Abstract: A vehicle notification apparatus recognizes an object of driving over on a road on which a host vehicle travels based on a detection result by a front sensor of the host vehicle, determines whether the object of driving over flies backwards based on a detection result by a rear sensor of the host vehicle when the object of driving over is recognized, and notifies a following vehicle of projectile information corresponding to the flight of the object of driving over when it is determined that the object of driving over flies backwards.

Abstract: A control system assists generation of a distribution content item representing progress of a video game played by a user. The control system includes at least one memory that stores a program; and at least one processor that executes the program to (i) provide the user with address information representing an address of material data on an effect material used for the distribution content item, (ii) under a control condition set in accordance with instructions from the user, update the material data in conjunction with progress of the video game played by the user, and (iii) in conjunction with the progress of the video game played by the user, transmit the material data to the editing system based on a request that uses the address information from an editing system that generates the distribution content item.

Abstract: Provided is a video distribution system with which it is possible to improve the motivation of participants with respect to an event that is distributed as a recorded video. A video distribution system is connected via a network to user terminal devices, and distributes a recorded video obtained by recording status of a game event in which a plurality of participants participating therein, to the user terminal devices. And the video distribution system increases the prize money amount set for the game event according to selection of an amount increase option executed by each user via the user terminal device so as to be associated with the recorded video, and decides the individual prize money amount to be awarded to a target participant P based on the prize money amount at the end of a predetermined period.

Abstract: A control system includes: one or more memories configured to store instructions; and one or more processors communicatively connected to the one or more memories and configured to execute the instructions to: acquire status data indicative of a status of a game from a game system configured to progress the game played by one or more players; generate commentary information to be played by a terminal apparatus to which a game video representative of the status of the game is delivered, the commentary information being to be played in conjunction with the game video; and use the status data and setting data specifying a commentary condition to generate the commentary information on the status of the game under the commentary condition.

Abstract: A program recorded in a computer-readable recording medium causes a processor of a server apparatus communicable with a game apparatus that executes a video game and generates video information indicative of a video of the video game. The program causes a processor of the server apparatus to function as: a distribution information generator configured to generate distribution information indicative of a distributed video based on the video information; and a modifiable replaying information generator configured to generate modifiable replaying information that indicates a progress status of the video game in the game apparatus and that enables a modifiable replaying of a game, of the video game in which a user of a terminal apparatus plays the video game under the progress status of the video game, in the terminal apparatus configured to display the distributed video based on the distribution information generated by the distribution information generator.

Abstract: A control system includes: at least one memory that stores a program; and at least one processor that implements the program to: manage a contest in which a plurality of participants play a competitive video game; accept a registration request of each of a plurality of users; and determine a pair of (i) any participant of the plurality of participants and (ii) any user of the plurality of users. The pair will be players of the competitive video game.

Abstract: A program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium causes a processor of a game apparatus to function as a game controller configured to execute a video game and generate video information indicative of a video of the video game; and a generator configured to generate analysis information obtained by analyzing a plurality of pieces of game message information output from a plurality of terminal apparatuses configured to display a distributed video based on the video information. The game controller is configured to impart to the video of the video game at least one of a visual effect that is in accordance with the analysis information or an auditory effect that is in accordance with the analysis information, and each piece of game message information output from the plurality of terminal apparatuses includes a message related to at least one of the distributed video or the video game.

Abstract: A program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium causes a processor of a game apparatus to function as a game controller that executes a video game and generates video information indicative of a video of the video game; and an acquirer that acquires message information that is output from a terminal apparatus configured to display a distributed video that is based on the video information, the message information including a message related to at least one of the distributed video or the video game. The game controller incorporates the message included in the message information into the video of the video game, based on progress status information indicative of a progress status of the video game.

Abstract: A game system is provided that can gamify selection at a selection opportunity. A game system provides, to a viewer who via a user terminal device is viewing a game screen of a baseball game provided by a game machine, a selection screen for selecting one or more of plural individual option regions that are included in the game screen of the baseball game. Furthermore, when a home run occurs in the baseball game according to a predetermined rule so as to enter (reach) any one of the plural individual option regions, the game system determines a winning region which a ball image of the home run enters and, if the winning region matches the individual option region selected in the selection screen, imparts a benefit to the viewer who made the selection.

Abstract: A distribution system distributes a viewing video to a user terminal of each of plural users who are viewers, the distribution system having a computer receiving a user operation inputted from each user terminal, the computer selecting one or more pieces of distribution data from a distribution data group including plural pieces of distribution data in response to the user operation, and the computer distributing the distribution data selected by the computer to the user terminal from which the user operation has been inputted.

