Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program
A user can intuitively manipulate an object in a virtual reality space while the amount of computation necessary to realize the manipulation is suppressed. An image processing apparatus acquires a manipulation indicating bending of a finger of a hand, detects a contact between the finger and an object in a virtual space, selects, on the basis of an amount of the manipulation indicating the bending of the finger of the hand after the detection of the contact between the object and the finger, whether to set a constraint condition for fixing a relative position between the object and the hand to which the finger belongs or exert a frictional force between the object and the finger, computes a motion of the object on the basis of the selection, and draws the object whose motion is computed.
1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
acquisition means configured to acquire a manipulation indicating bending of a finger of a hand;
contact detection means configured to detect a contact between the finger and an object in a virtual space;
selection means configured to select, on a basis of an amount of the manipulation indicating the bending of the finger of the hand after the detection of the contact between the object and the finger, whether to set a constraint condition for fixing a relative position between the object and the hand to which the finger belongs or exert a frictional force between the object and the finger;
computation means configured to compute a motion of the object on a basis of the selection; and
drawing means configured to draw the object whose motion is computed.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the number of fingers that are in contact with the object is equal to or greater than three, the selection means is configured to select, on a basis of an amount of manipulation indicating bending of each of the fingers of the hand after detection of a contact between the object and the fingers, whether to set a constraint condition for fixing a relative position between the object and the hand to which the fingers belong or exert frictional forces between the object and the fingers.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein in a case where the number of fingers that are in contact with the object is equal to or less than two, the selection means is configured to set a friction coefficient between the object and the finger(s) according to the number.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the selection means is configured to select, on a basis of an amount of change in an angle of the finger indicated by the manipulation after the detection of the contact between the object and the finger, whether to set the constraint condition for fixing the relative position between the object and the hand to which the finger belongs or exert the frictional force between the object and the finger.
5. An image processing method comprising:
acquiring a manipulation indicating bending of a finger of a hand;
detecting a contact between the finger and an object in a virtual space;
selecting, on a basis of an amount of the manipulation indicating the bending of the finger of the hand after the detection of the contact between the object and the finger, whether to set a constraint condition for fixing a relative position between the object and the hand to which the finger belongs or exert a frictional force between the object and the finger;
computing a motion of the object on a basis of the selection; and
drawing the object whose motion is computed.
6. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to carry out actions, comprising:
acquiring a manipulation indicating bending of a finger of a hand;
detecting a contact between the finger and an object in a virtual space;
selecting, on a basis of an amount of the manipulation indicating the bending of the finger of the hand after the detection of the contact between the object and the finger, whether to set a constraint condition for fixing a relative position between the object and the hand to which the finger belongs or exert a frictional force between the object and the finger;
computing a motion of the object on a basis of the selection; and
drawing the object whose motion is computed.