Patent ID: 8400445

Claim:
A method of processing an image, comprising, setting an object in a virtual space; setting an interface that divides said virtual space into spaces according to an interface setting operation; setting, at least in a first space of said spaces, a first virtual rendering viewpoint so as to have the object partially presented in said first space according to a first rendering viewpoint setting operation; setting, in a second space of said spaces which is adjacent to said first space via said interface, a second virtual rendering viewpoint symmetrical to said first virtual rendering viewpoint along said interface according to a second rendering viewpoint setting operation; setting, in said first space, a third virtual rendering viewpoint arranged on a plane that includes line-of-sight direction vectors of said first and second virtual rendering viewpoints, passing through or near the intersection of said first virtual rendering viewpoint and said interface, and having a line-of-sight direction vector in which the line-of-direction vector of said first virtual rendering viewpoint is rotated in an interface direction for a prescribed angle, according to a third rendering viewpoint setting operation; rendering, with respect to the first virtual rendering viewpoint, said object with a texture in the first space, and rendering said object without rendering a texture in the second space, according to a first texture rendering operation; rendering, with respect to the second virtual rendering viewpoint, said object with a texture in the first space, and rendering said object without rendering a texture in the second space, according to a second texture rendering operation; and rendering, with respect to the third virtual imaging viewpoint, said object with a texture in the second space, and rendering said object without rendering a texture in the first space, according to a third texture rendering operation.