CN111599021A

CN111599021A - Virtual space roaming guiding method and device and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111599021A
Application number: CN202010369803.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 沈冠雄
Original assignee: Beijing ByteDance Network Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing ByteDance Network Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-30
Filing date: 2020-04-30
Publication date: 2020-08-28

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a virtual space roaming guiding method, a virtual space roaming guiding device and electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: identifying a current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space; determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; displaying the roaming route in the virtual space. The roaming route under the current view angle can be displayed for the user who performs virtual space roaming, so that the user can be helped to determine the current position and the position of each virtual subspace, the user can quickly find the corresponding target virtual subspace, and the user cannot lose the direction in the virtual space.

Description

Virtual space roaming guiding method and device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of internet technologies, and in particular, to a virtual space roaming guiding method and apparatus, and an electronic device.

Background

In a house property trading market, a broker generally leads a client to see a house, but on the basis of the mature development of the current virtual reality technology (VR), a user who intentionally rents or sees the house can browse the house by himself through a virtual scene of the house provided by a virtual reality terminal device, and the user can feel personally on the scene without actually seeing the house.

A terminal device using VR technology can present to the user specific image information of each room of the house, and even each corner. After a user enters a VR virtual scene of a house through the terminal device, the terminal device can identify the current visual angle of the user, and then can present a corresponding image for the user to browse.

Disclosure of Invention

This disclosure is provided to introduce concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This disclosure is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a virtual space roaming guiding method, a virtual space roaming guiding device and electronic equipment. The roaming route under the current view angle can be displayed for the user who performs virtual space roaming, so that the user can be helped to determine the current position and the position of each virtual subspace, the user can quickly find the corresponding target virtual subspace, and the user cannot lose the direction in the virtual space.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a virtual space roaming guidance method, where the method includes: identifying a current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space; determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

In a second aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a virtual space roaming guiding apparatus, which includes an identification module, a determination module, and a display module. The identification module is used for identifying the current viewpoint of the user in the virtual space; the determining module is used for determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; the display module is used for displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, including: one or more processors; a storage device, on which one or more programs are stored, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the virtual space roaming guidance method of the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, the disclosed embodiments provide a computer readable medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the virtual space roaming guidance method of the first aspect.

According to the virtual space roaming guiding method, the device and the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space is firstly identified; then determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; and finally displaying the roaming route in the virtual space. The roaming route under the current view angle can be displayed for the user who performs virtual space roaming, so that the user can be helped to determine the current position and the position of each virtual subspace, the user can quickly find the corresponding target virtual subspace, and the user cannot lose the direction in the virtual space.

Drawings

The above and other features, advantages and aspects of various embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent by referring to the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same or similar reference numbers refer to the same or similar elements. It should be understood that the drawings are schematic and that elements and features are not necessarily drawn to scale.

FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a virtual space roaming direction method according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a virtual space roaming directing apparatus according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary system architecture to which the virtual space roaming direction method of one embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a basic structure of an electronic device provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it is to be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but rather are provided for a more thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the drawings and embodiments of the disclosure are for illustration purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure.

It should be understood that the various steps recited in the method embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed in a different order, and/or performed in parallel. Moreover, method embodiments may include additional steps and/or omit performing the illustrated steps. The scope of the present disclosure is not limited in this respect.

The term "include" and variations thereof as used herein are open-ended, i.e., "including but not limited to". The term "based on" is "based, at least in part, on". The term "one embodiment" means "at least one embodiment"; the term "another embodiment" means "at least one additional embodiment"; the term "some embodiments" means "at least some embodiments". Relevant definitions for other terms will be given in the following description.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like in the present disclosure are only used for distinguishing different devices, modules or units, and are not used for limiting the order or interdependence relationship of the functions performed by the devices, modules or units.

It is noted that references to "a", "an", and "the" modifications in this disclosure are intended to be illustrative rather than limiting, and that those skilled in the art will recognize that "one or more" may be used unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

The names of messages or information exchanged between devices in the embodiments of the present disclosure are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the messages or information.

It should be noted that, in the present disclosure, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring to fig. 1, which is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a virtual space roaming guiding method according to the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1, the virtual space roaming guiding method includes the following steps 101 to 103.

Step 101, identifying a current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space.

The virtual space may include a virtual scene rendered by VR technology that is consistent with a real scene. The terminal device using the VR technology can show a virtual space to a user, so that the user can experience the feeling as if the user is in a real space corresponding to the virtual space.

