Now you see me...

[Sar]

Now you see me, but less so...

First phase invisibility cloak - AKA Optical camouflage. Works on the same principal as the invisible car in the last Bond film.

Project page.

 

[~Yuckfou~]

I want one. I could stalk 'n stuff.

 

[Gray]

thats real and not fake?? hmmm?

 

[Sar]

Just imagine what it'll be like when this thing's perfected - scary.

 

[Sigurd]

Nice image projecting there...

 

[Tilda]

I'd laugh if ran windows. Then some soilder was going through undergrowth, Windows bluescreens

 

[Tom]

It'll never work tbh

 

[Summo]

Quality, Tom.

 

[Mazling]

Seen this ages ago though that was from inside a lab, not outside.

 

[fatbusinessman]

Of course, what they only tell you when you take a good look at the brochure, is that this will only work from a specific viewpoint - it's basically just projecting a picture of what's behind the person onto the person.

So, while it's got a number of applications, camouflage isn't one of them - not only would you need your enemy to be in a specific direction, you'd also need them to be holding the projector...

 

[Collino]

looks good...

but still the image onn him looks a diff colour than real image

 

[Mazling]

Yeah it *is* just a projection, but the impressive part is the material that is projected onto (the guy's coat) ... the way it absorbs/reflects light just right to make the guy look invisible.

 

[Whipped]

One thing that gets me. The projection is only reflected by the material giving the illusion of partial invisibility.

Cool.

But for a super spy to use it, wouldn't he need to have a group of guys carrying around a projector and stuff to project onto him?

 

[Tom]

I've seen this material before. Its very expensive. Its used now in place of a bluescreen on television work, it only reflects light at a very narrow angle, so I would imagine if you took 2 steps either side of the camera pointing at him, you wouldn't see any image.

 

[SawTooTH]

it would be easier to stick needles in the eyes of the observer. Preferably hot ones and squish them around a bit. Then he'd be invisible.

 

[Gumbo]

Or make him look back over drums posts over the last few weeks, and he'll do it himself.

(Sorry)