A non-limiting example game apparatus includes a display device, and a game screen is displayed on the display device. A play image including a player character, an enemy character, a ground object, a block object and a clay pipe object, for example is displayed as a game screen. If a capture instruction is input during a game play, image data corresponding to a play image at a time of input is acquired as captured image data. In the game apparatus, a reduced image of a captured image is generated and displayed in a manner superimposed on the play image. During game control processing is performed, processing that generates and displays the reduced image is performed.

This application discloses a method for perspective rotation in a virtual environment performed at a terminal. The method includes: displaying a first perspective image of an application program associated with the virtual environment, a first function control and a second function control being overlaid on the first perspective image; receiving a first perspective rotation operation triggered based on the first function control; enabling a first function and a perspective rotation function of the first function control, and switching the first perspective image to a second perspective image; receiving a second perspective rotation operation triggered based on the second function control while the first function control is in an enabled state; and disabling the perspective rotation function of the first function control, enabling a second function and a perspective rotation function of the second function control, and switching the second perspective image to a third perspective image.

A computer implemented method of operating a video management system, the method comprising inputting, into the video management system, a plurality of virtual video streams generated by virtual video cameras within a dynamic 3D virtual environment; receiving, in the computer, at least one command from a user indicative of an instruction to alter a functioning of the dynamic 3D virtual environment and/or a functioning of the video management system; and displaying on a display, from the video management system, at least one virtual video stream and/or at least one alert, alarm and/or message implementing at least one alteration caused by the received command.

A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.

This application discloses a method for moving a virtual character's perspective in a virtual environment performed at a terminal. The method includes: displaying a first perspective image of an application program observed using a first perspective direction, the first perspective image including first and second function controls; switching the first perspective image to a second perspective image according to the first perspective movement operation on the first function control, the second perspective image being an image of the virtual environment observed using a second perspective direction; receiving a second perspective movement operation on the second function control while the first function control is in an enabled state; and switching the second perspective image to a third perspective image according to the second perspective movement operation on the second function control, the third perspective image being an image of the virtual environment observed using a third perspective direction.

There is provided an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of expanding the range of expression in a moving image generated by use of a 3D model. The image processing apparatus includes: a virtual camera setting unit that makes settings for a virtual camera; a virtual viewpoint image generation unit that generates a virtual viewpoint image that is an image of a 3D object viewed from a viewpoint of the virtual camera; a composition unit that generates a composite image based on a plurality of the virtual viewpoint images; and a moving image generation unit that generates a moving image including a frame based on the virtual viewpoint image or the composite image, in which after arranging a plurality of the virtual cameras, the virtual camera setting unit moves at least one of the plurality of virtual cameras to integrate the plurality of virtual cameras. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an apparatus that edits a moving image.

This application discloses a method and apparatus for displaying a picture of a virtual environment, a device, and a medium, and relates to the field of virtual environments. The method includes: displaying a first virtual environment picture, the first virtual environment picture being a picture obtained by observing the virtual environment by using a first observation position as an observation center, the first virtual environment picture displaying a master virtual character at a first position in the virtual environment, and the first observation position being determined according to the first position; displaying a second virtual environment picture, the second virtual environment picture being a picture obtained by observing the virtual environment by using a second observation position as the observation center, the second virtual environment picture displaying the master virtual character at a second position and a target virtual character at a third position, and the second observation position being determined according to the second position; and displaying a third virtual environment picture in response to that the second virtual environment picture displays the target virtual character, the third virtual environment picture being a picture obtained by observing the virtual environment by using a third observation position as the observation center, the third virtual environment picture displaying the master virtual character at the second position and the target virtual character at the third position, and the third observation position being determined according to the second position and the third position. The method may display a virtual character more completely on a virtual environment picture.

Methods and systems for spectating a live video game are presented. In one method embodiment, an operation includes providing an interface for presenting an overhead view of an interactive environment of a video game on a head mounted display (HMD). The method also provides an operation for providing a magnifying window for displaying a magnified view of the interactive environment, where the magnified view is associated with a second vantage point that is closer to the interactive environment than is a first vantage point of the overhead view. The method further provides an operation for tracking a real-world position of a controller of the spectator and moving the location of the magnifying window to correspond to the real-world position of the controller.

A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.

An example position calculation system calculates a position in a three-dimensional virtual space based on an operation on a controller device. In the position calculation system, the position in the virtual space is calculated based on an attitude of the controller device and an input position on a predetermined input surface of the controller device. More specifically, the position calculation system may calculate, as the position in the virtual space, a position on a surface which is determined in accordance with the attitude of the controller device in the virtual space, based on the input position.