Virtual work of expression within a virtual environment

A system for displaying an environment, the system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• a head-mounted display including a tracking device operable to track a user's reading position;
• and
• a content engine executing on the computer processor and configured to:
• display at least a portion of a virtual three-dimensional environment in the head-mounted display;
• 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;
• receive the user's reading position in the representation of the written work from the tracking device;
• identify 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, wherein modifying includes producing a visual representation of a character described in the written work, and wherein the visual representation of the character speaks at least a portion of the written work corresponding to the user's reading position.

A method for displaying an environment, the method comprising:

• displaying at least a portion of a virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, wherein the head-mounted display includes a tracking device operable to track a user's reading position;
• 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;
• receiving the user's reading position in the representation of the written work from the tracking device;
• identifying 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, wherein modifying includes producing a visual representation of a character described in the written work, and wherein the visual representation of the character speaks at least a portion of the written work corresponding to the user's reading position.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions for displaying an 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 a virtual three-dimensional environment in a head-mounted display, wherein the head-mounted display includes a tracking device operable to track a user's reading position;
• 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;
• receive the user's reading position in the representation of the written work from the tracking device;
• identify 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, wherein modifying includes producing a visual representation of a character described in the written work, and wherein the visual representation of the character speaks at least a portion of the written work corresponding to the user's reading position.