SEARCHING METHOD FOR VIRTUAL SPACE BY USING HELICOPTER STEERING METAPORE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To permit a user to easily grasp the operation of a virtual camera in a method for searching the video of a three-dimensional virtual space with the sight of the virtual camera. SOLUTION: The video of the three-dimensional virtual space, which is displayed on a screen, is searched by the sight of the virtual camera by using an information processor. The operation of the virtual camera deciding the viewpoint the video in the three-dimensional virtual space, which is displayed as a main video 10, is interfaced by the metapore system of a helicopter driver through a joy stick so that it can be adjusted. The plural auxiliary windows 20-70 where virtual helicopters whose two-dimensional movement can be adjusted by the joy stick are displayed on the lower end part of the screen of the main video 10. The virtual helicopter displayed on the other auxiliary window is cooperatively operated with the virtual helicopter displayed on the auxiliary window selected by the joy stick and they are two-dimensionally operated.