05-04-2006, 01:37 AM
The movie clip is cool, but I am not sure if that is it.
Pete, the technology is still in it's infancy. Give it a break. :D
The application of this effect is more for infiltration I believe. Last I heard anything about it, an American company that contracts out to the armed forces was working with the Japanese company. The idea is camo for urban assaults. When pressed up against a wall, the wall is projected over the front of the suit.
There were some pictures on the net a while back. I originally saw the link either on Slashdot or Fark. It was very, very difficult to spot the soldiers. One guy, you could barely make him out. You could even see the spraypainted image on the wall behind him. One guy was crouched down in some bushes, and you could not make him out at all.
It's not perfect yet. The worst drawback is you have to haul around like a 30 odd pound box holding a bunch of computer equipment to process and direct all of these images.
I remember reading they wanted to start trying it out on some tanks and armored rigs. Planes flying overhead would only see the ground and not the rig.
Pete, the technology is still in it's infancy. Give it a break. :D
The application of this effect is more for infiltration I believe. Last I heard anything about it, an American company that contracts out to the armed forces was working with the Japanese company. The idea is camo for urban assaults. When pressed up against a wall, the wall is projected over the front of the suit.
There were some pictures on the net a while back. I originally saw the link either on Slashdot or Fark. It was very, very difficult to spot the soldiers. One guy, you could barely make him out. You could even see the spraypainted image on the wall behind him. One guy was crouched down in some bushes, and you could not make him out at all.
It's not perfect yet. The worst drawback is you have to haul around like a 30 odd pound box holding a bunch of computer equipment to process and direct all of these images.
I remember reading they wanted to start trying it out on some tanks and armored rigs. Planes flying overhead would only see the ground and not the rig.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."