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 the second-person avatar in a volume of space that encapsulates at least a portion of a target user; an interpretation component that translates a set of instructions from a text-based instruction manual into a virtual handbook of avatar actions for the second-person avatar to perform a task, wherein at least one instruction of the set of instructions is translated based upon one or more physical features of the target user identified in an image of the target user; and an illustration component that: modifies the second-person avatar to reflect the one or more physical features of the target user, and illustrates the second-person avatar performing the avatar actions in a sequence to complete the task while the user-interface component tracks the target user.