In practice, the viewpoint of the user in the virtual space can be analyzed by collecting picture information corresponding to the real scene. When the picture information is analyzed, the position of the collector when the picture information is collected can be identified according to the effective image information and the ineffective image information in the picture information, and the determined position of the collector is regarded as the viewpoint. For example, in an image captured near a wall, if the wall is not in the picture screen, the wall may be regarded as invalid image information, and the picture information in the picture screen may be regarded as valid image information. At this time, the current viewpoint may be considered to be near the wall.

The terminal device may set a current viewing angle when the user enters the virtual space for the first time, that is, no matter what kind of trigger operation the user indicates a certain position in the virtual space to be entered, the initial viewing angle after the user enters the virtual space for the first time is consistent, and here, an entrance of the virtual space may be set to the initial viewing angle. The user can instruct the terminal device to present the corresponding virtual space by clicking the corresponding trigger button, and the user can be directly positioned to the position corresponding to the initial view angle after entering the virtual space, at this time, the initial view angle can be regarded as the current view angle.

After the user enters the virtual space, the viewing angle can be changed to browse other virtual scenes. At this time, the user can change the angle of view in the virtual space by performing an operation that can substantially switch the virtual scene, such as pressing a button representing a direction, or sliding on a touch screen provided in the terminal device. After the operation of switching the virtual scene is completed, the terminal device may determine the current viewpoint of the user through a plurality of pieces of picture information presented in the current virtual scene. For example, when picture information of a living room corresponding to a wall including a window, a television, a virtual space entrance, and the back surfaces of the three is presented in the current virtual scene, the current viewpoint may be regarded as a position corresponding to the living room facing in the aisle.

Step 102, determining a roaming route of a user at the current moment according to a current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to a target virtual subspace; and the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space.

The virtual space may include a plurality of virtual subspaces. For example, in a scene in which a virtual space is a house, independent rooms such as a bedroom, a living room, a kitchen, and a toilet of the house may be regarded as virtual subspaces of the virtual space. If the user wants to browse the kitchen, the kitchen may be considered the target virtual subspace mentioned above.

Each virtual subspace in the current virtual space may have a corresponding preset viewpoint, and when a certain virtual subspace is used as a target virtual subspace, the preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace may be regarded as a target preset viewpoint. The target preset viewpoint here may include any point in the target virtual subspace. The terminal device may be used to inform the user of the location of the target virtual subspace by presenting the user with a target preset viewpoint. In some application scenarios, a collector collecting picture information may stand at an entrance of a target virtual subspace, so that picture information with the most complete effective image information may be obtained, and when picture information is analyzed, the entrance of the target virtual subspace may be determined as a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace, so that a user may see more effective image information after roaming to the preset viewpoint, and may grasp more effective information. In some application scenarios, each preset viewpoint may be labeled, that is, the name of the target virtual subspace corresponding to each preset viewpoint may be displayed in the virtual space. For example, for a preset viewpoint corresponding to a virtual subspace representing a toilet, a word "toilet" may be marked beside or on the preset viewpoint, so that a user can more easily identify a target virtual subspace desired to be browsed.

The roaming route is a route for guiding a user to perform virtual space roaming. The user can browse the specific information of each corner in the virtual space according to the presented roaming route. The specific information may include information such as wall color, window style, floor design, etc. Aiming at the user who wants to rent or buy the house, the virtual details of the whole house can be browsed through the roaming route, the sense of direction is not lost, and the browsing of the target virtual subspace is not missed.

In some application scenarios, the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint may be connected in a virtual space, and then a path from the current location to the target location may be explicitly known by a user through a directional line segment of the connected current viewpoint and preset viewpoint, where the path may be regarded as a roaming route at the current time. Through the roaming route, the user can be guided to switch to the corresponding target virtual subspace.

Step 103, displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

After the roaming route is determined, it may be presented to the user. Here, the roaming route may be characterized by a directional line segment with an arrow. For example, the current viewpoint is a starting point of a passageway facing a bedroom and a toilet, and at this time, the virtual scene may include a preset viewpoint of the bedroom and a preset viewpoint of the toilet, and the current roaming route may be: and the line segments from the starting point of the passageway to the preset viewpoint of the bedroom and from the starting point of the passageway to the preset viewpoint of the toilet can be guided by arrows at the preset viewpoint of the bedroom and the preset viewpoint of the toilet so as to clarify the directions of the bedroom and the toilet. In some application scenarios, the roaming route can be displayed through a colored line segment, so that the user can distinguish the roaming route from other lines in the virtual space conveniently, and the user can recognize the roaming route quickly conveniently.

