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Patent Application
App. No. 17/567,422

INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

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App. No.
17/567,422
Abstract

To achieve flexible setting of virtual objects in virtual space. An information processing apparatus includes: an information acquisition unit that obtains first state information regarding a state of a first user; and a setting unit that sets, on the basis of the first state information, a display mode of a second virtual object in a virtual space in which a first virtual object corresponding to the first user and the second virtual object corresponding to a second user are arranged.

Claims (42)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

an information acquisition unit that obtains first state information regarding a state of a first user; and

a setting unit that sets, on a basis of the first state information, a display mode of a second virtual object in a virtual space in which a first virtual object corresponding to the first user and the second virtual object corresponding to a second user are arranged.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting of the display mode includes setting of a distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first state information is classified into a plurality of categories,

the setting unit determines the category of the first state information,

reduces the distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object in a case where the first user is determined to be positive as a result of the determination, and

increases the distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object in a case where the first user is determined to be negative as a result of the determination.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets a display mode of the second virtual object in the virtual space for a first device of the first user and a display mode of the first virtual object in the virtual space for a second device of the second user, such that the display modes differ from each other.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the setting unit alters the display mode of the second virtual object in the virtual space for the first device on a basis of the first state information, and

performs no alteration of the display mode of the first virtual object in the virtual space for the second device based on the first state information.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the virtual space for the first device and the virtual space for the second device are a same virtual space.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the setting unit sets the distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object on a basis of a non-interference region for the first virtual object or a non-interference region for the second virtual object.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the non-interference region for the first virtual object is set on a basis of information regarding an attribute of the first user, and

the non-interference region for the second virtual object is set on a basis of information regarding an attribute of the second user.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the setting unit sets the distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object so as not to allow entrance of the second virtual object into the non-interference region for the first virtual object.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the setting unit sets the distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object so as not to allow entrance of the first virtual object into the non-interference region for the second virtual object.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the setting unit sets the distance between the first virtual object and the second virtual object so as not to allow overlapping of the non-interference region for the first virtual object with the non-interference region for the second virtual object.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information acquisition unit obtains second state information regarding a state of the second user, and

the setting unit sets the display mode of the second virtual object on a basis of the second state information.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first state information is information regarding behavior or biometric information of the first user, and

the second state information is information regarding behavior or biometric information of the second user.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein the information regarding the behavior includes any one of pieces of information regarding user's facial expression, blinks, posture, vocalization, and a line-of-sight direction, and

the biometric information includes any one of pieces of information regarding user's heart rate, body temperature, and perspiration.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets the first virtual object to one of a plurality of groups in the virtual space on a basis of the first state information.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit sets a position of the first virtual object in the virtual space on a basis of a static parameter of the first user.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the static parameter includes a user attribute of the first user or a role of the first user in the virtual space.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein the virtual space includes a plurality of scenes, and

the setting unit sets the position of the first virtual object in accordance with one of the plurality of scenes set as the virtual space.

19 . An information processing method comprising:

obtaining first state information regarding a state of a first user; and

setting, by a processor, on a basis of the first state information, a display mode of a second virtual object in a virtual space in which a first virtual object corresponding to the first user and the second virtual object corresponding to a second user are arranged.

20 . A program for causing a processor to execute:

obtaining first state information regarding a state of a first user; and

setting, on a basis of the first state information, a display mode of a second virtual object in a virtual space in which a first virtual object corresponding to the first user and the second virtual object corresponding to a second user are arranged.