1. An apparatus for digitally simulating a tangible object comprising: an electronic display having a viewing surface; an image capture device configured to capture a background image, the background image representative of an image that would be reflected by the viewing surface of the electronic display if the electronic display viewing surface was reflective; and an electronic device in communication with the electronic display and the image capture device, the electronic device configured to: receive the background image from the image capture device, create an altered image by flipping the background image horizontally and applying at least virtual reflective characteristics to objects appearing in the background image, and superimpose multiple component image layers over the altered image, each component image layer displaying a different simulated component of the tangible object; wherein, the composite of the altered image and the layers of superimposed simulated components will result in the appearance of a simulated tangible object on the electronic display.