Information processing system, information processing method, and program

Abstract

Provided is an information processing system including a processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a virtual object, acquire the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged, and reproduce the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space.

Description

INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMCROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] This application claims the benefit of Japanese Priority Patent Application JP 2024-118498 filed on July 24, 2024, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

[0002] The present disclosure relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program.

[0003] In recent years, various types of virtual experience have been provided.

[0004] For example, in the following PTL 1, a virtual travel tour is created by combining a plurality of moving images including movement, such as a moving image including movement from a departure place to a destination (for example, a moving image including movement by walking, a train, an airplane, an automobile, or the like) and a moving image including movement by walking near the destination, and the virtual travel tour is provided to a user. By viewing the imaged moving images that are combined, the user can experience the virtual travel tour in which the user goes from the departure place to the destination and tours the destination.

[0005] JP 2023-121967 ASummary

[0006] However, in the technology described in PTL 1, the imaged moving images during movement or at the destination are sequentially provided, and provision of content related to an optional place in a virtual space is not considered.

[0007] Therefore, the present disclosure proposes an information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of further improving user experience in a virtual space.

[0008] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a virtual object, acquire the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged, and reproduce the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space.

[0009] Furthermore, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing method performed by a processing circuitry including a processor and a memory with a computer readable program stored therein, the information processing method comprising: arranging, in a virtual space, a virtual object; acquiring the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged; and reproducing the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space.

[0010] Furthermore, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a guide reproduction object associated with identification information that identifies a place where guide content is stored, control to display a user avatar, and in response to the user avatar approaching the guide reproduction object and performing a start operation for starting a guide, reproduce guide content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space, and wherein the guide content includes audio data, still image, a moving image or a text describing the place.

[0011] Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information processing system 1 corresponding to an embodiment of the present disclosure.Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a server 20 according to the present embodiment.Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a client terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a guide reproduction object arranged in a virtual space according to the present embodiment.Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a reproduction example of guide content according to the present embodiment.Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an enlarged display example of a guide moving image according to the present embodiment.Fig. 7 is a diagram for describing a game as an example of a special activity according to the present embodiment.Fig. 8 is a diagram for describing a commemorative photography event as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment.Fig. 9 is a diagram for describing a history video viewing event as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment.Fig. 10 is a diagram for describing a history quiz event as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment.Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a cover of menu data using a passport motif according to the present embodiment.Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a page of each tour menu of the menu data using the passport motif according to the present embodiment.Fig. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a puzzle piece collection status confirmation page included in the menu data using the passport motif according to the present embodiment.Fig. 14 is a diagram for describing a reward given by experiencing an event of a guided tour according to the present embodiment and collecting all stamps.Fig. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of tour event execution processing according to the present embodiment.Fig. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of an information processing device 900 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0012] Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the present specification and drawings, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference signs, and redundant description will be omitted.

[0013] Furthermore, the description will be given in the following order. 1. Outline 2. Configuration 2-1. Configuration of Server 20 2-2. Configuration of Client Terminal 10 3. Details of Tour Event 3-1. Flow of Tour Event Experience 3-2. Special Activity 3-3. Display of Menu Data 4. Operation Processing 5. Modifications 6. Hardware Configuration 7. Supplement

[0014] <1. Outline> As an embodiment of the present disclosure, a mechanism for providing content related to an optional place in a virtual space and further improving user experience in the virtual space will be described.

[0015] Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information processing system 1 corresponding to the embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the information processing system 1 includes a client terminal 10 (10a, 10b...), a server 20, and a contents delivery network (CDN) 30. The client terminal 10 can be communicably connected to the server 20 and the CDN 30 via a network 40.

[0016] The server 20 is an information processing device having a function of providing a virtual space to a user. For example, the server 20 transmits a virtual space video of a viewpoint of each user to each client terminal 10 (10a, 10b...). Alternatively, the server 20 transmits information for generating the virtual space (virtual space information) to each client terminal 10, and the virtual space video of the viewpoint of each user can be generated and provided in each client terminal 10.

[0017] Various virtual objects can be arranged in the virtual space. The virtual object is, for example, a 3D object generated using a 3D model. The virtual object also includes an avatar associated with the user. A video of a viewpoint of the avatar can be provided to the user as the virtual space video of the viewpoint of the user. The user can also freely move in the virtual space by operating the avatar associated with the user and communicate with an avatar of another user (another avatar). The avatar is implemented by, for example, 3D computer graphics (3DCG) drawn on the basis of the 3D model. Furthermore, the virtual space may be a reproduction of an imaginary world or a reproduction of a real world such as an existing facility.

[0018] The client terminal 10 is an information processing terminal having a function of displaying a virtual space video from a viewpoint of a user on the basis of information received from the server 20. The client terminal 10 is implemented by, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer (PC), a head mounted display (HMD) covering an entire field of view, a glasses-type device, a projector, or the like.

[0019] The client terminal 10 receives, for example, information for generating a virtual space (virtual space information) from the server 20, and performs virtual space displaying processing. The virtual space information includes, for example, map information regarding the virtual space, a background image of the virtual space, information regarding various virtual objects arranged in the virtual space (for example, a 3D model of another avatar and the like), control information (for example, information such as a position, a posture, and a facial expression) regarding another avatar, audio data of the virtual space, and the like. Furthermore, temporal difference information regarding the virtual space (for example, movement information regarding another avatar, or the like) may be continuously transmitted from the server 20. Furthermore, the client terminal 10 continuously transmits, to the server 20, information input by a user, control information (for example, information such as a position, a posture, and a facial expression) regarding an avatar moving according to a user operation, and the like. The control information regarding each avatar in the virtual space is distributed to each client terminal 10 via the server 20, and shared.

[0020] The CDN 30 is a network that distributes various types of content such as moving images and audio data. The CDN 30 copies content from an origin server storing original content to a cache server, and distributes the content from the cache server in response to a request from a user. The CDN 30 performs control to distribute predetermined content in response to, for example, a request from the client terminal 10. Note that the CDN 30 is an example of a content distribution server, and the present embodiment is not limited thereto.

[0021] Here, as one type of user experience in a virtual space, provision of content related to an optional place in the virtual space can be exemplified. By enabling a user to move in the virtual space by using an avatar and obtain specific experience when visiting a specific place, enjoyment of the virtual space is increased.

