction when the gaze direction of the user is changed; And

Changing the determined one or more sub-screens to a main screen when the gaze direction of the user is located in the determined one or more sub-screens for a predetermined time or more; More,

Determining the arrangement and size of the main screen,

Changing an arrangement and a size of the main screen according to a time at which the gaze direction of the user is located on the main screen; Including, a virtual reality screen arrangement and display method.