Abstract: A viewer to give a 3D effect based on two or more two-dimensional images has an area for inserting and securing a back-lit screen for displaying images, the screen mounted in the housing and facing into the viewing area and divided into two or more screen portions, and has two or more translucent planes, stacked in relation to the viewing aperture, each plane mounted within the viewing area adjacent to a screen portion and angled to project one or more images from the screen portion out through the viewing aperture, wherein images on planes closer to the viewing aperture appear superimposed over images on planes further from the viewing aperture. Another embodiment has one or more translucent planes defining a viewing area, and a back-lit screen for displaying images facing into the viewing area, wherein the one or more planes are angled from the screen.

Abstract: Remote control technology may expand vehicle (toy) control beyond basic locomotion and introduce a system by which audio-visual responses can be triggered via the remote control device. Example remote control device may be adapted to hold a book or be integrated with a book, where the text of the book instructs the reader to activate remote control actuators of the device, which in-turn cause the corresponding vehicle to perform certain actions, typically in line with the story being told by the text.