Sony Corporation

Meng Ni

Noriyuki Yamamoto

Takuo Ikeda

Tomohiro Tsunoda

Nobuki Furue

Kazuto Mugura

Kei Tateno

Takashi Kitao

Wataru Tajika

Hiromitsu Oka

Takatoshi Ono

A display control apparatus includes a search unit for searching for a second content related to a first content in accordance with at least part of metadata attached to each of the first content and the second content, a generating unit for generating a three-dimensional display model, the three-dimensional display model including a first layer and a second layer, the first layer having one of a first image and a first character representing the first content arranged therewithin, and the second layer having one of a second image and a second character representing the second content arranged therewithin, and a display control unit for controlling displaying one of the first image and the first character and one of the second image and the second character using the three-dimensional display model.

Display control apparatus, display method, and computer program

A three-dimensional object display apparatus includes a three-dimensional object generation section that generates a three-dimensional object by laying out a plurality of image data to surfaces of a solid. The three-dimensional object is made in a three-dimensional shape to be displayed on a display section. The three-dimensional object display apparatus also includes a selection operation section that enables a user to select a manner of presenting the plurality of image data to the user on the display section. The three-dimensional object display apparatus further includes a control section that switches, in response to the manner selected by the user, the three-dimensional shape of the three-dimensional object.

Three-dimensional object display apparatus, three-dimensional object switching display method, three-dimensional object display program and graphical user interface

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Tokyo, Japan

Meng Ni