Colopl, Inc.

Shuhei Terahata

Takeshi Kobayashi

Takanori Yoshioka

Takao Kashihara

A method of providing a virtual experience to a user includes identifying a plurality of virtual objects. The method further includes detecting a position of a part of the user's body other than the user's head. The method further includes detecting a reference line of sight of the user. The method further includes setting an extension direction for a first virtual object of the plurality of virtual objects based on a direction of the reference line of sight. The method further includes setting a region for a first virtual object of the plurality of virtual objects, wherein the region comprises a part extending in the extension direction. The method further includes determining whether the first virtual object and a virtual representation of the part of the body have touched based on a positional relationship between the region and a position of the virtual representation of the part of the body.

Method of providing virtual space, method of providing virtual experience, system and medium for implementing the methods

A communication load is reduced in a virtual-reality-space sharing system. An image generation device for generating a virtual reality space image includes a memory for storing an instruction and a processor coupled to the memory for executing the instruction. The instruction, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to acquire, from a second terminal sharing a virtual reality space with a first terminal used by a first user, line-of-sight information including a position and a line-of-sight direction of a second user using the second terminal in the virtual reality space, generate a virtual reality space image to be displayed on the first terminal based on the line-of-sight information acquired from the second terminal, and supply the generated virtual reality space image to the first terminal.

Image generation device, image generation method and non-transitory recording medium storing image generation program

A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera, a character object, and a field in which the character object is movable, the field defining a peripheral direction and surrounding the virtual camera along the peripheral direction. The method includes defining a visual field of the virtual camera. The method includes displaying a visual-field image on a head-mounted display based on the visual field. The method includes detecting a movement input including a lateral-direction component, the lateral-direction being different from the peripheral direction. The method includes moving the character object in the field along the peripheral direction in response to the lateral-direction component of the movement input. The method includes detecting movement of the head-mounted display and changing a direction of the virtual camera based on detected movement of the head-mounted display. The method includes updating the visual-field image based on the direction of the virtual camera.

Display control method and system for executing the display control method

A method of controlling a widget in a virtual space is disclosed, comprising: moving a field-of-view and a point of gaze in the virtual space; determining if the widget and the point of gaze overlap each other, and providing an input to the widget if the widget and the point of gaze overlap; determining if at least a part of the widget is positioned outside the field of view; and moving the widget so that the part of the widget is positioned inside the field of view if it is determined that at least a part of the widget is positioned outside the field of view.

Floating graphical user interface

A method includes defining a virtual space including a display object and a three-dimensional object. The method includes defining a first pair of virtual cameras in the virtual space. The method includes defining a second pair of virtual cameras in the virtual space. The method includes generating a first right-eye image, and a first left-eye image. Both the first right-eye and left-eye images include a first part of the virtual space and the display object. The method further includes generating a second right-eye image and a second left-eye image. Both the second right-eye and left-eye images include a second part of the virtual space and the three-dimensional object. The method further includes superimposing the first and right-eye images to overlap the three-dimensional object with the display object. The method further includes superimposing the first and second left-eye images to overlap the three-dimensional object with the display object.

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Tokyo, Japan

Shuhei Terahata