[0022] For example, in a case where the virtual space is a world in which an existing facility is reproduced, it is conceivable to provide guided tour experience of the facility. For example, a tour in which it is possible to walk and visit various sports facilities such as a soccer stadium and a baseball stadium together with a guide to know a backstage is popular also in the real world. In particular, a tour in which it is possible to visit a gym and a locker room of players, a press room, or the like in a facility in which a favorite team is based is popular among fans. Therefore, it is conceivable to provide such a tour to the fans gathering in the virtual space to support the team.

[0023] However, since content of the guided tour are different for each team and facility, it may be necessary to create the content for each team in order to implement experience imitating a stadium tour or the like of the real world as it is in the virtual space, and development cost is high.

[0024] Therefore, in the present disclosure, by preparing content desired to be provided at a specific place in a virtual space (for example, guide content such as a guide moving image for describing a gym and guide audio for introducing an episode regarding a locker room) and arranging a virtual object serving as a mark at the specific place in the virtual space, it is possible to provide content related to an optional place in the virtual space and to further improve user experience in the virtual space.

[0025] Even in a case where teams and facilities are different, it is possible to implement an event such as a guided tour by arranging the predetermined virtual object at the optional place in the virtual space, and it is possible to template the event. It is sufficient that each team prepares content desired to be provided at the optional place. Furthermore, each team can add new tour content, change the new tour content, and the like only by updating data in a back-end (for example, specification of a new optional place, addition of corresponding content, and the like).

[0026] <2. Configuration> A configuration of each device constituting the information processing system 1 will be described.

[0027] <<2-1. Configuration of Server 20>> Fig. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the server 20 according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in Fig. 2, the server 20 includes a communication unit 210, a control unit 220, and a storage unit 230.

[0028] (Communication Unit 210) The communication unit 210 includes a transmission unit that transmits data to an external device and a reception unit that receives data from an external device. The communication unit 210 according to the present embodiment may be communicably connected to an external device or to the Internet by using, for example, a wired or wireless local area network (LAN), Wi-Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), a mobile communication network (Long Term Evolution (LTE)), a fourth generation mobile communication system (4G), a fifth generation mobile communication system (5G)), or the like.

[0029] For example, the communication unit 210 is communicably connected to the client terminal 10 via the network 40 to transmit and receive data.

[0030] (Control unit 220) The control unit 220 functions as an arithmetic processing device and a control device, and controls an overall operation in the server 20 in accordance with various programs. The control unit 220 is implemented by, for example, an electronic circuit such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor. Furthermore, the control unit 220 may include a read only memory (ROM) that stores programs, arithmetic parameters, and the like to be used, and a random access memory (RAM) that temporarily stores parameters and the like that change as necessary. The functionality of the elements disclosed herein may be implemented using circuitry or processing circuitry which includes general purpose processors, special purpose processors, integrated circuits, ASICs (“Application Specific Integrated Circuits”), FPGAs (“Field-Programmable Gate Arrays”), conventional circuitry and / or combinations thereof which are programmed, using one or more programs stored in one or more memories, or otherwise configured to perform the disclosed functionality. Processors and controllers are considered processing circuitry or circuitry as they include transistors and other circuitry therein. In the disclosure, the circuitry, units, or means are hardware that carry out or are programmed to perform the recited functionality. The hardware may be any hardware disclosed herein which is programmed or configured to carry out the recited functionality. There is a memory that stores a computer program which includes computer instructions. These computer instructions provide the logic and routines that enable the hardware (e.g., processing circuitry or circuitry) to perform the method disclosed herein. This computer program can be implemented in known formats as a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product, a memory device, a record medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD, and / or the memory of a FPGA or ASIC.

[0031] The control unit 220 manages a virtual space. Specifically, the control unit 220 performs generation, acquisition, addition, update, and the like of various types of information for constructing (generating) the virtual space. The various types of information are pieces of virtual space information such as, for example, information regarding a 3DCG model as a virtual object arranged in the virtual space, color setting, an image, map information, sound effects, and back ground music (BGM).

[0032] Examples of the virtual object include a user-operable object, a user-inoperable object, a background image, a staging effect, and the like. Furthermore, examples of the virtual object also include information regarding each avatar arranged in the virtual space. Examples of the information regarding each avatar include appearance information, real-time positional information, a facial expression, gesture information, and the like regarding the avatar, a profile of an associated user, and the like. Furthermore, examples of the virtual object also include an object arranged in the virtual space and used at the time of guide reproduction (hereinafter, referred to as a guide reproduction object).

[0033] The control unit 220 transmits the virtual space information to the client terminal 10 as necessary. Furthermore, the control unit 220 receives information regarding a user operation and real-time information regarding the avatar from the client terminal 10, and transmits them to another client terminal 10 as the virtual space information. With this arrangement, statuses of the virtual space reproduced by the respective client terminals 10 are synchronized.

[0034] Furthermore, the control unit 220 manages information regarding event experience of a guided tour provided in the virtual space (hereinafter, also referred to as a tour event). Specifically, the control unit 220 stores identification information for identifying guide content (guide audio, a guide moving image, or the like, as an example of guide data) and arrangement place information regarding the guide reproduction object in the storage unit 230 in association with each other. The identification information regarding the guide content may be information indicating a place where the guide content is stored (for example, a URL of a storage place in the CDN 30). The arrangement place information may be a type of a place such as a locker room or a gym of a team reproduced in the virtual space. A team manager prepares, as the guide content, a moving image or the like generated by imaging a state where a guide actually explains in the locker room or the like of the team or players are talking in a stadium lounge in the real world, and uploads the guide content to the CDN 30. The team manager registers, in the server 20, storage place information regarding the guide content and information regarding a place to be guided (corresponding to the arrangement place information regarding the guide reproduction object, for example, the locker room). Note that the server 20 may upload the guide content to the CDN 30 and acquire the storage place information.

[0035] The guide content is prepared for each place to be guided. The guide content may be audio, a photograph (still image), a moving image, or a text. The control unit 220 can acquire a plurality of combinations of the storage place information regarding each type of guide content and the information regarding the corresponding place to be guided, and manage the combinations as tour event data. The tour event data also includes information regarding the team. Furthermore, the tour event data may include, as additional information, information regarding a special activity that can be experienced in addition to provision of the guide data at the place to be guided. Examples of the special activity include games, quizzes, commemorative photography with a director avatar or a player avatar, and the like. The director avatar or the player avatar may be drawn by a live-action-based 3D model.