Abstract: In a video distribution system comprising a relay server that relays and distributes video to be viewed distributed from a predetermined distribution source to a user terminal device used by each of a plurality of users, a distribution base is set in the relay server as a unit for relaying and distributing video to the user terminal device after obtaining permission from the distribution source, and the video from the distribution source is relayed and distributed to the user terminal device of a user via the distribution base used by the user.

Abstract: An information processing system (1) includes: a first terminal (20) that controls progress of a game; and a second terminal (10) that is communicably connected with the first terminal (20) and that does not have a function to control progress of the game. The second terminal (10) includes a transmitting section (113) that transmits, in accordance with manipulation carried out by a user with respect to the second terminal (10), message information including at least a message. The first terminal (20) includes a receiving section (212) that receives the message information and a message output section (215) that provides the message via audio output in accordance with the message information during playing of the game.

Abstract: An information processing system (1) includes: a first terminal (20) that controls progress of a game; and a second terminal (10) that is communicably connected with the first terminal (20) and that does not have a function to control progress of the game. The second terminal (10) includes a transmitting section (113) that transmits, in accordance with manipulation carried out by a user with respect to the second terminal (10), message information including at least (i) a message and (ii) information indicating a scene which is included in a game space where the game progresses and in which the message is to be displayed. The first terminal (20) includes a receiving section (212) that receives the message information and a message display section (213) that displays the message in the scene in accordance with the message information.

Abstract: Provided is a video distribution system with which it is possible to improve the motivation of participants with respect to an event that is distributed as a recorded video. A video distribution system is connected via a network to user terminal devices, and distributes a recorded video obtained by recording status of a game event in which a plurality of participants participating therein, to the user terminal devices. And the video distribution system increases the prize money amount set for the game event according to selection of an amount increase option executed by each user via the user terminal device so as to be associated with the recorded video, and decides the individual prize money amount to be awarded to a target participant P based on the prize money amount at the end of a predetermined period.

Abstract: A watching system by which a game video is distributed to display devices of a plurality of watching users has: a computer; the computer accepting viewer operations by the plurality of watching users; the computer evaluating a mutual relationship of input of the viewer operation by each of the plurality of watching users; and the computer controlling an operation effect corresponding to the viewer operation so as to change based on evaluation result of the mutual relationship.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions stored therein causes at least one processor of a game apparatus to: communicate with a distribution system configured to distribute videos to a plurality of terminal apparatuses; progress a computer game; generate, based on a progress of the computer game, video information that is used to play a video of the computer game indicating a state of a virtual space of the computer game; supply a distribution video based on the video information to the distribution system; acquire spectator information from the distribution system, the spectator information relating to at least one spectator apparatus that is a part of the plurality of terminal apparatuses, and receives the distribution video from the distribution system; and control content of an advertisement to be displayed in the virtual space, based on the spectator information.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions stored therein causes at least one processor of a game apparatus to: communicate with a distribution system configured to distribute videos to a plurality of terminal apparatuses; progress a computer game; generate, based on a progress of the computer game, video information that is used to play a video of the computer game indicating a state of a virtual space of the computer game; supply the video information to the distribution system; acquire spectator apparatus information from the distribution system, the spectator apparatus information relating to at least one spectator apparatus that is a part of the plurality of terminal apparatus, and receives a video based on the video information from the distribution system; and control display of an advertisement in the virtual space, based on the spectator apparatus information.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having instructions stored therein that cause at least one processor of a game apparatus to: progress a video game; initiate a period for supporting to receive support for a specific object of the video game, when a game state of the video game that is progressed based on a user input corresponds to a specific game state; acquire support information from a terminal apparatus communicably connectable with the game apparatus in the period for supporting, the support information being based on a specific input made to the terminal apparatus; and change an ability associated with the specific object based on the support information.

Abstract: A program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium causes a processor of a server apparatus communicable with a game apparatus capable of executing a game and delivering a video to a terminal apparatus, to perform a method of: acquiring, from a game apparatus that executes a game, video information indicating a game video of the game; and delivering, to the terminal apparatus, the game video indicated by the video information. The delivering includes, with the game apparatus having generated specific information indicating that the game video is a specific video, delivering to the terminal apparatus a specific advertisement for a specific commercial item associated with the specific video in response to acquiring the video information and the specific information from the game apparatus.