Presentation device, presentation method, and presentation program

Abstract

To enable participants of an event to easily share feelings about the event.SOLUTION: A calculation unit 15b calculates the distance of each participant to a predetermined event from the venue of the event. A classification unit 15c classifies each participant into groups according to the calculated distance. A display control unit 15d causes a user terminal 1 of the participants of the group to display the posts of the participants classified into the same group.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a presentation device, a presentation method, and a presentation program. [Background technology]

[0002] In recent years, events held in virtual spaces have become more common. There is also a growing expectation that events in virtual spaces will create a sense of unity among participants and fuse reality and virtuality.

[0003] Patent Document 1 describes a technique for displaying comments posted by users on a map based on location information of the users. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2015-53002 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, in the past, it was difficult for participants to share emotions related to an event. For example, whether it was a virtual event or a real event, it was difficult for participants to communicate interactively with each other unless they were friends who participated together in real life. Therefore, it was difficult for participants to share emotions such as the excitement of approaching the event venue and the lingering feeling on the way home from the event venue. In addition, especially in virtual space, the start and end of the event are sudden, making it difficult for participants in the virtual space and participants in the real world to share emotions.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above, and has an object to enable participants in an event to easily share their feelings about the event. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the presentation device of the present invention has a classification unit that classifies participants in a virtual space and participants in a real world into groups according to their respective distances from a venue of a specific event to the event, and a display control unit that displays posts of participants classified into the same group on the user terminals of each participant in the group, and is characterized in that, when the event is an event in the virtual space where there is no concept of traveling to the venue of the event, the classification unit classifies the participants in the virtual space and the participants in the real world into the groups according to the time until the event is held, instead of the distance. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, participants in an event can easily share their feelings about the event. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an overview of the presentation device. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an outline of the presentation device. [Diagram 3] FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an outline of the presentation device. [Figure 4] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the presentation device. [Diagram 5] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the presentation process. [Figure 6] FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the effect of the presentation process. [Figure 7] FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the effect of the presentation process. [Figure 8] FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a computer that executes the presentation program. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. In addition, in the description of the drawings, the same parts are indicated by the same reference numerals.

[0011] [Outline of the presentation device] 1 to 3 are diagrams for explaining an overview of the presentation device of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the presentation device of this embodiment groups participants within a predetermined distance range from the event venue inside concentric circles centered on the event venue. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a participant within 100 m of the event venue posts "I can see it!!" with the range of the same group being between concentric circles in 100 m increments from the event venue. FIG. 1 also shows an example in which a participant who is 200 m or more but less than 300 m from the event venue posts "Just a little bit more..."

[0012] The presentation device controls the system so that participants in the same group can see each other's posts, as shown in Figure 2. For example, in Figure 2, The user devices of participants in the concentric circle range of 10 km or more display posts such as "Oh no, I won't make it!" from other participants in the same range. Also, the user devices of participants at the event venue display posts such as "We've started smoking!" from other participants at the event venue.

[0013] Here, the event venue is set in advance in the presentation device. Then, the presentation device calculates the distance of each participant to the event venue by acquiring position information of each participant in real space at the event using a GPS or the like, as shown in Fig. 3 for example. Then, the presentation device displays posts of other participants who are at a similar distance from the event venue on a user terminal such as an AR (Augmented Reality) glass of each participant.

[0014] Similarly, for participants in the virtual space of the event, the distance to the event venue is calculated by identifying the current location of the participant using, for example, coordinates on a map in the virtual space. Then, posts from other participants who are about the same distance from the event venue are displayed on a user terminal such as a VR (Virtual Reality) display. This allows participants in the virtual space to share emotions with participants in the real space. In this way, the presentation device allows participants who are about the same distance from the event venue to share the excitement of approaching the event venue and the lingering feeling on the way home from the event venue.

[0015] For events in virtual space, the distance from the current location to the event venue may be expressed as the time until the event begins. For example, if only the event venue is set or the event is a remote viewing event, and there is no concept of moving to the event venue, participants are grouped by the time until the event begins, instead of the distance to the event venue. This allows participants to share the sense of excitement that increases as the time until the event approaches, just as it does when the distance to the venue approaches.

[0016] [Display device configuration] 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a presentation device 10. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the presentation device 10 is realized by a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer, and includes an input unit 11, an output unit 12, a communication control unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

[0017] The input unit 11 is realized by input devices such as a keyboard and a mouse, and inputs various instruction information such as a command to start processing to the control unit 15 in response to an input operation by an operator. The output unit 12 is realized by a display device such as a liquid crystal display, a printing device such as a printer, or the like.