[0036] Furthermore, the control unit 220 can generate tour menu data from the tour event data. The tour menu data may be, for example, a list of each event provided in the tour, more specifically, a list of places to be guided. The tour menu data may be prepared in advance by a manager of the virtual space, the team manager who hosts the tour, or the like. The tour menu data may include information regarding an item or the like given according to achievement of the event. Furthermore, the tour menu data may include information regarding a display screen of the menu data. The display screen of the menu data may, for example, use a passport motif, and display an introduction of the event on each page. The tour menu data may also include information regarding a team logo, a team design, and the like, and such a team logo, team design, and the like may be used when the menu data is displayed.

[0037] Furthermore, the control unit 220 manages user data including a tour achievement status and the like of a user. Specifically, the control unit 220 updates the user data according to information regarding the tour achievement status transmitted from the client terminal 10.

[0038] The information regarding the tour event described above (the tour event data, the tour menu data, and the user data) can be transmitted to the client terminal 10 as one piece of the virtual space information.

[0039] (Storage Unit 230) The storage unit 230 is implemented by a ROM that stores programs, arithmetic parameters, and the like used for processing of the control unit 220, and a RAM that temporarily stores parameters and the like that change as necessary. The storage unit 230 stores virtual space information.

[0040] The configuration of the server 20 has been specifically described above. Note that the configuration of the server 20 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the example illustrated in Fig. 2. For example, the server 20 does not necessarily have all of the configuration illustrated in Fig. 2. Furthermore, the server 20 may be implemented by a plurality of devices.

[0041] <<2-2. Configuration of Client Terminal 10>> Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the client terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. As illustrated in Fig. 3, the client terminal 10 includes a communication unit 110, an operation unit 120, a control unit 130, a storage unit 140, a display unit 150, and an audio output unit 160.

[0042] (Communication Unit 110) The communication unit 110 includes a transmission unit that transmits data to an external device and a reception unit that receives data from an external device. The communication unit 110 according to the present embodiment may be communicably connected to an external device or to the Internet by using, for example, a wired or wireless LAN, Wi-Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark), a mobile communication network (LTE, 4G, or 5G), or the like.

[0043] For example, the communication unit 110 can be communicably connected to the server 20 and the CDN 30 via the network 40 to transmit and receive data.

[0044] (Operation Unit 120 and Display Unit 150) The operation unit 120 receives an operation input by a user and outputs input information to the control unit 130. The display unit 150 has a function as a display unit that displays various screens. The operation unit 120 and the display unit 150 may be configured separately or integrally like a touch panel display.

[0045] (Audio Output Unit 160) The audio output unit 160 has a function of outputting audio data, in accordance with control of the control unit 130. The audio output unit 160 may be implemented by, for example, a speaker, a headphone, an earphone, a bone conduction speaker, or the like.

[0046] (Control Unit 130) The control unit 130 functions as an arithmetic processing device and a control device, and controls an overall operation in the client terminal 10 in accordance with various programs. The control unit 130 is implemented by, for example, an electronic circuit such as a CPU or a microprocessor. Furthermore, the control unit 130 may include a ROM that stores programs, arithmetic parameters, and the like to be used, and a RAM that temporarily stores parameters and the like that change as necessary.

[0047] Furthermore, the control unit 130 can also function as a tour menu data acquisition unit 131, a user data processing unit 132, a tour menu display processing unit 133, a tour event data acquisition unit 134, a guide content acquisition unit 135, a virtual space display processing unit 136, a tour event processing unit 137, and a guide content reproduction processing unit 138.

[0048] The tour menu data acquisition unit 131 acquires, from the server 20, tour menu data including list information regarding the respective events provided in a tour, and outputs the tour menu data to the tour menu display processing unit 133. The tour menu data acquisition unit 131 is an example of a menu data acquisition unit.

[0049] The user data processing unit 132 acquires, from the server 20, user data including a tour achievement status or the like of a user, and outputs the user data to the tour menu display processing unit 133. The tour achievement status is an example of information regarding a progress status of an event provided to the user. The user data at least includes such information regarding the progress status of the event.

[0050] The tour menu display processing unit 133 performs control to display the tour menu data on the display unit 150. The tour menu data includes various images and the like that may be necessary for display. In the display of the tour menu data, the tour menu display processing unit 133 can visualize and display the tour achievement status of the user (an example of the progress status of the event). For example, the tour menu display processing unit 133 displays a check mark or a stamp for a tour menu (that is, each event included in a tour event) that the user has experienced. Information for visualizing the tour achievement status (for example, a stamp image) can also be included in the tour menu data received from the server 20. Display examples of the tour menu data will be described later with reference to Figs. 11 to 14.

[0051] The tour event data acquisition unit 134 acquires, from the server 20, tour event data including each combination of information regarding a place to be guided in a virtual space and storage place information regarding corresponding guide content. The tour event data acquisition unit 134 is an example of an information acquisition unit.

[0052] The storage place information regarding the guide content is output to the guide content acquisition unit 135. The guide content acquisition unit 135 acquires the guide content from the network via the communication unit 110 on the basis of storage place information regarding the guide content. For example, the guide content acquisition unit 135 can acquire the guide content from the CDN 30 via the communication unit 110. The guide content acquisition unit 135 is an example of a content acquisition unit.

[0053] The Information regarding the place to be guided is output to the virtual space display processing unit 136. The virtual space display processing unit 136 arranges a guide reproduction object at a position indicated by the information regarding the place to be guided in the virtual space. Information used for drawing the guide reproduction object (for example, a 3D model) may be acquired from the server 20 in advance at the time of generation of the virtual space, or may be included in the tour event data described above. In the present embodiment, the tour for introducing a plurality of places in the virtual space is assumed, and it is assumed that there is a plurality of pieces of the information regarding the places to be guided. The virtual space display processing unit 136 performs processing of arranging the guide reproduction object at each place.

[0054] The tour event processing unit 137 performs tour event execution processing. Specifically, when the user performs a start operation on the guide reproduction object arranged in the virtual space, the tour event processing unit 137 instructs the guide content reproduction processing unit 138 to reproduce the corresponding guide content. The reproduction of the guide content is an example of a content reproduction event provided to the user. Furthermore, the tour event processing unit 137 is an example of an event processing unit.

