Cloak of Invisibility

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I was under the impression that

a)  It's actually an image projected onto the fabric.
B)  It only works for a single point of view, and any other angle from which one might view the "cloak" would give the person away.
Seems a novelty and nothing more.

Edit:  Upon digging up a bit more information (and remembering an old video of the same technology), it is in fact a projected image that requires an apparatus to be between the viewer and the "cloak", projecting the image onto the cloak of what's on the other side.  So you'd see the slight shimmer... and a bulky piece of tech on either side of the "hidden" person.
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Not quite. At least from what I read.

It uses software for a pass through technology. The "cloak" goes around the whole body. Images captured from the front view are displayed on the rear LCDs, and images captured from the rear are displayed on the forward LCDs. It offers the illusion that you can see though whatever is standing there. Images captured from the sides are displayed on the other side. When totally still, the image displayed is nearly perfect. I saw some great photos, and trust me, you couldn't hardly see these guys.

The downside was if you were moving, generating and rendering the images bogged down the system. It produced a shimmering effect, just like in the Predator movies. Hundreds of thousands of tiny sequin sized LCDs and cameras takes a lot of processing power I guess. Something they will likely be able to remedy in the future.

I do remember reading that the larger the object is, the easier it should be to cloak. Human beings can only carry so much weight, and the cloth and the CPU combined are quite heavy. On a much larger object, like, a tank or a humvee, you could haul as much CPU power as you needed and the extra weight of the cloaking system wouldn't be as much of an issue. Even mentioned was the ability to cloak Naval ships. I read that and thought "invisible air craft carriers" to my self.

The cat is out of the bag. Cloaking is in it's infancy, and there are a lot of problems with it now, but I think those problems will be hammered out quickly and even in my own lifetime, I believe we will see a Romulan style cloaking device.