![]() According to the Star Wars Visual Dictionary, which came out long before the prequels and which, per Lucasfilm, has the status of canon where it doesn’t contradict the movies, stormtrooper helmets have such technology built into them - see here, which lacks labels but is the best I could find at short notice. It doesn’t take Episode 3 to figure that Vader had some sort of what we call “augmented reality” display technology built into his helmet. Posted in Tool Hacks Tagged augmented reality, mask, welding Post navigation After all, they already use X-ray machines for some welds, we’d bet a set of these helmets could be supplied to a crew at a similar cost. The video mentions that an FPGA would be well suited for the image processing, making us think this could be produced at a reasonable cost. A demonstration of augmented reality is also shown, where a computer monitors the welding surface, giving the welder a target to follow and measuring the distance between the weld and the filament. ![]() What this means is that areas outside of the welding arc appear at a normal brightness level, whereas before they would have been greatly dimmed. Possibly the best of the system is its ability to selectively filter the brightness of the weld. It filters light by processing the video which lends itself to that grab-bag of features we mentioned earlier. Instead, the mask includes two cameras on the outside and two LCD screens on the inside. This mask doesn’t have a window in it at all. Traditional welding masks simply filter out light to protect the welder’s eyes. There are so many good ideas crammed into this project its hard for us to believe this isn’t already widely used for critical welding applications.
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