A virtual local presence display apparatus, system and method is disclosed. Included are an extraction engine capable of automatically disassociating the virtual local presence from its production background; a first data feed of an actual background in which the displaying device resides; a background data feed of a plurality of optional backgrounds including at least the production background of the virtual local presence; a stream subject data feed of an extracted one of the virtual local presence extracted from the production background; an integrated data feed in which the virtual local presence and a background are integrated; a first processing having a receiver capable of receiving the data feeds and assessing a plurality of focal lengths to focal planes for the virtual presence in the production background, and in a selected one of the other backgrounds; and a second processing for causing displaying, on the display device, the virtual presence at a suitable location with regard to the focal planes in a selected one of the other backgrounds.