[0055] The guide content reproduction processing unit 138 performs control to reproduce the guide content that is acquired by the guide content acquisition unit 135 and corresponds to the guide reproduction object for which the user has performed the start operation. Note that an acquisition timing of the guide content by the guide content acquisition unit 135 is not particularly limited. For example, the guide content reproduction processing unit 138 performs control to output guide audio from the audio output unit 160 or control to superimpose and display, in the display unit 150, a display screen of a guide moving image on a display screen of the virtual space. Note that the guide content reproduction processing unit 138 may reproduce the guide content in a streaming format. The guide content reproduction processing unit 138 is an example of a reproduction processing unit.

[0056] When the reproduction of the guide content ends, the tour event processing unit 137 transmits, to the user data processing unit 132, the fact that the reproduction of the guide content is performed. In the user data processing unit 132, the tour achievement status of the user can be managed. When the tour achievement status of the user is updated, the user data processing unit 132 transmits the latest user data to the server 20 via the communication unit 110. Furthermore, when the tour achievement status of the user is updated, the tour menu display processing unit 133 also performs processing such as displaying a new check mark or stamp for the experienced tour menu (each event).

[0057] (Storage Unit 140) The storage unit 140 is implemented by a ROM that stores programs, arithmetic parameters, and the like used for processing of the control unit 130, and a RAM that temporarily stores parameters and the like that change as necessary.

[0058] The configuration of the client terminal 10 has been specifically described above. Note that the configuration of the client terminal 10 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the example illustrated in Fig. 3. For example, the client terminal 10 does not necessarily have all of the configuration illustrated in Fig. 3. Furthermore, the client terminal 10 may be implemented by a plurality of devices.

[0059] <3. Details of Tour Event> Next, details of a tour event according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0060] <<3-1. Flow of Tour Event Experience>> Fig. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a guide reproduction object arranged in a virtual space according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that a soccer stadium or the like as a home of a certain soccer team is reproduced in the virtual space, and fans of the soccer team can gather and interact with each other and experience various events.

[0061] A display screen 500 illustrated in Fig. 4 is an example of a virtual space video from a viewpoint of a user, and is displayed on the display unit 150 of the client terminal 10. The virtual space video from the viewpoint of the user includes a user avatar A moving in the virtual space as a virtual self of the user. As illustrated in the display screen 500, in the present embodiment, as an example, a guide reproduction object 502 is arranged on a ground of the soccer stadium. The user approaches the guide reproduction object 502 by operating the user avatar A, and performs a start operation for starting a guide. The virtual space display processing unit 136 may change a display mode of the guide reproduction object 502 as feedback of a user operation as necessary, such as when the user avatar A approaches the guide reproduction object 502 or when the start operation is received.

[0062] Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a reproduction example of guide content according to the present embodiment. A display screen 510 illustrated in Fig. 5 displays a place where an entrance in the soccer stadium used by players is reproduced. The entrance includes, for example, sofas, a dining space, and the like, and is used for rest and interaction of the players. When the user performs a start operation on a guide reproduction object (not illustrated in Fig. 5) arranged at the entrance, reproduction of the guide content is started. The guide content may be a guide moving image imaged at an actual entrance. Content of the guide content is not particularly limited, but may be, for example, a guide moving image in which an explanation about the entrance is made while displaying the entrance, or a guide moving image in which a player sits on the sofa at the entrance and talks about how to spend time at the entrance, an episode at the entrance, and the like. A method of displaying the guide moving image is not particularly limited, but for example, as illustrated in Fig. 5, a display screen 512 of the guide moving image and a subtitle display 514 may be superimposed and displayed on the display screen 510 (picture in picture system). The user can view the display screen 512 of the guide moving image while moving in the entrance by operating the user avatar A.

[0063] Note that the display screen 512 of the guide moving image may be enlarged and displayed. Fig. 6 is a diagram illustrating an enlarged display example of the guide moving image according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in Fig. 6, a display screen 522 of the guide moving image having an enlarged display size may be displayed on a display screen 520 that displays a virtual space video.

[0064] Furthermore, a predetermined item is dropped in a place where each event is provided (for example, the entrance, a gym, the ground, and the like), and the user can operate the user avatar A to search for and pick up the item. The predetermined item may be, for example, a puzzle piece.

[0065] Furthermore, the tour event provided by the present embodiment can be synchronously experienced by a plurality of users as a party mode. For example, the server 20 controls the client terminal 10 of the user registered to participate in the party mode to synchronize the tour event to be executed.

[0066] <<3-2. Special Activity>> The tour event according to the present embodiment may further include a special activity related to the guide place in addition to the reproduction of the guide content related to the guide place. Information regarding the special activity is associated with information regarding the place to be guided, and included in tour event data.

[0067] Examples of the special activity include a game, a quiz, commemorative photography, viewing a history video, and the like. Specific examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0068] Fig. 7 is a diagram for describing a game as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in a display screen 530 of Fig. 7, for example, in the gym that is one of the guide places, the user can operate the user avatar A to enjoy the game with a player avatar. In the example illustrated in Fig. 7, a soccer tennis game in which a soccer ball is kicked with a foot across a tennis net is performed. Selection of game experience, a start operation, and the like can also be performed using a guide reproduction object 531 arranged in the gym.

[0069] Fig. 8 is a diagram for describing a commemorative photography event as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in a display screen 540 of Fig. 8, for example, in a press room, the user can perform commemorative photography of the user avatar A and a director avatar.

[0070] Fig. 9 is a diagram for describing a history video viewing event as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment. For example, the user can view a history video in a room (history room) in which various exhibits related to the team are performed, such as a chronological table from establishment of the team to the present, and photographs, signatures, and uniforms of successive players. As illustrated in a display screen 550 of Fig. 9, the history video viewing event may be performed in, for example, a virtual room in which a large number of moving image thumbnails or moving image previews are arranged at positions of a wall or a ceiling.

[0071] Fig. 10 is a diagram for describing a history quiz event as an example of the special activity according to the present embodiment. For example, in the virtual room described above with reference to Fig. 9, the user can experience a history quiz. As illustrated in a display screen 560 of Fig. 10, for example, the quiz is displayed in front of the virtual room, and option areas (for example, areas of an option A, an option B, an option C, and an option D) are displayed on a floor surface. The user can select an option and answer the quiz by operating the user avatar A to move the user avatar A to an optional option area.