The terminal device may automatically present the corresponding roaming route in the virtual space after determining the current viewpoint. Or may be presented by the user's instructions. For example, the user may send an instruction for showing the roaming route to the terminal device by triggering the preset control. The terminal device may display the corresponding roaming route after receiving the indication. The preset control may include a trigger button set in advance to trigger the display of the roaming route.

The roaming route is directly displayed in the virtual space, so that the user can more intuitively see the direction and the position to be traveled, and the user feels more substituted.

In the prior art, when a user roams in a virtual space, the user easily loses the sense of direction because of no guide information, and cannot quickly find a corresponding target virtual subspace. Even in the case of repeated roaming of virtual subspaces, the roaming experience may be poor.

In the present embodiment, the user's current viewpoint in the virtual space is identified by first identifying the user's current viewpoint; then determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; and finally displaying the roaming route in the virtual space. The roaming route under the current view angle can be displayed for the user who performs virtual space roaming, so that the user can be helped to determine the current position and the position of each virtual subspace, the user can quickly find the corresponding target virtual subspace, and the user cannot lose the direction in the virtual space.

In some alternative implementations, step 102 described above may include substep 1 and substep 2.

And step 1, determining a communication channel for communicating the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint in the virtual space.

The communication channel that may exist between the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint may be identified based on the layout of the virtual space. The communication channel here may include a must-pass channel and a channel that can travel between the current viewpoint and the target preset viewpoint. For example, the preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace balcony a is arranged on the side of the bedroom a far from the entrance of the bedroom a, if the current viewpoint is at the entrance of the bedroom a and no other channel such as a passageway can reach the balcony a, the arrival balcony a must pass through the bedroom a, and at this time, the bedroom a can be regarded as a communication channel communicating between the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint. If the balcony a can be reached through the living room and the living room balcony b, at this time, the living room and the living room balcony b can be regarded as a communication channel for communicating the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint.

In practice, other situations, such as aisles or other virtual subspaces, often exist between the current viewpoint and the target preset viewpoint. Therefore, the communication channel existing between the current viewpoint and the target preset viewpoint can be determined in advance, and then the route which can be really traveled in the real space can be determined.

And a substep 2, determining a roaming route based on the current viewpoint, the communication channel and the preset viewpoint.

After a communication channel for communicating the current viewpoint with the target preset viewpoint is determined, the current viewpoint, the communication channel and the target preset viewpoint can be sequentially connected to form a directed line segment from the current viewpoint to the target preset viewpoint through the communication channel, so as to determine the roaming route. For example, in the virtual space, the current viewpoint of the user is a living room, the target preset viewpoint is a bathroom, and the passage from the living room to the bathroom (i.e., the connected passage) is needed, the current roaming route may be: parlor-aisle-toilet.

In the embodiment, the communication channel existing between the preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace and the current viewpoint is determined, and the current viewpoint is connected with the preset viewpoint of the target virtual subspace according to the communication channel, so that a traveling route of a user is conveniently planned, and the traveling route is closer to a tour route of the user in a real space.

In some optional implementations, the virtual space roaming directing method may further include step a: determining an entrance of a target virtual subspace; and displaying an entrance identifier corresponding to the entrance of the target virtual subspace in the virtual space.

The entrance of the target virtual subspace is a passage that is necessary to enter the target virtual subspace from a position outside the target virtual subspace, for example, for the target virtual subspace of the bedroom, the door entering the bedroom can be regarded as the corresponding entrance of the target virtual subspace.

In some application scenarios, the target preset viewpoint may be set at a middle position of the target virtual subspace, and at this time, from the current view angle, even though the communication channel is passed through, in the virtual space, there may be a case where a directional line segment representing the roaming route may directly pass through the wall to connect the target preset viewpoint. At this time, when the user roams to the wall corresponding to the target virtual subspace, the entry identifier corresponding to the entry into the target virtual subspace may be displayed to the user, and the user is guided to enter the target virtual subspace through the entry. For example, when entering the target virtual subspace bedroom a from the current view living room, the current view point may be connected with the target preset view point to determine the current roaming route, and after the user arrives at the position of the bedroom a according to the roaming route, if the preset view point corresponding to the bedroom a is found inside the bedroom a, the user can know that the user needs to enter the bedroom a through the entrance through the displayed entrance identifier of the bedroom a, and after the user enters the bedroom a through the entrance, the user can be switched to the preset view point to check the overall situation of the bedroom a. The entrance identifier here may be, for example, "entrance a", and is used to characterize the correspondence by the case of letters, i.e., the entrance of the bedroom a may be entrance a.

