System,method,apparatus and computer readable non-transitory storage medium storing information processing program for providing an augmented reality technique

Abstract

An augmented reality technique is implemented by, for example, an information processing apparatus which is configured to function and operate as an image acquiring unit that acquires an image of a real space captured by an imaging device, a feature detection unit that detects one or more features from the captured image, an image generating unit that generates an image of a virtual space and places a virtual object made to correspond to the detected feature at a position in the virtual space based on the position of the detected feature in the acquired real space image, and a display control unit that causes an image to be displayed on a display device such that a user sees the virtual space image superimposed upon the acquired real space image. In one example operation implementation, when a first feature and a second feature are detected together in a captured real space image, the image generating unit determines a first virtual object corresponding to a combination of the first feature and the second feature and places the first virtual object at a position in the virtual space based on a position of the second feature in the acquired real space image.