[0018] The communication control unit 13 is realized by a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like, and controls communication between an external device and the control unit 15 via a network. For example, the communication control unit 13 controls communication between the control unit 15 and a user terminal 1 that is a display control target for the presentation processing described below. Here, the user terminal 1 is, for example, AR glasses or a VR display, or a PC or smartphone on which a dedicated application for the presentation processing is installed.

[0019] The storage unit 14 is realized by a semiconductor memory element such as a random access memory (RAM) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 14 may be configured to communicate with the control unit 15 via the communication control unit 13.

[0020] In this embodiment, the storage unit 14 prestores, for example, location information of the venue of the event used in the presentation process described below, identification information of the user terminal 1 that is registered to participate in the event, and the like.

[0021] The control unit 15 is realized using a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like, and executes a processing program stored in a memory. As a result, the control unit 15 functions as a collection unit 15a, a calculation unit 15b, a classification unit 15c, and a display control unit 15d, as exemplified in FIG. 4. Each or some of these functional units may be implemented in different hardware. For example, the display control unit 15d may be implemented in a device separate from the other functional units. The control unit 15 may also include other functional units.

[0022] The collection unit 15a collects position information of the user terminals 1 of participants in a specific event. For example, the collection unit 15a collects position information such as GPS from the user terminals 1 of real participants who have registered to participate in a specific event. Alternatively, the collection unit 15a collects current position information such as coordinates on a map in a virtual space from the user terminals 1 of participants who have registered to participate in the event in a virtual space. The collection unit 15a may store the collected position information of each user terminal 1 in the storage unit 14.

[0023] The calculation unit 15b calculates the distance of each participant from the venue of a given event. Specifically, the calculation unit 15b calculates the distance between the location information of the venue of the event that is set in advance and the location information of the user terminal 1 of each participant collected by the collection unit 15a.

[0024] For example, the calculation unit 15b calculates the distance from the event venue to the participants in the virtual space or the real participants. For the real participants, the calculation unit 15b acquires the position information of the user terminal 1 from a GPS or the like, and calculates the distance from the event venue. For the participants in the virtual space, the calculation unit 15b acquires the coordinates on a map in the virtual space of the user terminal 1 as position information, and calculates the distance from the event venue.

[0025] The classification unit 15c classifies each participant into a group according to the calculated distance from the event venue. Specifically, the classification unit 15c classifies participants whose difference in distance from the event venue is within a predetermined range into the same group. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the classification unit 15c classifies the range between concentric circles with a radius of 100 m centered on the event venue into the same group. In other words, for example, participants who are located at a position between 200 m and less than 300 m from the event venue and are at a similar position with a difference in distance from the event venue of less than 100 m are classified into the same group.

[0026] The distance range for grouping participants can be freely set, for example, 10 km or more to the event venue, 3 km or more but less than 10 km, less than 3 km, inside the venue, etc. Alternatively, the distance from the event venue to the farthest participant may be divided into a predetermined number of n segments, and each segment may be grouped together.

[0027] The display control unit 15d displays the posts of participants classified into the same group on the user terminal 1 of each participant in the group. Here, the presentation device 10 manages the posts of the participants. For example, the presentation device 10 accepts the posts of the participants from the user terminal 1 or an external device via the communication control unit 13, and stores the posts in the storage unit 14 in association with information for identifying the participant, the date and time of the post, location information at the time of the post, and the like. In addition, the presentation device 10 can aggregate the posts for each group of participants classified by the classification unit 15c.

[0028] The display control unit 15d controls the display of the aggregated posts on the user terminals 1 of the participants of the corresponding group. Note that the display control unit 15d may also control the display of the posts managed by an external device to be successively acquired and displayed on the user terminals 1.

[0029] Moreover, the post may be, for example, any of text, audio, still images, video, or 3D data. As illustrated in Fig. 1 or 2, the display control unit 15d controls the posting of text such as "Just a little bit more..." or "Oh no, I won't make it!" or still images such as stamps to be displayed on the user terminals 1 of the same group. Alternatively, the display control unit 15d may cause the user terminals 1 to display posts such as video of the vicinity of the event venue, recorded audio, and 3D data for VR.

[0030] Alternatively, the post may include content to be displayed according to the number of people in the group. For example, a video of fireworks going off for a predetermined number of people may be prepared as posted content in the storage unit 14, and when the number of people in the group exceeds the predetermined number, the display control unit 15d may display this video on the user terminals 1 in the group.

[0031] Alternatively, as the posted content, content such as audio data of cheering at a volume corresponding to the number of people in the group, or a video displaying a number of avatars corresponding to the number of people in the group may be prepared in the storage unit 14. In this case as well, when the number of people in the group exceeds a predetermined number, the display control unit 15d may output the posted content to the user terminals 1 in the group.

