A system is described for displaying images of a virtual three-dimensional book
having one or more virtual pages. The system comprises a display system capable
of executing a display program wherein images of the virtual three-dimensional
book are produced on the display system. The display system may include a magnification
function producing a virtual magnifier moveable over the virtual pages. The display
system may also include a the "stretchy page" display method wherein one section
of the page is directly magnified, while other adjacent sections may be directly
magnified in a horizontal or vertical direction, but not both directions. Moreover,
a virtual page may also be tilted about a central axis of the virtual page to accommodate
viewing of a desired section on the display system. Finally, a computer program
product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied
therein for producing images of a virtual three-dimensional book is also disclosed.
