Virtual work of expression within a virtual environment

A method for displaying a virtual three-dimensional environment, the method comprising:

• displaying at least a portion of the virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, wherein the head-mounted display includes a retinal tracking device;
• enabling a user to interact with the virtual three-dimensional environment;
• displaying a virtual representation of a written work within the virtual three-dimensional environment in the head-mounted display;
• enabling the user to interact with the virtual representation of the written work;
• tracking the user's reading position in the representation of the written work via the retinal tracking device;
• determining the content of the representation of the written book at the user's reading position;
• and
• modifying, by a computer processor, the virtual three-dimensional environment based at least in part on the content at the user's reading position.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions for displaying a virtual three-dimensional environment, the plurality of instructions configured to execute on at least one computer processor to enable the at least one computer processor to:

• display at least a portion of the virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, wherein the head-mounted display includes a retinal tracking device;
• enable a user to interact with the virtual three-dimensional environment;
• display a virtual representation of a written work within the virtual three-dimensional environment in the head-mounted display;
• enable the user to interact with the virtual representation of the written work;
• track the user's reading position in the representation of the written work via the retinal tracking device;
• determine the content of the representation of the written book at the user's reading position;
• and
• modify the virtual three-dimensional environment based at least in part on the content at the user's reading position.