Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Kuniaki Oe

Yuji Nakamura

Mitsuru Nishibe

Takanori Minamino

Hisataka Suzuki

Haruka Iwaki

Disclosed is a head-mounted display implementing stereoscopic vision, including a superimposition image controlling section that determines a virtual distance of a superimposition image to be displayed, according to a state of a three-dimensional space in a field of view, a display image generation section that generates data of a display image including the superimposition image in a state in which the superimposition image is placed at the virtual distance in the three-dimensional space, and an output controlling section that outputs the data of the display image to a display panel.

Head-mounted display and image displaying method

Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an image display apparatus worn on a head of a user, including: producing a planar image representing virtual objects in a virtual world, wherein the planar image includes characteristics that require the image display apparatus to be a non-see-through image display apparatus that does not allow the user to visually recognize real world objects outside the virtual world; and displaying the planar image on the image display apparatus in a display mode that changes a shape of the planar image as a function of a change in position and/or orientation of the image display apparatus, wherein the change in the shape of the planar image includes presenting the planar image in an orientation other than a front direction of the user.

Image display apparatus having a plurality of display modes

An image processing apparatus sets a target display range, uses information of the set target display range to execute a rasterization process based on image data to generate a bitmap image of a size represented by integerized information, and draws the generated bitmap image in the set target display range.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program for changing image data from an initial display range to a target display range

In an image generation apparatus, an input information obtaining section obtains contents of a user operation from an input apparatus. When two images are composited, an image data generating section switches a space of image data according to a situation and stores data of images composited in the space in a frame buffer. A format control section sets a data format corresponding to the determined space in the frame buffer. An output section outputs the data read from the frame buffer as video signals corresponding to a display.

Image generation apparatus and image generation method

Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an information processing apparatus that is connected to an image display apparatus worn on a head of a user, including: producing a planar image representing virtual objects in a virtual world, wherein the planar image includes characteristics that require the image display apparatus to be a non-see-through image display apparatus that does not allow the user to visually recognize real world objects outside the virtual world; and displaying the planar image on the image display apparatus in a display mode that changes a shape of the planar image as a function of a change in position and/or orientation of the image display apparatus, wherein the change in the shape of the planar image includes presenting the planar image in an orientation other than a front direction of the user.

Head mounted display having a plurality of display modes

Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an information processing apparatus that is connected to a video display apparatus worn on a head of a user, the method comprising: displaying a planar video on the video display apparatus in a display mode that changes a shape of the planar video as a function of a change in position and/or orientation of the video display apparatus.

Provided is an information processing apparatus that can display a planar video in a manner suitable for circumstances of use when a planar video is displayed on a video display apparatus used by being worn on the head by a user. The information processing apparatus is connected to a video display apparatus used by being worn on the head by a user and switches between a first display mode in which a planar video is displayed in the front direction of the user irrespective of the change in position and/or orientation of the video display apparatus and a second display mode in which a planar video is displayed in a manner that changes with the change in position and/or orientation of the video display apparatus based on a given condition.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kuniaki Oe