A system for creating interactive zones in a virtual environment, the system comprising: a head mounted display device ; and an interactive zone engine that: renders and displays the virtual environment to a wearer of the head mounted display device , wherein the user is unable to see objects in the real world; captures video data of a real-world environment corresponding to a field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device ; detects at least one physical object in the captured video data associated with a location in the field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device; creates an interactive zone at a location in the virtual environment based on the location of the detected at least one physical object in the field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device , wherein the size of the interactive zone is based on a size of the physical object in the field of view; generates a video stream for the interactive zone from the captured video data of the real-world environment by the head mounted display device , wherein the video stream for the interactive zone includes real time video from a location in the field of view of the wearer that corresponds to the location associated with the interactive zone in the virtual environment; and renders and displays the generated video stream in the created interactive zone in the virtual environment . a head mounted display device ; and an interactive zone engine that: renders and displays the virtual environment to a wearer of the head mounted display device , wherein the user is unable to see objects in the real world; captures video data of a real-world environment corresponding to a field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device ; detects at least one physical object in the captured video data associated with a location in the field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device; creates an interactive zone at a location in the virtual environment based on the location of the detected at least one physical object in the field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device , wherein the size of the interactive zone is based on a size of the physical object in the field of view; generates a video stream for the interactive zone from the captured video data of the real-world environment by the head mounted display device , wherein the video stream for the interactive zone includes real time video from a location in the field of view of the wearer that corresponds to the location associated with the interactive zone in the virtual environment; and renders and displays the generated video stream in the created interactive zone in the virtual environment . renders and displays the virtual environment to a wearer of the head mounted display device , wherein the user is unable to see objects in the real world; captures video data of a real-world environment corresponding to a field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device ; detects at least one physical object in the captured video data associated with a location in the field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device; creates an interactive zone at a location in the virtual environment based on the location of the detected at least one physical object in the field of view of the wearer of the head mounted display device , wherein the size of the interactive zone is based on a size of the physical object in the field of view; generates a video stream for the interactive zone from the captured video data of the real-world environment by the head mounted display device , wherein the video stream for the interactive zone includes real time video from a location in the field of view of the wearer that corresponds to the location associated with the interactive zone in the virtual environment; and renders and displays the generated video stream in the created interactive zone in the virtual environment . <EOS>