3d interactive menu

A method for navigating an interactive menu in a virtual environment, the interactive menu comprising a first number of selectable items, the method including:

• providing a grid on a delimited portion of a plane in the virtual environment, the grid including a second number of locations equal to said first number;
• providing a plurality of navigation directions within said grid;
• arranging each item of the menu on a respective location of the grid according to an item-grid arrangement, wherein adjacencies along said navigation directions among items located on the grid determine corresponding adjacency relationships, adjacency relationships being further determined along said navigation directions among items located on border locations of the grid which are situated on borders of said delimited portions;
• shooting a first item in the close-up to enable selection of said item;
• receiving a navigation command identifying a navigation direction along which a second item to be selected is located, and
• altering the item-grid arrangement to relocate the items in different locations of the grid based on the received navigation command in such a way to shoot the second item in the close-up, wherein:
• said altering the item-grid arrangement provides for preserving the adjacency relationships.