In a method for controlling objects, objects to be controlled are arranged in a real space. Said real space is linked to a multi-dimensional representational space by a transformation rule. Representations in the representational space are associated with the controllable objects of the real space by a mapping. Said method comprises steps of determining the position and orientation of a pointer in the real space, determining the position and orientation of a pointer representation associated with the pointer in the representational space using the position and orientation of the pointer in the real space and the transformation rule between the real space and the representational space, determining the representations in the representational space that are intersected by the pointer representation, selecting a representation that is intersected by the pointer representation, and controlling the object in the real space that is associated with the pointer representation in the representational space.