[0072] Selection, a start operation, and the like of each of the history video event and the history quiz event described above can be performed using a guide reproduction object arranged in the history room.

[0073] <<3-3. Display of Menu Data>> Next, a display example of menu data will be described with reference to the drawings. A display mode of the menu data is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, for example, a case will be described where a passport in tie-ups with an airline company is used as a motif, a tour menu is placed on each page, and a stamp is pressed for an experienced tour menu (each event) in the display mode. Note that the display mode is not limited to the case of tie-ups, and may be a display mode in which a soccer ball or a team uniform is used as the motif.

[0074] Fig. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a cover of the menu data using the passport motif according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in a display screen 600 of Fig. 11, for example, a cover image 602 in which a logo of the team and a logo of the airline company in tie-ups are arranged is displayed as the cover of the menu data. The user can turn the page by a swipe operation in a horizontal direction or a button operation to make a screen transition to the page of each tour menu.

[0075] Fig. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the page of each tour menu of the menu data using the passport motif according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in a display screen 610 of Fig. 12, for example, a page image 612 indicating information regarding each tour menu is displayed. The page image 612 includes a name of a place to be guided, a thumbnail image of the place, a stamp image 614 pressed in the case of having been experienced, and a GO button 616 moving to the place. Furthermore, puzzle pieces 618 (an example of the item) that can be collected at each place may be displayed.

[0076] For example, in a guided tour performed in the soccer stadium in the virtual space, examples of the place to be guided include the entrance, the gym, the press room, the locker room, the history room, and the like. An organizer of the tour (for example, a team management side) prepares each type of the guide content corresponding to the entrance, the gym, the press room, the locker room, the history room, and the like. Then, as the menu data, the respective tour menu pages corresponding to the entrance, the gym, the press room, the locker room, the history room, and the like are displayed.

[0077] Fig. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a puzzle piece collection status confirmation page included in the menu data using the passport motif according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in a display screen 620 of Fig. 13, for example, a page image 622 on which collected puzzle pieces are displayed is displayed. With this arrangement, the user can intuitively grasp a collection status of the puzzle pieces. Furthermore, by allowing an image such as a photograph of a player to be completed when all the puzzle pieces are collected, it is possible to motivate the user to visit the place of each tour menu.

[0078] Fig. 14 is a diagram for describing a reward given by experiencing the events of the guided tour according to the present embodiment and collecting all the stamps. As described above, when each event of the tour event is experienced, more specifically, when the guide content is reproduced by operating the guide reproduction object installed in the place to be guided, the stamp image 614 is pressed as illustrated in Fig. 12. In the tour event experience according to the present embodiment, a predetermined reward can be given when all the stamps are collected. Examples of the predetermined reward include an item available in the virtual space (an item that can be attached to the avatar, currency, a point, specific movement of the avatar (also referred to as emote), or the like), a bonus moving image, a participation ticket to a special event performed in the virtual space, and the like.

[0079] In the present embodiment, in a case where all of the respective events of the tour event have been achieved (that is, all the stamps have been collected), as illustrated in a display screen 630 of Fig. 14, a reward notification image 632 for notification of the item given as the reward is displayed. In a case where the tour event is in tie-ups with the airline company, for example, it is also assumed that the item given as the reward is an item associated with the airline company (for example, a pilot hat). Note that, in the example described above, an example in which the reward is given in a case where all the stamps are collected has been described. However, the present embodiment is not limited to this, and a plurality of rewards may be prepared, and a type of the reward may change or the number of rewards given may change depending on the number of collected stamps (the number of executed events). Furthermore, in a case where the plurality of rewards is set, by displaying the number of stamps (the number of executed events) that may be necessary for receiving each reward on the screen, it can be expected that motivation of the user is further improved.

[0080] <4. Operation Processing> Fig. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of the tour event execution processing according to the present embodiment.

[0081] As illustrated in Fig. 15, first, the client terminal 10 detects that a user has performed an acquisition operation of a tour passport in a virtual space (step S103). The tour passport is an example of a right to participate in a tour event, and the user can acquire the tour passport in the virtual space. For example, it is conceivable that the tour passport is purchased at a shop, acquired by clearing a specific event, acquired by visiting a specific place, or acquired by conversation with a specific avatar. Alternatively, the tour passport can be acquired by receiving distribution from a management side.

[0082] Next, the client terminal 10 acquires tour menu data, user data, and tour event data from the server 20 in response to the acquisition of the tour passport (that is, acquisition of the right to participate in the tour event) (steps S106, S109, and S112).

[0083] Next, on the basis of storage place information regarding guide content included in the tour event data, the client terminal 10 acquires the guide content (step S115).

[0084] Next, on the basis of information regarding a place to be guided included in the tour event data, the client terminal 10 arranges a guide reproduction object at the place in the virtual space (step S118). In a case where there is a plurality of pieces of the information regarding the place to be guided, the client terminal 10 arranges the guide reproduction object at each of the plurality of places.

[0085] Next, the client terminal 10 determines whether or not a guide start operation by the user has been performed on the guide reproduction object (step S121). The client terminal 10 repeats the determination until the start operation is performed (step S121 / No).

[0086] In a case where the start operation is performed (step S121 / Yes), the client terminal 10 starts reproduction of the guide content (step S124). The client terminal 10 continues the reproduction until the reproduction of the guide content ends (step S127 / No).

[0087] Next, in a case where the reproduction of the guide content is ended (step S127 / Yes), the client terminal 10 presses a stamp of the corresponding event in the display of the menu data (step S130).

[0088] Then, the client terminal 10 transmits the latest tour achievement status of the user to the server 20 (step S133).

[0089] The flow of the tour event execution processing according to the present embodiment has been described above. Note that the operation processing illustrated in Fig. 15 is an example, and the present embodiment is not limited to this. All of the operation processing illustrated in Fig. 15 do not have to be performed in the order illustrated in Fig. 15. For example, a part of the processing may be skipped, the order of a part of the processing may be reversed, or a part of the processing may be performed in parallel.

[0090] Specifically, for example, the client terminal 10 may acquire the tour event data from the server 20 before the acquisition operation of the tour passport is performed, and arrange the guide reproduction object in the virtual space on the basis of the information regarding the place to be guided included in the tour event data. In this case, the client terminal 10 sets the guide reproduction object in an inactive state, and sets the guide reproduction object in an active state when the tour passport is acquired. Furthermore, the client terminal 10 performs control to display a message such as “Please acquire a tour passport” in a case where any operation is performed on the guide reproduction object in the inactive state.