In some optional implementations, the virtual space roaming directing method may further include step B: in response to detecting that the entry of the target virtual subspace is not in the virtual scene viewable from the current viewpoint, displaying guidance information corresponding to the entry of the target virtual subspace in the viewable virtual scene.

The guidance information may include a prompt to guide the user to find the target virtual subspace. For example, guidance information representing that the rear of the current view angle includes a toilet may be "a toilet is set behind", and in some application scenarios, a symbol such as an arrow representing a direction may be added to the guidance information, so that a user may switch a virtual scenario according to the direction indicated by the arrow symbol, which is more intuitive and convenient.

When a user roams in a virtual space, there is a space that is not visible to the eye, as when the user roams in a real scene. However, in the virtual space, the terminal device may present the guidance information of the subspaces not within the sight line range to the user, and the user may know which virtual subspaces correspond to the portion of the space through the presented guidance information, and then may switch to the corresponding virtual scene according to the guidance information.

For example, for a virtual space of a house, the current viewpoint is at a position where the living room faces the bedroom, and the kitchen of the house is in a different direction than the bedroom. At this time, the virtual scene corresponding to the current viewpoint may include a bedroom, a communication channel from the living room to the bedroom, and a partial virtual scene of the living room, but since the kitchen is not in the virtual scene visible from the current viewpoint, if the user does not switch the virtual scene to the rear with respect to the current viewpoint, the user may not know the specific position of the kitchen, and thus cannot see the specific scene in the kitchen. Therefore, it is possible to add guidance information corresponding to the kitchen within a range visible from the current viewpoint, so that the user can recognize that the kitchen is behind its current viewpoint. The guidance information may be set according to a specific location of the kitchen. For example, the kitchen is at the left rear of the living room and the guidance information may be placed at the left lower side of the currently visible virtual scene.

In other embodiments, step 102 may include sub-steps one and two.

And step one, determining a communication channel for communicating the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint in the virtual space and an inlet of the target virtual subspace.

Here, the specific process of determining the connected channel and the technical effect thereof may refer to the related description of substep 1, and the specific process of determining the entry of the target virtual subspace and the technical effect thereof may refer to step a, which is not described herein again.

And step two, determining a roaming route based on the current viewpoint, the communication channel, the entrance of the target virtual subspace and a preset viewpoint.

After determining the entries of the connected channel and the target virtual subspace, the entries of the connected channel and the target virtual subspace may be sequentially connected from the current viewpoint until the target preset viewpoint is reached, and a roaming route including points corresponding to the four positions may be formed. For example, the current viewpoint is at a kitchen doorway in the virtual space, the kitchen doorway corresponds to a passage leading to a bedroom, the left turn of the passage is an entrance of the bedroom, and the preset viewpoint corresponding to the bedroom is arranged at a window of the bedroom. The roaming route corresponding to the virtual scene may be: current viewpoint-aisle-bedroom entrance-bedroom window. In some application scenarios, the preset viewpoint may be set at the entrance, so that when the user roams to the entrance, the virtual scenario with the most complete effective image information in the entire target virtual subspace can be seen.

In this embodiment, the entry of the target virtual subspace is added into the roaming route, so that the user can reach the preset view point along the roaming route without looking up the identification information of the entry corresponding to the target virtual subspace, and then can continue to browse the target virtual subspace.

In some alternative implementations, the preset viewpoint may be displayed in a perspective form.

When a user roams in a virtual space, the current viewpoint where the user is located may be parallel to or blocked by an obstacle in the virtual space, so that the user cannot notice that a virtual subspace may exist behind the obstacle. Therefore, the preset viewpoint can be set to be displayed in a perspective form, so that the position of the preset viewpoint can be directly viewed no matter where the current viewpoint of the user is, and then any one target virtual subspace in the virtual space cannot be missed to browse. In some application scenarios, the preset viewpoint may be set as a colored circle or dot for displaying. It may have a certain area, for example, the preset viewpoint may be set as a blue circle with a radius of 0.2 cm, so that the user can know the position information of the preset viewpoint in a more intuitive manner.

