1. An apparatus, comprising: an enclosure having a one-way mirrored portion, the one-way mirrored portion comprising an exterior side that is mirrored and an interior side that is transparent; a display device disposed within the enclosure and oriented facing the interior side of the one-way mirrored portion, the display device having a viewable portion configured to exhibit an image that is visible through the interior side of the one-way mirror portion that is transparent; a speaker device disposed within the enclosure; a camera sensor configured to capture an image and to convert the captured image into an electronic signal; a microphone device configured to capture audio and to convert the captured audio into audio data; a network adapter configured to receive and transmit network data; encoder logic configured to encode images captured from the camera sensor into video data, to encode the audio data captured from the microphone device, and to transmit the video data and the encoded audio data using the network adapter for display on a remote device; decoder logic configured to decode audio data and video data received from the remote device over the network adapter; visual effect logic configured to modify the decoded video data by applying one or more visual effects, wherein the one or more visual effects further comprise a fade-in effect, such that the modified decoded video data depicts a remote user's face materializing within the one-way mirrored portion, wherein the modified decoded video data is output for display using the display device and wherein the decoded audio data is audibly output using the speaker device; and camera control logic configured to: detect an appearance of a user's face within images captured by the camera sensor; and adjust a level of magnification of the camera sensor to a predefined level, relative to the appearance of the user's face within the images, such that the appearance is normalized when displayed on the remote device regardless of a distance between the user's face and the camera sensor.