Virtual camera control device, virtual camera control method, and virtual camera control program

A virtual camera control device (100) is provided with: a gaze point determination unit (130) that determines, as a gaze point, any one point of a cruising object or a viewing object that is a virtual 3D object and that is disposed in a virtual 3D space; and a virtual camera cruising unit (140) for cruising the virtual camera while keeping the imaging direction of the virtual camera, which images the inside of the virtual 3D space and which is disposed inside the virtual 3D space, in the direction from the virtual camera toward the gaze point determined by the gaze point determination unit (130), and keeping the distance from the virtual camera to the cruising target at a constant distance. And moving the virtual camera. 虚拟摄像机控制装置(100)具有：注视点决定部(130)，其将配置于虚拟3D空间内的均为虚拟3D对象的巡游对象或阅览对象的任意1点决定为注视点；以及虚拟摄像机巡游部(140)，其在使对虚拟3D空间内进行拍摄且配置于虚拟3D空间内的虚拟摄像机的拍摄方向保持在从虚拟摄像机朝向注视点决定部(130)决定的注视点的方向，并且使从虚拟摄像机到巡游对象的距离保持在恒定距离的同时，移动虚拟摄像机。