Referring to fig. 2, which shows a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a virtual space roaming guiding apparatus according to the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2, the virtual space roaming guiding apparatus includes an identification module 201, a determination module 202, and a display module 203, where the identification module 201 is configured to identify a current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space; the determining module 202 is configured to determine a roaming route of the user at the current time according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; the display module 203 is used for displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

It should be noted that specific processing of the identification module 201, the determination module 202, and the display module 203 of the virtual space roaming guiding apparatus and technical effects thereof can refer to the related descriptions of step 101 to step 103 in the corresponding embodiment of fig. 1, which are not described herein again.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the determining module 202 is further configured to: determining a communication channel for communicating a current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint in a virtual space; and determining a roaming route based on the current viewpoint, the communication channel and the preset viewpoint.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the virtual space roaming directing apparatus further includes an identification module, where the identification module is configured to determine an entry of the target virtual subspace; and displaying an entrance identifier corresponding to the entrance of the target virtual subspace in the virtual space.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the virtual space roaming directing apparatus further includes a guiding module, where the guiding module is configured to, in response to detecting that the entry of the target virtual subspace is not visible in the virtual scene from the current viewpoint, display guiding information corresponding to the entry of the target virtual subspace in the visible virtual scene.

In some optional implementations of this embodiment, the determining module 202 is further configured to: determining a communication channel for communicating a current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint in a virtual space and an inlet of a target virtual subspace; and determining a roaming route based on the current viewpoint, the communication channel, the entrance of the target virtual subspace and the preset viewpoint.

In some optional implementations of the present embodiment, the preset viewpoint is displayed in a perspective form.

Referring to fig. 3, an exemplary system architecture to which the virtual space roaming direction method of one embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied is illustrated.

As shown in fig. 3, the system architecture may include

terminal devices

301, 302, 303, a network 304, and a server 305. The network 304 serves as a medium for providing communication links between the

terminal devices

301, 302, 303 and the server 305. Network 304 may include various connection types, such as wired, wireless communication links, or fiber optic cables, to name a few. The terminal devices and servers described above may communicate using any currently known or future developed network Protocol, such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), and may be interconnected with any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include a local area network ("LAN"), a wide area network ("WAN"), the internet (e.g., the internet), and peer-to-peer networks (e.g., Ad hoc peer-to-peer networks), as well as any currently known or future developed network.

The

terminal devices

301, 302, 303 may interact with a server 305 over a network 304 to receive or send messages or the like. The

terminal devices

301, 302, 303 may have various client applications installed thereon, such as a video distribution application, a search-type application, and a news-information-type application.

The

terminal devices

301, 302, 303 may be hardware or software. When the

terminal devices

301, 302, 303 are hardware, they may be various electronic devices having a display screen and supporting web browsing, including but not limited to smart phones, tablet computers, e-book readers, MP3 players (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III, mpeg compression standard Audio Layer 3), MP4 players (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer IV, mpeg compression standard Audio Layer 4), laptop portable computers, desktop computers, and the like. When the

terminal device

301, 302, 303 is software, it can be installed in the electronic devices listed above. It may be implemented as multiple pieces of software or software modules (e.g., software or software modules used to provide distributed services) or as a single piece of software or software module. And is not particularly limited herein.

The server 305 may be a server that can provide various services, for example, receives a roaming route acquisition request transmitted by the

terminal device

301, 302, 303, analyzes the roaming route acquisition request, and transmits an analysis processing result (e.g., a roaming route corresponding to the acquisition request) to the

terminal device

301, 302, 303.

It should be noted that the virtual space roaming guiding method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be executed by a server, or may be executed by a terminal device, and accordingly, the virtual space roaming guiding apparatus may be disposed in the server, or may be disposed in the terminal device.

It should be understood that the number of terminal devices, networks, and servers in fig. 3 is merely illustrative. There may be any number of terminal devices, networks, and servers, as desired for implementation.

Referring now to FIG. 4, shown is a schematic diagram of an electronic device (e.g., the server of FIG. 3) suitable for use in implementing embodiments of the present disclosure. The electronic device shown in fig. 4 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 4, the electronic device may include a processing means (e.g., a central processing unit, a graphics processor, etc.) 401 that may perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM)402 or a program loaded from a storage means 408 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 403. In the RAM 403, various programs and data necessary for the operation of the electronic apparatus are also stored. The processing device 401, the ROM 402, and the RAM 403 are connected to each other via a bus 404. An input/output (I/O) interface 405 is also connected to bus 404.

