INFORMATION VISUALIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING INFORMATION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly control displaying information of content, in a 3-dimensional GUI which uses CG technology. SOLUTION: An information visualization device includes: a means for specifying content; a means for combining one or more pieces of first information of a plurality of meta-information included in the specified content to generate first display information; a means for combining one or more pieces of second information of the plurality of meta-information to generate second display information whose information amount is different from that of the first display information; a means for arranging the first and the second display information on a first and a second surface of a CG (Computer Graphic) model so as to create an information CG model; a means for determining a posture of the information CG model so that the first and the second surface can be viewed from a virtual view point when they are arranged at a position corresponding to CG model positional information in a virtual space; and a means for arranging the information CG model at a position corresponding to the positional information, in a determined posture. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT