1. A computer implemented system that provides a second-person avatar in order to facilitate manual instruction, comprising: a user-interface component that includes a projector that displays at least a portion of a second-person avatar in a volume of space that substantially encapsulates at least a portion of a target user; an illustration component that receives a dynamic virtual handbook that includes a set of actions for the avatar, the set of actions illustrates associated user actions suggested for accomplishing a task in a local environment; and the user-interface updates the avatar based upon the virtual handbook.