IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display method capable of enlarging the scale of a system by reducing the data amount at the time of transmitting and receiving the position information on participants so as to realize a virtual environment where the plural participants participate in a virtual space on the computer of a work station or the like. SOLUTION: The plural client computers of the work stations or the like for realizing a virtual environment where plural participants participate in a three-dimensionally displayed virtual space are connected to a server by a network. The client computers transmit the position information on the respective participants (step 2) and transmit a filter for indicating the selection conditions of members to the server beforehand at the time of displaying the members inside the virtual space (step 1). The server receives the filter (step 5), filters and transmits only the position information on the participant suited to the conditions (steps 8 and 9) and reduces the data amount. By the data amount reduction, the loads on the network and the computers are reduced and the scale of the system is enlarged.