In the market for a low-poly change to your look? Hate the idea of showing up for a costume party only to find out someone is wearing the same mask as you? Then this face changing front-projection mask may be just the thing for you.
To be honest, we’re not sure just how much [Sean Hodgins]’ latest project has to do with cosplay. He seems to be making a subtle commentary about dealing with life in the surveillance state, even though this is probably not a strategy for thwarting facial-recognition cameras. [Ed Note: Or maybe it’s just Halloween?]
The build consists of a Raspberry Pi and a pico projector of the kind we’ve seen before. These are mated together via a custom PCB and live inside a small enclosure that’s attached to the end of a longish boom. The boom attaches to the chin of 3D-printed mask, which in turn is connected to the suspension system of a welding helmet. Powered by a battery pack and controlled by a smartphone app, the projector throws whatever you want onto the mask – videos, effects, even images of other people. Even with some Photoshop tweaks to account for keystone distortion from the low angle of projection, there’s enough distortion that the effect is more artistic than masquerade. But honestly, having your face suddenly burst into flames is pretty cool. We just wonder what visibility is like for the wearer with a bright LED blasting into your eyes.
As a bonus, [Sean] has worked this build into a virtual treasure hunt. Check out 13thkey.com and see what you can make from the minimal clues there.
[Itay Ramot] spotted this one for us. Thanks!
Very cool!
Unless you realize there are full spectrum cameras.
There are full spectrum LEDs too. For the most part all it takes is an IR light to wash out most cameras. It’s the signal processing where modern ca eras tend to fail.
Scramble suit
^ This
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/17/jing-cai-liu.html
This isnt going to work in the daytime
Also: https://youtu.be/D-b23eyyUCo
(Built in to a hat rather than on a bar attached to a mask)
This, and it easily works around common anti-mask laws
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-mask_laws
“even though this is probably not a strategy for thwarting facial-recognition cameras” – is this supposed to mean it’s not intended for that purpose? Because I’m quite sure a mask is a strategy for thwarting facial recognition anything.
A friend of mine did something similar, without the mask:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-b23eyyUCo
https://alienationmentale.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/incubus.jpg
What is this?
Apparently a still from Ink (2009):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071804/
So this is made from the TI DLP demo PCB !
Nice to see that it works so well!
super rad!
Now lets see one like from “A Scanner Darkly” that covers the entire body.