System and method for creating and manipulating synthetic environments

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• based on a first position of a user relative to a device:
• presenting a first image on an image plane of the device;
• and
• presenting a second image on the image plane of the device, the first image and the second image comprising a first composite image that presents a first relative relationship between the first image and the second image according to a first view by the user of the first composite image from the first position, and wherein neither the first image nor the second image is an image of the user;
• detecting that the user has moved from the first position to a second position relative to the device to yield a second view by the user of the device from the second position, wherein the device does not move;
• and
• based on the second position and based on the second view from the second position, modifying the first image on the image plane and modifying the second image on the image plane to yield a modified first image and a modified second image, wherein the modified first image and the modified second image yield a second composite image that is configured based on the second view by the user of the second composite image from the second position.

A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• based on a first position of a user relative to a device:
• presenting a first image on an image plane of the device;
• and
• presenting a second image on the image plane of the device, the first image and the second image comprising a first composite image that presents a first relative relationship between the first image and the second image according to a first view by the user of the first composite image from the first position, and wherein neither the first image nor the second image is an image of the user;
• detecting that the user has moved from the first position to a second position relative to the device to yield a second view by the user of the device from the second position, wherein the device does not move;
• and
• based on the second position and based on the second view from the second position, modifying the first image on the image plane and modifying the second image on the image plane to yield a modified first image and a modified second image, wherein the modified first image and the modified second image yield a second composite image that is configured based on the second view by the user of the second composite image from the second position.