1. A self-contained interactive video display system comprising: a projector for projecting a visual image; a screen for displaying said visual image, wherein said projector projects said visual image onto a back side of said screen for presentation to a user on a front side of said screen; an illuminator for illuminating an object near to said front side of said screen; a camera for detecting interaction of an illuminated object with said visual image, wherein said screen is at least partially transparent to light detectable to said camera, allowing said camera to detect said illuminated object through said screen; and a computer system for directing said projector to change said visual image in response to said interaction.