Abstract: In various embodiments, a hand-held, desktop, boom, or mechanical arm-mounted apparatus including wide field-of-view (greater than 60-degrees measured diagonally) collimating optics and using either a stereoscopic or offset biocular assembly to remove parallax due to the position of the display can be configured to augment the display on a computer, laptop, tablet, or other image-generating device for the purposes of enhancing its immersive properties.

Abstract: A system is provide for extending services to cellular devices. The system includes a wireless gateway having a client side with an intelligent client agent and a server side with an intelligent server agent, a wireless device having a first mode operable in a cellular system and a second mode operable in a wireless local area network and including an intelligent client agent for determining operation mode and for communicating with the intelligent client agent of the wireless gateway and a communications protocol for communication between the wireless gateway intelligent client agent and the wireless device intelligent client agent to effect services. The services include one or more of voice, directory, presence, and media services. The voice service includes at least one of call waiting, call forwarding conferencing, and caller identification. The media service includes at least one of interactive voice response (IVR), text-to-speech, speech recognition, play, record.