[0091] Furthermore, in the operation processing described above, it has been described that the guide content is reproduced as the tour event in response to the operation on the guide reproduction object, but the present embodiment is not limited to this, and a special activity may be performed as the tour event.

[0092] <5. Modification> Next, a modification of the present embodiment will be described.

[0093] The information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment may link a tour event in a virtual space with the real world.

[0094] For example, reproduced guide content may be a video captured by a camera installed at a corresponding place in a real space. For example, in a gym of a stadium in the virtual space, a video of a camera installed in the gym of the stadium in the real space may be captured. Such a video may be a real-time video. The client terminal 10 can receive the video of the camera installed in the real space via the server 20, for example. Note that, for example, identification information regarding the camera is used as storage place information regarding the guide content.

[0095] The information processing system 1 may reproduce an environmental sound collected in the real world as an environmental sound at the time of the tour event in the virtual space. For example, when a user operates a user avatar and visits the stadium in the virtual space, the information processing system 1 reproduces cheers, chants, and the like collected in the stadium in the real world.

[0096] The information processing system 1 may track movement of local people by various sensors such as a camera, a human sensor, and a depth sensor installed in the real world, and perform display as avatars in the virtual space to reproduce the movement of the local people. The information processing system 1 may reflect real-time movement of the local people on the avatars in the virtual space. In other words, in the virtual space, a user avatar that participates in so-called remote participation from a place away from the corresponding place in the real world and moves according to a user operation and an avatar in which movement of a user actually existing in the corresponding real world is tracked are displayed in a mixed manner. The information processing system 1 may perform display control so that these avatars can be identified. For example, each avatar that tracks and reflects movement of each user (audience) existing in the stadium in the real world may all have the same uniform appearance.

[0097] The information processing system 1 may display a video of the virtual space by a large display device arranged in the real world. For example, a video of the stadium in the virtual space may be displayed in the stadium in the real world. With this arrangement, a local audience can look into the virtual space. Furthermore, in a case where movement of the local audience is reflected in an avatar in the virtual space reflected on the large display device, the local audience can communicate with a user avatar (an avatar of a user participating remotely) in the virtual space by gesture, emote, or the like through movement of the avatar. Furthermore, the information processing system 1 may display the video of the virtual space on the large display device in the real world, and display a video of the local audience in the virtual space. With this arrangement, the user participating in the virtual space and the local audience can communicate with each other.

[0098] The information processing system 1 may display a text chat in the virtual space on the large display device arranged in the real world. Furthermore, the information processing system 1 may convert the text chat in the virtual space into audio data, and reproduce the audio data in the stadium in the real world.

[0099] The information processing system 1 may enable a chat (voice chat, text chat) between an audience existing in the stadium in the real world and a user participating in the virtual space.

[0100] The information processing system 1 may display, in the virtual space, a video obtained by imaging a state where the video of the virtual space is displayed on the large display device placed in the stadium in the real world.

[0101] <6. Hardware Configuration> The embodiment according to the present disclosure has been described above. Next, a hardware configuration example used in at least any one of the client terminal 10 and the server 20 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to Fig. 16.

[0102] Fig. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of an information processing device 900 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure. The information processing device 900 is an example of a hardware configuration applied to at least any one of the client terminal 10 and the server 20 according to the present embodiment. Note that the information processing device 900 does not necessarily have the entire hardware configuration illustrated in Fig. 16.

[0103] As illustrated in Fig. 16, the information processing device 900 includes a CPU 901, a read only memory (ROM) 903, and a RAM 905. Furthermore, the information processing device 900 may include a host bus 907, a bridge 909, an external bus 911, an interface 913, an input device 915, an output device 917, a storage device 919, a drive 921, a connection port 923, and a communication device 925. The information processing device 900 may include a processing circuit referred to as a graphics processing unit (GPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) instead of or in addition to the CPU 901.

[0104] The CPU 901 functions as an arithmetic processing device and a control device, and controls an overall operation in the information processing device 900 or a part thereof, in accordance with various programs recorded in the ROM 903, the RAM 905, the storage device 919, or a removable recording medium 927. The ROM 903 stores programs, arithmetic parameters, and the like used by the CPU 901. The RAM 905 temporarily stores a program used in execution by the CPU 901, parameters that change as necessary during the execution, and the like. The CPU 901, the ROM 903, and the RAM 905 are mutually connected by the host bus 907 including an internal bus such as a CPU bus. Moreover, the host bus 907 is connected to the external bus 911 such as a peripheral component interconnect / interface (PCI) bus via the bridge 909.

[0105] The input device 915 is, for example, a device operated by a user, such as a button. The input device 915 may include a mouse, a keyboard, a touch panel, a switch, a lever, or the like. Furthermore, the input device 915 may include a microphone that detects voice of the user. The input device 915 may be, for example, a remote control device using infrared rays or other radio waves, or may be an external connection device 929 such as a mobile phone adapted to an operation of the information processing device 900. The input device 915 includes an input control circuit that generates an input signal on the basis of information input by the user and outputs the input signal to the CPU 901. By operating the input device 915, the user inputs various types of data or gives an instruction to perform a processing operation, to the information processing device 900.

[0106] Furthermore, the input device 915 may include an imaging device and a sensor. The imaging device is, for example, a device that generates an imaged image by imaging a real space using various members such as an imaging element such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), and a lens for controlling image formation of a subject image on the imaging element. The imaging device may image a still image or may image a moving image.

[0107] The sensor is, for example, a sensor of various types, such as a distance measuring sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, a vibration sensor, a light sensor, or a sound sensor. The sensor acquires, for example, information regarding a state of the information processing device 900 itself such as a posture of a casing of the information processing device 900, and information regarding a surrounding environment of the information processing device 900 such as brightness and noise around the information processing device 900. Furthermore, the sensor may include a global positioning system (GPS) sensor that receives a GPS signal to measure latitude, longitude, and altitude of the device.

[0108] The output device 917 includes a device that can visually or audibly notify a user of acquired information. The output device 917 can be, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an organic electro-luminescence (EL) display, an audio output device such as a speaker or a headphone, or the like. Furthermore, the output device 917 may include a plasma display panel (PDP), a projector, a hologram, a printer device, or the like. The output device 917 outputs a result obtained by processing by the information processing device 900 as a video such as a text or an image, or outputs the result as a sound such as voice or audio. Furthermore, the output device 917 may include a lighting device or the like that brightens the surroundings.

