Image display system

An image display system, comprising:

• an image display device, comprising an image generation unit which generates an image including a predetermined image, and an image display unit which displays this generated image;
• a remote control device, which comprises an actuation unit for controlling display by said image display device, and which transmits details of actuation performed upon said actuation unit to said image display device;
• and
• a first camera which captures an image of a scene in front of said image display unit;
• and wherein said remote control device comprises:
• a second camera which, when said remote control device is pointed towards said image display device, can capture an image displayed upon said image display unit;
• a position detection unit which compares together the coordinates of a predetermined display image which is being displayed upon said image display unit, which have been acquired from said image display device, and the coordinates of the captured image of said predetermined image within the image captured by said second camera, and thereby detects the orientation of said remote control device with respect to said image display unit, and the relative position of said remote control device, which specifies the distance between said image display unit and said remote control device;
• and
• a transmission unit which transmits said orientation and said relative position of said remote control device, detected by said position detection unit, to said image display device;
• and said first camera comprises a camera control unit which controls the image capture direction of said first camera, based upon the orientation and the relative position of said remote control device which have been transmitted from said transmission unit.