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Years ago, I read about a hat that some Hollywood stars had found useful for fighting paparazzi. Mind you, I don't recall the source, and it my have been tablo
by sudojudo 10y ago
Years ago, I read about a hat that some Hollywood stars had found useful for fighting paparazzi. Mind you, I don't recall the source, and it my have been tabloid nonsense.
The hat had a circle of IR LEDs (or something of the sort) emitting 360 degrees of invisible-to-the-naked-eye light. Photos of anyone wearing the hat had a similar effect to using a flash in a mirror, the subject was completely washed out by light.
Again, I'm not sure if this was bogus or not, but it seems the demand for such a product is only going to become greater. Hell, I'd buy one.
Does anyone with expertise in this area know if this type of device is technically possible? I'm voting no, otherwise we'd be seeing these devices everywhere, and there would be laws against wearing them.
- Mendenhall 10y agoI had seen the exact same thing but sadly I have no more information on it. From what I saw it caused a wide glare issue around the area with the lights.
- nalllar 10y agoMost cameras have an IR filter so that won't work. In the past, phone cameras often didn't have an IR filter.
- Natanael_L 10y agoNear-red IR is hard to filter without also accidentally making red colors look off, because getting the frequency response perfectly match human eyes is extremely hard. You don't want to detect less, and detecting just a bit more usually won't hurt.
- ghaff 10y agoIt does appear to be an actual thing. [1] The idea also featured in the novel Influx. [1] http://gizmodo.com/these-glasses-block-facial-recognition-technology-1722826081 http://gizmodo.com/these-glasses-block-facial-recognition-te...
- kardos 10y agoNot quite answering your question, but, > .. Hollywood stars .. It's obvious now: simply have makeup done up such that you look like someone else