In an information processing apparatus and an information display method
of this invention, user operates client computer to connect it to server
computer by using communication line to carry out, when user accepts
offer of service, e.g., offer of information, video viewing or order of
goods, etc., an operation to display entrance hall within virtually
actualized space on the display of the client computer, and to further
display thereon plural shops by a specific pattern in relation to the
entrance hall. As an example of the specific pattern, there is used a
pattern such that entrance hall is disposed at one side of polygon,
respective shops are disposed at other respective sides, and the entrance
hall is caused to have a height capable of viewing other respective shops
by bird's eye. Thus, in the three-dimensional GUI, the retrievability and
the functional availability are increased. In addition, it becomes
possible to also adopt, in a natural form, the concept with which many
users who have used the two-dimensional GUI are familiar.