Method for controlling functions in a vehicle using gestures performed in three-dimensional space in the vehicle, the method comprising: a) determining whether or not a first gesture performed in three-dimensional space is detected by means of an image-based detection process; b) determining whether or not the first gesture is a gesture directed towards a virtual object (400, 500, 600) which is superimposed on a real environment of the vehicle, if it is determined that the first gesture has been detected, wherein the virtual object (400, 500, 600) is displayed by means of a device of the vehicle for superimposing the virtual object on the real environment of the vehicle; c) determining whether or not a second gesture performed in three-dimensional space is detected by means of the image-based detection process if it has been determined that the detected first gesture is the gesture which is directed towards the virtual object (400, 500, 600) which is superimposed on the real environment of the vehicle; d) determining whether or not the detected second gesture is a gesture assigned to a manipulation of the virtual object (400, 500, 600) if it is determined that the second gesture has been detected; and e) manipulating the virtual object (400, 500, 600) if it has been determined that the detected first gesture is the gesture directed towards the virtual object (400, 500, 600) which is superimposed on the real environment of the vehicle, and if it is determined that the detected second gesture is the gesture assigned to the manipulation of the virtual object, characterised in that the second gesture is a gesture directed towards a display unit (700, 900) of the vehicle which is different from the device for superimposing the virtual object (400, 500, 600) on the real environment, and in that the manipulating of the virtual object (400, 500, 600) comprises a presentation of the displaced or copied virtual object or a presentation of additional or detailed information regarding an object in the real environment belonging to the virtual object (400, 500, 600) on the display unit (700, 900) of the vehicle which is determined by the second gesture. a) determining whether or not a first gesture performed in three-dimensional space is detected by means of an image-based detection process; b) determining whether or not the first gesture is a gesture directed towards a virtual object (400, 500, 600) which is superimposed on a real environment of the vehicle, if it is determined that the first gesture has been detected, wherein the virtual object (400, 500, 600) is displayed by means of a device of the vehicle for superimposing the virtual object on the real environment of the vehicle; c) determining whether or not a second gesture performed in three-dimensional space is detected by means of the image-based detection process if it has been determined that the detected first gesture is the gesture which is directed towards the virtual object (400, 500, 600) which is superimposed on the real environment of the vehicle; d) determining whether or not the detected second gesture is a gesture assigned to a manipulation of the virtual object (400, 500, 600) if it is determined that the second gesture has been detected; and e) manipulating the virtual object (400, 500, 600) if it has been determined that the detected first gesture is the gesture directed towards the virtual object (400, 500, 600) which is superimposed on the real environment of the vehicle, and if it is determined that the detected second gesture is the gesture assigned to the manipulation of the virtual object, characterised in that the second gesture is a gesture directed towards a display unit (700, 900) of the vehicle which is different from the device for superimposing the virtual object (400, 500, 600) on the real environment, and in that the manipulating of the virtual object (400, 500, 600) comprises a presentation of the displaced or copied virtual object or a presentation of additional or detailed information regarding an object in the real environment belonging to the virtual object (400, 500, 600) on the display unit (700, 900) of the vehicle which is determined by the second gesture.