[0032] The display control unit 15d may also display on the user terminal 1 the number of people in each group according to the distance so that the user can see the number of people in each group according to the distance. For example, the distribution of the number of people in each group may be displayed like a heat map on a map to the venue as exemplified in Fig. 1. This allows the participants to grasp the trends of all participants, not just their own group, and further enhances the sense of excitement as they approach the event venue.

[0033] In this way, the presentation device 10 displays posts from other participants who are about the same distance from the event venue on the user terminal 1. This allows participants who are about the same distance from the event venue to share the excitement of approaching the event venue and the lingering feeling on the way home from the event venue. It also allows participants in the virtual space to share emotions with real participants.

[0034] [Presentation process procedure] Next, a presentation process by the presentation device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the presentation process. The flowchart in Fig. 5 starts, for example, when an input is made to instruct the start of the presentation process.

[0035] First, the collecting unit 15a collects position information of the user terminals 1 of participants in a specific event (step S1). For example, the collecting unit 15a collects position information such as GPS from the user terminals 1 of real participants who have registered to participate in a specific event. Alternatively, the collecting unit 15a collects current position information such as coordinates on a map in a virtual space from the user terminals 1 of participants who have registered to participate in the event in a virtual space.

[0036] Next, the calculation unit 15b calculates the distance of each participant from the venue of the event (step S2). Specifically, the calculation unit 15b calculates the distance between the location information of the venue of the event that is set in advance and the location information of the user terminal 1 of each participant collected by the collection unit 15a.

[0037] The classification unit 15c classifies the participants into groups according to the calculated distance to the event venue (step S3). Specifically, the classification unit 15c classifies participants who are located at similar positions and whose distance difference from the event venue is within a predetermined range into the same group.

[0038] Then, the display control unit 15d causes the posts of the participants classified into the same group to be displayed on the user terminals 1 of the participants in the group (step S4), thereby completing a series of presentation processes.

[0039] [effect] As described above, in the presentation device 10 of the above embodiment, the calculation unit 15b calculates the distance of each participant from the venue of a specific event to the event. The classification unit 15c classifies each participant into a group according to the calculated distance. The display control unit 15d displays posts of participants classified into the same group on the user terminal 1 of each participant in the group.

[0040] Specifically, the classification unit 15c classifies participants whose distance difference to the event venue is within a predetermined range into the same group. Also, for example, the post is any one of text, audio, still image, video, or 3D data.

[0041] 6 and 7 are diagrams for explaining the effect of the presentation process. As shown in Fig. 6, the presentation device 10 enables participants who are about the same distance from the event venue to share the excitement of approaching the event venue, such as "Just two more stations...", "I can see the dome!!", and "Wow, I can hear the rehearsal sound."

[0042] The calculation unit 15b also calculates the distance to the event venue for the participants in the virtual space or the participants in the real world. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the distance to the event venue is also specified for the participants in the virtual space. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the participants start from a point 10 km away from the event venue. This allows the participants in the virtual space to share the excitement of approaching the event venue with the participants in the real world according to the distance to the event venue.

[0043] In this way, the presentation process of the presentation device 10 enables event participants to easily share emotions related to the event, such as the sense of excitement as they approach the event venue and the lingering feeling on their way home from the event venue.

[0044] The post may further include content to be displayed according to the number of people in the group. This allows the presentation device 10 to effectively present content such as videos according to the number of people in the group who are about the same distance away from the event venue, thereby enhancing feelings such as excitement regarding the event.

[0045] [System configuration, etc.] Each component of each device shown in the figure is a functional concept, and does not necessarily have to be physically configured as shown in the figure. In other words, the specific form of distribution and integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part of it can be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in any unit according to various loads and usage conditions. Furthermore, each processing function performed by each device can be realized in whole or in part by a CPU or GPU and a program analyzed and executed by the CPU or GPU, or can be realized as hardware using wired logic.

[0046] Furthermore, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or all or part of the processes described as being performed manually can be performed automatically by a known method. In addition, the information including the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, various data and parameters shown in the above documents and drawings can be changed arbitrarily unless otherwise specified.

[0047] [program] It is also possible to create a program in which the processing performed by the presentation device described in the above embodiment is written in a language executable by a computer. For example, it is also possible to create a program in which the processing performed by the presentation device 10 according to the embodiment is written in a language executable by a computer. In this case, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained by having the computer execute the program. Furthermore, such a program may be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in the recording medium may be read and executed by a computer to realize the same processing as in the above embodiment.

