Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium for reporting based on elapse time and positional relationships between 3-D objects

1. An information processing apparatus to display a three-dimensional space in which a first virtual object and a second object are present, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

determining a positional relationship between the first virtual object and the second object in the three-dimensional space; and

reporting, based on a determination result obtained by the determining, that a distance between the first virtual object and the second object is less than or equal to a predetermined value,

wherein after a previous report has been reported, the reporting does not report before a predetermined time elapses since the previous report and reports if the distance becomes less than or equal to the predetermined value again after the predetermined time has elapsed since the previous report.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprises:

calculating an area ratio of the first virtual object to be displayed,

wherein the reporting reports if the calculated area ratio is less than a predetermined value before the predetermined time elapses since the previous report.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the reporting reports by changing a color of the first virtual object.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second object is a virtual object.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second object is a physical object.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second object is a user's hand.

7. An information processing method for causing a display unit to display a three-dimensional space in which a first virtual object and a second object are present, the information processing method comprising:

determining a positional relationship between the first virtual object and the second object in the three-dimensional space; and

reporting, based on the determination result, that a distance between the first virtual object and the second object is less than or equal to a predetermined value,

wherein after a previous reporting has been performed, the reporting is not performed if the distance becomes less than or equal to the predetermined value again before a predetermined time elapses since the previous reporting and the reporting is performed if the distance becomes less than or equal to the predetermined value again after the predetermined time has elapsed since the previous reporting.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute an information processing method for causing a display unit to display a three-dimensional space in which a first virtual object and a second object are present, the information processing method comprising:

determining a positional relationship between the first virtual object and the second object in the three-dimensional space; and

reporting, based on the determination result, that a distance between the first virtual object and the second object is less than or equal to a predetermined value,

wherein after a previous reporting has been performed, the reporting is not performed if the distance becomes less than or equal to the predetermined value again before a predetermined time elapses since the previous reporting and the reporting is performed if the distance becomes less than or equal to the predetermined value again after the predetermined time has elapsed since the previous reporting.