with the use of stereo imagery and a stereoscopic viewing device a computer generated stereo image sequence is composited with a personalized stereo image sequence to produce a stereo composite image sequence the personalized stereo image can be acquired with the use of a stereo camera multiple image acquisition of the viewer from different angles using a single camera or by the generation of a stereo animation from either single or multiple still image s as known in the art the composite stereo image sequence may be viewed in a variety of ways stereo image goggles can be used for example but the viewer will appear in the image with the goggles for conventional viewing without goggles a monocentric autostereoscopic display device such as that disclosed in u s ser no 09 738 747 filed dec 15 2000 by kessler et al and now issued as u s pat no 6 416 181 b1 may be used alternatively other stereo display devices known in the art may be employed the personalized display system may be extended to include other means of interaction in a single or multi viewer environment for example a multi sensory experience can be provided by including audio speakers 15.