Patent ID: 8773466

Claim:
A virtual object manipulating apparatus comprising: an input image acquisition unit for obtaining an input image generated by taking an image of a real space; an image recognition unit for recognizing, when a first user-input representing a start of manipulation is detected, a manipulator used for manipulating a virtual object, wherein the manipulator appears in the input image; a calculation unit for calculating, according to a result of the recognition of the manipulator provided by the image recognition unit, a position on a screen of a display device at which the virtual object is to be displayed; a display control unit for displaying the virtual object at the position of the screen of the display device calculated by the calculation unit; and a communication unit for transmitting, when the first user-input is detected, a first notification signal for notifying the start of manipulation to a virtual object observing apparatus displaying the same virtual object as displayed on the screen of the display device, wherein the virtual object observing apparatus begins tracking the manipulator by means of image recognition, based on the first notification signal, upon receiving the first notification signal transmitted from the communication unit of the virtual object manipulating apparatus.