This updates with information about each object you select, but something else changed as well. When the object was selected, Did you notice what changed? The obvious change is in the attribute manager. Now, click off into an empty area of the view port doing so will clear your selection. Now, try clicking another object and another. If you move your cursor off the object the outline remains. The preview overlay and the outline disappear and then orange outline is now around the selected object. This is a preview for a selection, and as soon as you click with the left mouse button the object that was under the cursor is selected. If you move your cursor over the figure in a few port you'll notice an overlay and an out line applied to the objects directly below your mouse. Now, when you first open the file nothing is selected. This file will provide you with plenty to start working with.

Either way, the end goal is the same and that is defining which objects or components you want to interact with. Interaction starts with selection and just like with a different ways to navigate your scene there are a few different ways of working with selections in cinema 4D. In this video you'll be introduced to the first step of object interaction.