Patent ID: 7664563

Claim:
A method of providing an interactive representation for user, comprising: providing, in an artificial environment, one or more physical objects visually representative of a first set of design choices; accepting user selection of one or more virtual objects visually representative of a second set of design choices; responsive to the user selection of one or more virtual objects visually representative of a second set of design choices, fabricating by rapid prototyping one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices; positioning the fabricated one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices in the artificial environment; after positioning the fabricated one or more physical objects visually representative of the second set of design choices in the artificial environment, capturing one or more images of the artificial environment from a first position relative to the artificial environment; accepting user view positioning input with a control system; and responsive to accepting user view positioning input with the control system, capturing one or more images of the artificial environment from a second position relative to the artificial environment different from the first position.