Viewing system and method for displaying an environment of a vehicle

A viewing system and method for displaying an environment of a vehicle (100) comprising the steps: - recording an image of an environment (900) of the vehicle (100) in the form of image data (RAW) with the aid of a plurality of image capture units (110, 120, 130, 140); - displaying an output image (330) with the aid of a display device (300); - determining a virtual, three-dimensional space (600) and a surface (690) with the aid of an arithmetic unit (200) the virtual, three-dimensional space (600) being at least partially delimited by the surface (690); - calculating a projection of the image data (RAW) onto the surface (690) with the aid of the arithmetic unit (200); - calculating a virtual vehicle object (500) from predetermined data (Obj) as a computer-generated graphic in the virtual, three-dimensional space (600) with the aid of the arithmetic unit (200); and - generating the output image (330) with the aid of the arithmetic unit (200) by rendering a viewing volume (711, 721) which includes the virtual vehicle object (500), the viewing volume (711, 721) being delimited by the surface (690), and the viewing volume (690) being based on a viewing position (710, 720) and a viewing angle (712, 722) and a zoom factor (724) in the virtual, three-dimensional space (600).