Patent ID: 7940370

Claim:
A visual display assembly for creating an interactive three dimensional (3D) animated display for a viewer, comprising: a platform supporting a plurality of spaced-apart objects with differing configurations; a drive mechanism connected to the platform and operable to rotate the platform about an axis of rotation; a light source mounted proximate to the platform; an input interface receiving input from the viewer and outputting a viewer input signal; and a controller operating the light source to illuminate one of the objects in response to the viewer input signal, wherein the objects are positioned at a radius from the rotation axis, wherein the viewer input signal comprises an audio signal, wherein the controller comprises a volume detector detecting a volume level of the audio signal, wherein each of objects is paired with a range of volume levels, and wherein the controller selects the one object to illuminate with the light source from the plurality of objects based upon the determined volume level and the pairing to the determined volume level.