[0109] The storage device 919 is a data storage device configured as an example of a storage unit of the information processing device 900. The storage device 919 includes, for example, a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a semiconductor storage device, an optical storage device, a magneto-optical storage device, or the like. This storage device 919 stores programs and various types of data executed by the CPU 901, various types of data acquired from the outside, and the like.

[0110] The drive 921 is a reader / writer for the removable recording medium 927 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or a semiconductor memory and is built in or externally attached to the information processing device 900. The drive 921 reads information recorded in the attached removable recording medium 927 and outputs the information to the RAM 905. Furthermore, the drive 921 writes a record to the attached removable recording medium 927.

[0111] The connection port 923 is a port for connecting a device directly to the information processing device 900. The connection port 923 can be, for example, a universal serial bus (USB) port, an IEEE1394 port, a small computer system interface (SCSI) port, or the like. Furthermore, the connection port 923 may be an RS-232C port, an optical audio terminal, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI (registered trademark)) port, or the like. By connecting the external connection device 929 to the connection port 923, various types of data can be exchanged between the information processing device 900 and the external connection device 929.

[0112] The communication device 925 is, for example, a communication interface including a communication device for connecting to a network 931, or the like. The communication device 925 can be, for example, a communication card or the like for wired or wireless local area network (LAN), Bluetooth (registered trademark), Wi-Fi (registered trademark), or wireless USB (WUSB). Furthermore, the communication device 925 may be a router for optical communication, a router for an asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), a modem for various types of communication, or the like. The communication device 925 transmits and receives a signal or the like with, for example, the Internet or another communication device by using a predetermined protocol such as TCP / IP. Furthermore, the network 931 connected to the communication device 925 is a network connected by wire or wirelessly and is, for example, the Internet, a home LAN, infrared communication, radio wave communication, satellite communication, or the like.

[0113] <7. Supplement> The preferred embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present technology is not limited to such an example. It is apparent that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field of the present disclosure can achieve various type of examples of changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea recited in the claims, and it will be naturally understood that such examples also belong to the technical scope of the present disclosure.

[0114] For example, an event in which a plurality of places to be guided is set and corresponding guide reproduction content is provided is referred to as a “tour” in the embodiment described above, but the name is not limited to this, and may be “stamp rally”, “facility tour”, “marathon”, or the like.

[0115] At least a part of the functional configurations of the client terminal 10 according to the present embodiment may be implemented in the server 20.

[0116] All the functional configurations of the client terminal 10 may be implemented by the server 20, the server 20 may transmit information regarding a display screen to the client terminal 10, and the client terminal 10 may transmit information regarding a user operation to the server 20.

[0117] The client terminal 10 may include one or a plurality of information processing devices.

[0118] Furthermore, the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment may include the server 20 and the client terminal 10, may be applied to the server 20 having the functional configurations of the client terminal 10 illustrated in Fig. 3, or may be applied to the client terminal 10 illustrated in Fig. 3.

[0119] It is also possible to create one or more computer programs for causing hardware such as a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM built in the server 20 or the client terminal 10 described above to exhibit the functions of the server 20 or the client terminal 10. Furthermore, a computer-readable storage medium that stores the one or more computer programs is also provided.

[0120] The effects described in the present specification are merely illustrative or exemplary and are not restrictive. That is, the technology according to the embodiment of the present disclosure can exhibit other effects apparent to those skilled in the art from the description of the present specification, in addition to the effects described above or instead of the effects described above.

