> Instead it could even absorb every single incidental photon and particle and then actively emit one with the expected behavior as if there was no object in th

> Instead it could even absorb every single incidental photon and particle and then actively emit one with the expected behavior as if there was no object in that region of space. E.g. absorb photon on one side, emit one photon on the other side. Honestly this is how I imagined all the sci-fi cloaking devices worked from the start. The surface would basically show what it looked like on the other side and the people inside the ship could still see out normally.