[0048] 8 is a diagram showing an example of a computer that executes a presentation program. The computer 1000 includes, for example, a memory 1010, a CPU 1020, a hard disk drive interface 1030, a disk drive interface 1040, a serial port interface 1050, a video adapter 1060, and a network interface 1070. These components are connected by a bus 1080.

[0049] The memory 1010 includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 1011 and a RAM 1012. The ROM 1011 stores a boot program such as a BIOS (Basic Input Output System). The hard disk drive interface 1030 is connected to a hard disk drive 1031. The disk drive interface 1040 is connected to a disk drive 1041. A removable storage medium such as a magnetic disk or an optical disk is inserted into the disk drive 1041. The serial port interface 1050 is connected to a mouse 1051 and a keyboard 1052, for example. The video adapter 1060 is connected to a display 1061, for example.

[0050] Here, the hard disk drive 1031 stores, for example, an OS 1091, an application program 1092, a program module 1093, and program data 1094. Each piece of information described in the above embodiments is stored in the hard disk drive 1031 or memory 1010, for example.

[0051] The presentation program is stored in the hard disk drive 1031 as, for example, a program module 1093 in which instructions to be executed by the computer 1000 are written. Specifically, the hard disk drive 1031 stores the program module 1093 in which each process executed by the presentation device 10 described in the above embodiment is written.

[0052] Furthermore, data used for information processing by the presentation program is stored as program data 1094, for example, in the hard disk drive 1031. Then, the CPU 1020 reads out the program module 1093 and the program data 1094 stored in the hard disk drive 1031 into the RAM 1012 as necessary, and executes each of the above-mentioned procedures.

[0053] The program module 1093 and program data 1094 related to the presentation program are not limited to being stored in the hard disk drive 1031, and may be stored in, for example, a removable storage medium and read by the CPU 1020 via the disk drive 1041 or the like. Alternatively, the program module 1093 and program data 1094 related to the presentation program may be stored in another computer connected via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network), and read by the CPU 1020 via the network interface 1070.

[0054] Although the embodiment to which the invention made by the present inventor is applied has been described above, the present invention is not limited by the description and drawings which form a part of the disclosure of the present invention according to the present embodiment. In other words, other embodiments, examples, operation techniques, etc. made by those skilled in the art based on the present embodiment are all included in the scope of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0055] 10 Presentation device 11 Input section 12 Output section 13 Communication control section 14 Storage section 15 Control section 15a Collection Section 15b Calculation part 15c Classification section 15d Display control unit

Claims

1. A classification unit that classifies the participants in the virtual space and the real participants into groups according to a distance between the participants in the virtual space of a predetermined event and a venue of the predetermined event, and a distance between the participants in the real space of the predetermined event and the venue of the predetermined event; A display control unit that displays posts of participants classified into the same group on a user terminal of each participant of the group; having The presentation device is characterized in that, when the event is an event in the virtual space where there is no concept of traveling to the event venue and there are no real participants, the classification unit classifies the participants in the virtual space into the groups based on the time until the event is held, instead of the distance between the current location of the participants in the virtual space and the venue of the specified event.

2. The presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein the classification unit classifies participants whose difference in distance is within a predetermined range into the same group.

3. The presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein the post is any one of text, audio, still images, videos, and 3D data.

4. The presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein the post further includes content to be displayed according to the number of people in the group.

5. A presentation method executed by a presentation device, comprising: A classification process of classifying the virtual participants and the real participants into groups according to a distance between the virtual participants of a predetermined event and a venue of the predetermined event, and a distance between the real participants of the predetermined event and a venue of the predetermined event; A display control step of displaying posts of participants classified into the same group on a user terminal of each participant of the group; Including, The presentation method is characterized in that, in the classification process, if the event is an event in the virtual space where there is no concept of traveling to the event venue and there are no real participants, the participants in the virtual space are classified into the groups based on the time until the event is held, instead of the distance between the current location of the participants in the virtual space and the venue of the specified event.

6. A classification step of classifying the participants in the virtual space into groups according to a distance between the participants in the virtual space of the predetermined event and a venue of the predetermined event, and a distance between the participants in the real world of the predetermined event and a venue of the predetermined event; A display control step of displaying posts of participants classified into the same group on a user terminal of each participant of the group; Run the following on your computer: In the classification step, if the event is an event in the virtual space where there is no concept of traveling to the event venue and there are no real participants, a presentation program for classifying the participants in the virtual space into the groups based on the time until the event is held, instead of the distance between the current location of the participants in the virtual space and the venue of the specified event.

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