[0121] Note that the present technology can also have the following configurations. (1) An information processing system including: a virtual space display processing unit that arranges, in a virtual space, a virtual object associated with identification information that identifies content; a content acquisition unit that acquires the content on the basis of the identification information; and a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the content, in which the content includes content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged. (2) The information processing system according to (1), further including an event processing unit that causes the reproduction processing unit to execute a reproduction event of the content in response to a start operation by a user on the virtual object. (3) The information processing system according to (2), further including an information acquisition unit that acquires arrangement place information regarding the virtual object and the identification information, in which the virtual space display processing unit performs processing of arranging the virtual object at a place indicated by the arrangement place information. (4) The information processing system according to (3), in which there is a plurality of pieces of the arrangement place information, the virtual object is arranged at each of a plurality of places in the virtual space, and the content to be reproduced includes content related to each place. (5) The information processing system according to (4), in which the arrangement place information includes information indicating a type of a specific place in the virtual space. (6) The information processing system according to any one of (1) to (5), in which the identification information includes information indicating a place where the content is stored. (7) The information processing system according to any one of (1) to (5), in which the content includes audio or a moving image, and the reproduction processing unit reproduces the audio or superimposes and displays the moving image on the virtual space. (8) The information processing system according to any one of (2) to (4), further including: a user data processing unit that acquires user data including at least information regarding a progress status of an event provided to the user in response to an operation on the virtual object, and updates the user data on the basis of an execution result of the event output from the event processing unit; a menu data acquisition unit that acquires menu data of the event; and a display processing unit that displays the menu data, in which the display processing unit visualizes and displays the progress status of the event in the display of the menu data. (9) The information processing system according to (8), in which the display processing unit displays a predetermined image for an executed event in the display of the menu data. (10) The information processing system according to (9), in which the predetermined image includes a stamp image. (11) The information processing system according to (9), in which the predetermined image includes a puzzle piece image corresponding to the executed event. (12) The information processing system according to any one of (9) to (11), in which the display processing unit displays a reward given to the user according to the number of executed events in the display of the menu data. (13) The information processing system according to any one of (8) to (12), in which the content includes guide content that describes the place where the virtual object is arranged, and the menu data includes data of a guided tour including a list of events provided at the respective places in the virtual space. (14) The information processing system according to (13), in which the virtual space includes reproduction of a real space, and the guide content includes a video imaged in the real space. (15) An information processing method by a processor, the information processing method including: arranging, in a virtual space, a virtual object associated with identification information that identifies content; acquiring the content on the basis of the identification information; and reproducing the content, in which the content includes content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged. (16) A program for causing a computer to function as: a virtual space display processing unit that arranges, in a virtual space, a virtual object associated with identification information that identifies content; a content acquisition unit that acquires the content on the basis of the identification information; and a reproduction processing unit that reproduces the content, in which the content includes content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged. (17) An information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a virtual object, acquire the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged, and reproduce the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space. (18) The information processing system according to (17), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: reproduce the content in response to a user operation on the virtual object. (19) The information processing system according to (18), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: acquire arrangement place information regarding the virtual object and identification information, and control to arrange the virtual object at a place indicated by the arrangement place information. (20) The information processing system according to (19), wherein the arrangement place information includes a plurality of places in the virtual space, the virtual object is arranged at each of the plurality of places in the virtual space, and the content is reproduced in each place. (21) The information processing system according to (20), wherein the arrangement place information includes information indicating a type of a specific place in the virtual space. (22) The information processing system according to (17), wherein the identification information includes information indicating a place where the content is stored. (23) The information processing system according to (17), wherein the content includes audio data, still image, a moving image or a text, and the processing circuitry is further configured to reproduce the audio data or control to display the still image, the moving image, or the text on the virtual space. (24) The information processing system according to (18), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: acquire user data including information regarding a progress status of an event, and update the user data on a basis of a result of the event, acquire menu data of the event, and control a display to display the menu data, wherein the display of the menu data includes progress status of the event. (25) The information processing system according to (24), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control a display to display a predetermined image for an executed event in the display of the menu data. (26) The information processing system according to (25), wherein the predetermined image includes a stamp image or a puzzle piece image corresponding to the executed event. (27) The information processing system according to (17), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire the virtual object based on identification information. (28) The information processing system according to (26), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display a reward image given to the user according to the number of executed events in the display of the menu data. (29) The information processing system according to (26), wherein the content includes guide content for describing the place where the virtual object is arranged, and the menu data includes data of a guided tour including a list of events provided at the respective places in the virtual space. (30) The information processing system according to (29), wherein the virtual space includes reproduction of a real space, and the guide content includes a video captured in the real space. (31) An information processing method performed by a processing circuitry including a processor and a memory with a computer readable program stored therein, the information processing method comprising: arranging, in a virtual space, a virtual object; acquiring the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged; and reproducing the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space. (32) An information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a guide reproduction object associated with identification information that identifies a place where guide content is stored, control to display a user avatar, and in response to the user avatar approaching the guide reproduction object and performing a start operation for starting a guide, reproduce guide content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space, and wherein the guide content includes audio data, still image, a moving image or a text describing the place. (33) The information processing system according to (32), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to change a display mode of the guide reproduction object in response to a user operation. (34) The information processing system according to (32), wherein the guide content is a guide moving image, the processing circuitry is configured to control to display the guide content together with a subtitle. (35) The information processing system according to (32), wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: control to display a page image including a plurality of places to be guided, each of the plurality of places includes at least a name of the place, a stamp image or a button image, in response to a user operation selecting one of the button images, control to display a guided tour related to a respective place among the plurality of places, and in response to the guided tour ending, control to display a progress status of the respective place, including a stamp image or puzzle piece image indicating completion.

[0122] It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alterations may occur depending on design requirements and other factors insofar as they are within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.

[0123] 1 Information processing system 10 Client terminal 110 Communication unit 120 Operation unit 130 Control unit 131 Tour menu data acquisition unit 132 User data processing unit 133 Tour menu display processing unit 134 Tour event data acquisition unit 135 Guide content acquisition unit 136 Virtual space display processing unit 137 Tour event processing unit 138 Guide content reproduction processing unit 140 Storage unit 150 Display unit 160 Audio output unit 20 Server 210 Communication unit 220 Control unit 230 Storage unit 30 CDN 40 Network

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a virtual object, acquire the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged, and reproduce the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: reproduce the content in response to a user operation on the virtual object.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: acquire arrangement place information regarding the virtual object and identification information, and control to arrange the virtual object at a place indicated by the arrangement place information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein the arrangement place information includes a plurality of places in the virtual space, the virtual object is arranged at each of the plurality of places in the virtual space, and the content is reproduced in each place.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, wherein the arrangement place information includes information indicating a type of a specific place in the virtual space.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes information indicating a place where the content is stored.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the content includes audio data, still image, a moving image or a text, and the processing circuitry is further configured to reproduce the audio data or control to display the still image, the moving image, or the text on the virtual space.

8. The information processing system according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: acquire user data including information regarding a progress status of an event , and update the user data on a basis of a result of the event, acquire menu data of the event, and control a display to display the menu data, wherein the display of the menu data includes progress status of the event.

9. The information processing system according to claim 8, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control a display to display a predetermined image for an executed event in the display of the menu data.

10. The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined image includes a stamp image or a puzzle piece image corresponding to the executed event.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to acquire the virtual object based on identification information.

12. The information processing system according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control the display to display a reward image given to the user according to the number of executed events in the display of the menu data.

13. The information processing system according to claim 8, wherein the content includes guide content for describing the place where the virtual object is arranged, and the menu data includes data of a guided tour including a list of events provided at the respective places in the virtual space.

14. The information processing system according to claim 13, wherein the virtual space includes reproduction of a real space, and the guide content includes a video captured in the real space.

15. An information processing method performed by a processing circuitry including a processor and a memory with a computer readable program stored therein, the information processing method comprising: arranging, in a virtual space, a virtual object; acquiring the content related to a place where the virtual object is arranged; and reproducing the content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space.

16. An information processing system comprising: processing circuitry configured to: control to display, in a virtual space, a guide reproduction object associated with identification information that identifies a place where guide content is stored, control to display a user avatar, and in response to the user avatar approaching the guide reproduction object and performing a start operation for starting a guide, reproduce guide content, wherein the virtual space is a reproduction of a real space, and wherein the guide content includes audio data, still image, a moving image or a text describing the place.

17. The information processing system according to claim 16, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to change a display mode of the guide reproduction object in response to a user operation.

18. The information processing system according to claim 16, wherein the guide content is a guide moving image, the processing circuitry is configured to control to display the guide content together with a subtitle.

19. The information processing system according to claim 16, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: control to display a page image including a plurality of places to be guided, each of the plurality of places includes at least a name of the place, a stamp image or a button image, in response to a user operation selecting one of the button images, control to display a guided tour related to a respective place among the plurality of places, and in response to the guided tour ending, control to display a progress status of the respective place, including a stamp image or puzzle piece image indicating completion.

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