Generally, the following devices may be connected to the I/O interface 405: input devices 406 including, for example, a touch screen, touch pad, keyboard, mouse, camera, microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.; an output device 407 including, for example, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a speaker, a vibrator, and the like; storage 408 including, for example, tape, hard disk, etc.; and a communication device 409. The communication means 409 may allow the electronic device to communicate with other devices wirelessly or by wire to exchange data. While fig. 4 illustrates an electronic device having various means, it is to be understood that not all illustrated means are required to be implemented or provided. More or fewer devices may alternatively be implemented or provided.

In particular, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to the flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program carried on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program containing program code for performing the method illustrated by the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network via the communication device 409, or from the storage device 408, or from the ROM 402. The computer program performs the above-described functions defined in the methods of the embodiments of the present disclosure when executed by the processing device 401.

It should be noted that the computer readable medium in the present disclosure can be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium or any combination of the two. A computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the present disclosure, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In contrast, in the present disclosure, a computer readable signal medium may comprise a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, either in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: electrical wires, optical cables, RF (radio frequency), etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The computer readable medium may be embodied in the electronic device; or may exist separately without being assembled into the electronic device.

The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to: identifying a current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space; determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space; displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to an object oriented programming language such as Java, Smalltalk, C + +, and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider).

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

The units described in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by software or hardware. Where the name of a module does not in some cases constitute a definition of the unit itself, for example, the identifying module may also be described as a "module identifying the current viewpoint of the user in the virtual space".

The functions described herein above may be performed, at least in part, by one or more hardware logic components. For example, without limitation, exemplary types of hardware logic components that may be used include: field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs), systems on a chip (SOCs), Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs), and the like.

In the context of this disclosure, a machine-readable medium may be a tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The machine-readable medium may be a machine-readable signal medium or a machine-readable storage medium. A machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples of a machine-readable storage medium would include an electrical connection based on one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

The foregoing description is only exemplary of the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is illustrative of the principles of the technology employed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the scope of the disclosure herein is not limited to the particular combination of features described above, but also encompasses other embodiments in which any combination of the features described above or their equivalents does not depart from the spirit of the disclosure. For example, the above features and (but not limited to) the features disclosed in this disclosure having similar functions are replaced with each other to form the technical solution.

Further, while operations are depicted in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order. Under certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Likewise, while several specific implementation details are included in the above discussion, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the disclosure. Certain features that are described in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination.

Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.

Claims

1. A virtual space roaming guidance method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

identifying a current viewpoint of a user in a virtual space;

determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space;

displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace comprises:

determining a communication channel in the virtual space for communicating the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint;

and determining the roaming route based on the current viewpoint, the communication channel and the preset viewpoint.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining an entry of the target virtual subspace; and

and displaying an entrance identifier corresponding to the entrance of the target virtual subspace in the virtual space.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in response to detecting that the entry of the target virtual subspace is not in the virtual scene viewable from the current viewpoint, displaying guidance information corresponding to the entry of the target virtual subspace in the viewable virtual scene.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace comprises:

determining a communication channel in the virtual space for communicating the current viewpoint and the preset viewpoint and an inlet of the target virtual subspace; and

and determining the roaming route based on the current viewpoint, the communication channel, the entrance of the target virtual subspace and the preset viewpoint.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the preset viewpoint is displayed in a perspective form.

7. A virtual space roaming direction device, comprising:

the identification module is used for identifying the current viewpoint of the user in the virtual space;

the determining module is used for determining a roaming route of the user at the current moment according to the current viewpoint and a preset viewpoint corresponding to the target virtual subspace; wherein the target virtual subspace is a subspace in the virtual space;

a display module for displaying the roaming route in the virtual space.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the determining module is further configured to:

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

an identification module for determining an entry of the target virtual subspace; and

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

and the guiding module is used for responding to the detection that the entrance of the target virtual subspace is not in the virtual scene visible from the current viewpoint, and displaying the guiding information corresponding to the entrance of the target virtual subspace in the visible virtual scene.

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the determining module is further configured to:

12. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the preset viewpoint is displayed in a perspective form.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

storage means having one or more programs stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of any of claims 1-6.

14. A computer-readable medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method according to any one of claims 1-6.