An information processor comprising: a captured image acquisition section configured to acquire a captured image including a face of a user; a face position identification section configured to identify a position of the face of the user included in the captured image; a display image generation section operable to extract, from the captured image, an extraction area near the identified face position and to overlay the extracted area on a display image; an operation area setting section configured to set an operation area at a position in the captured image determined in accordance with the identified position of the face; and an operation reception section configured to detect a detection target from within the operation area, and to receive, as a user-pointed position, a position on a screen corresponding to a relative position of the detected detection target within the operation area, the operation area having a predetermined size in the captured image set in accordance with a predetermined size of the extraction area in the captured image, and wherein the operation area is set so as to surround the extraction area, wherein the captured image acquisition section is configured to acquire two images captured by a stereo camera and to generate, on the basis of the two captured images, distance distribution data representing a distance distribution from the stereo camera to a subject, and the operation reception section configured to detect a position of the subject closest to the stereo camera within the operation area as a position of a hand of the user, the hand being identified as the detection target. a captured image acquisition section configured to acquire a captured image including a face of a user; a face position identification section configured to identify a position of the face of the user included in the captured image; a display image generation section operable to extract, from the captured image, an extraction area near the identified face position and to overlay the extracted area on a display image; an operation area setting section configured to set an operation area at a position in the captured image determined in accordance with the identified position of the face; and an operation reception section configured to detect a detection target from within the operation area, and to receive, as a user-pointed position, a position on a screen corresponding to a relative position of the detected detection target within the operation area, the operation area having a predetermined size in the captured image set in accordance with a predetermined size of the extraction area in the captured image, and wherein the operation area is set so as to surround the extraction area, wherein the captured image acquisition section is configured to acquire two images captured by a stereo camera and to generate, on the basis of the two captured images, distance distribution data representing a distance distribution from the stereo camera to a subject, and the operation reception section configured to detect a position of the subject closest to the stereo camera within the operation area as a position of a hand of the user, the hand being identified as the detection target.