1. A lapel mounted device comprising: a microdisplay, for displaying visual information received from a local processor; a microphone, for providing an audio signal; one or more peripheral devices, for providing one or more sensor signals indicating at least a user motion; one or more receivers, for receiving the audio signal and sensor signal(s); a translator, for translating the sensor signals into a user motion input and/or translating the audio signal into a voice input to determine one or more commands; a display controller, for forwarding further information to be displayed on the microdisplay in response to the command(s).