An information generation method, comprising: generating, by a first terminal device, first gesture information according to an identified gesture path, wherein the gesture path is formed by a movement track of the first terminal device; detecting, by the first terminal device, first location information of a place where the gesture occurs including a direction of the first location information; generating, by the first terminal device, first summary information comprising the first gesture information and the first location information; sending, by the first terminal device, to a second terminal device a message comprising the first summary information, so that the second terminal device displays an image formed by the first gesture path when a location of the second terminal device matches the location corresponding to the first location information; receiving, by the second terminal device, first summary information from the first terminal device, and extracting first location information and first gesture information in the first summary information, wherein the first summary information comprises the first gesture information generated by the first terminal device according to an identified gesture path and the first location information of a place where the gesture occured, recorded by the first terminal device; and when detecting that latitude and longitude coordinates and a direction of a current location information of the second terminal device matches the latitude and longitude coordinates and the direction of the first location information in the first summary information, and a camera of the second terminal device is in a switched-on state, obtaining, by the second terminal device, an image formed by the first gesture path according to the first gesture information in the second summary information, and displaying the image on a viewing interface of the camera. generating, by a first terminal device, first gesture information according to an identified gesture path, wherein the gesture path is formed by a movement track of the first terminal device; detecting, by the first terminal device, first location information of a place where the gesture occurs including a direction of the first location information; generating, by the first terminal device, first summary information comprising the first gesture information and the first location information; sending, by the first terminal device, to a second terminal device a message comprising the first summary information, so that the second terminal device displays an image formed by the first gesture path when a location of the second terminal device matches the location corresponding to the first location information; receiving, by the second terminal device, first summary information from the first terminal device, and extracting first location information and first gesture information in the first summary information, wherein the first summary information comprises the first gesture information generated by the first terminal device according to an identified gesture path and the first location information of a place where the gesture occured, recorded by the first terminal device; and when detecting that latitude and longitude coordinates and a direction of a current location information of the second terminal device matches the latitude and longitude coordinates and the direction of the first location information in the first summary information, and a camera of the second terminal device is in a switched-on state, obtaining, by the second terminal device, an image formed by the first gesture path according to the first gesture information in the second summary information, and displaying the image on a viewing interface of the camera.