Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a user information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on presence of one or more users who are using same content as output content, a user position decision unit configured to decide display positions of the presence of the users with the information on the presence of the users acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to exert control to display the information on the presence of the users on the basis of the display positions decided by the user position decision unit in a manner that the users appear to be using the content together.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling an intuitive operation to be performed on a virtual object in a manner similar to that in a case of a real object. An information processing apparatus as an aspect of the present technology includes a physical property setting unit configured to set a physical property in a virtual object that can be viewed together with an operating tool and a real object existing in a real space, a positional relationship detection unit configured to detect a virtual positional relationship among the operating tool, the real object and the virtual object, and a virtual object changing unit configured to change display of the virtual object on the basis of the virtual positional relationship that is detected. The present technology may be applied to a VR system.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an operation detection unit configured to detect a user's operation, and a display control unit configured to display content in a part including a middle of a display screen and display thumbnails corresponding to content belonging to one category in one direction along one side of the display screen in a region located separately from the middle of the display screen. The display control unit moves the displayed thumbnails in a vertical direction with respect to the one direction according to an operation which is detected by the operation detection unit and is an operation of switching the one category to which the content corresponding to the displayed thumbnails belongs.

Abstract: An information processing device including a decision unit that determines, on the basis of a predetermined reference, a shared object arranged in a virtual space that is generated for communication between a first user and a second user on the basis of a sensing result of a first real space including at least one first actual object in relation to the first user and a sensing result of a second real space including at least one second actual object in relation to the second user.

Abstract: A sending device that sends, to a receiving device, a content divided into segments includes a generating unit configured to generate data containing information that allows access to each segment, and a communication control unit configured to send, to the receiving device, data generated by the generating unit. The communication control unit is further configured to send, to the receiving device, video area information of each segment.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device to improve convenience by performing display in which a target device selected as an operation target and an operation user can be visually recognized. The information processing device includes a display control unit that controls, based on position information of a target device in a predetermined real space and position information of a user having an operation authority for the target device, display corresponding to a positional relation between the user and the target device such that the user can visually recognize the display in the real space. Consequently, it is possible to improve convenience by performing display in which a target device selected as an operation target and an operation user can be visually recognized.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of appropriately restricting the use of content in a situation in which a certain user ends the use of the content. The information processing device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire information indicating an end of use of content of a free viewpoint by a first user, which is provided on the basis of sensing of a real space and shared by at least the first user and a second user; and a use restricting unit configured to set restrictions related to the use of the content of the free viewpoint on the basis of the information indicating the end of the use and first setting information.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that controls display of selection objects related to devices to be operated, which have been selected through first device selection based on information from which a form of a body of an operation subject directed to the devices to be operated is estimated and a device control unit that controls the devices to be operated, which have been selected through second device selection based on information related to a selecting operation performed by the operation subject to the selection objects.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an image processing unit that performs geometric correction on a target image instructed to be displayed in a display region that displays an image. The geometric correction is performed on a basis of direction information indicating a direction of a user viewing the display region with respect to the display region.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method as well as a program that make it possible to control, by a partition provided on a boundary between two spaces, a visual shielding property and an auditory shielding property of a first space to a person in a second space in an interlocking relationship with each other in response to a distance between the person in the second space and the partition. A distance between the partition, which partitions the first space and the second space, and a person in the second space is measured, and transmittance of the partition and magnitude of output of audio in the first space to the second space are controlled in response to the measured distance. The present disclosure can be applied to a control apparatus for a partition section.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium that are configured to cause a user to intuitively notice to which control target device an operation command has been issued. The information processing device includes a control unit that executes a process of guiding a user's line of sight to a place of a control target device, and a process of controlling timing of running an operation command in the control target device, according to timing of guiding the line of sight.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a control authority managing unit configured to change a control authority for a device by a first user on a basis of whether or not a status is a monitored status. The monitored status is a status in which the device or the first user is under supervision of a second user having a management authority for the device, and the first user does not have the management authority for the device.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program that provide a mechanism with which the display location of the operation object is able to be operated with a sensation of displacing an actual object. The information processing apparatus includes: a display control unit that controls display of an operation object for a device to be operated; and a reference control unit that controls a reference of a location at which the operation object is displayed such that the operation object is able to be visually recognized, on the basis of a predetermined operation performed to the operation object by an operation subject of the device to be operated.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a control device, a control method, an electronic device, and a program that enables an operation in a natural manner for switching between and remotely operating various control target devices. A plurality of control target devices emits infrared light codes each including a unique ID in a predetermined pattern. A user holds a controller and directs an infrared light receiving unit toward a control target device. At this time, a control state is established for the control target device specified by an infrared light code received by the controller. After the control state has been established, when a user rotates a main body of the controller, a control parameter in accordance with the amount of rotation is calculated, and a control command in accordance with the control parameter is transmitted to the control target device to control the control target device. The present disclosure can be applied to a remote controller.

Abstract: Provided is a control device that projects an image representing input information onto a projection surface so as to follow an input of the input information, with an effect in accordance with the type of the projection surface. As the projection surface, a thin sheet material attached on a wall surface is prepared, for example. The color of the thin sheet material is a dark color, for example, and in time with projection of the image representing a handwritten character or picture, a sound, which will come out when the character or the picture is drawn with a chalk on a chalkboard, is output from a speaker installed on the back side of the projection surface.

Abstract: [Problem] Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of giving an instruction for control relating to a location in a space even in voice utterance that does not include the name of a specific location. [Solution] The information processing device includes a control unit that acquires voice utterance corresponding to a processing command of control relating to a location in a space, determines the location in the space in the processing command on the basis of a result of environment sensing processing of the space by a plurality of kinds of sensors in a case where the acquired voice utterance does not include a word that specifies the location in the space, and performs control of issuing a processing command of control relating to the location in the space on the basis of the determined location.

Abstract: To provide a controller and an information processing system capable of providing a click feeling and an operation sound with a simpler mechanism. The controller includes a hollow portion, a freely movable first magnet placed in the hollow portion, a second magnet fixed to an outer side of the hollow portion, and a bottom surface having a tilted shape with respect to a ground surface.

Abstract: [Problem] There are provided an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program that can prompt a user to take an action to improve a projection environment. [Solution] An information processing device including a recognition unit that recognizes a projection environment in space on the basis of sensor data obtained by sensing the space in which content is projected, and an inducement control unit that presents, to a user, inducement information to change a state of the projection environment from the recognized first projection environment state to a second projection environment state with improved visibility.

Abstract: According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing device is provided. The information processing device includes an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image; a recognition unit configured to acquire a recognition result of a user based on the received image, wherein the recognition result includes a position of the user, the user being associated with a display terminal; an image determination unit configured to determine an object based on the recognition result; and a display control unit configured to control display of the object on the display terminal.

Abstract: There is provided a display control device including a user information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on presence of one or more users who are using same content as output content, a user position decision unit configured to decide display positions of the presence of the users with the information on the presence of the users acquired by the user information acquisition unit, and a display control unit configured to exert control to display the information on the presence of the users on the basis of the display positions decided by the user position decision unit in a manner that the users appear to be using the content together.