I dont know how Phantom’s Refractive Armor would work in real life. Any ideas? I think there is a microscopic net draped onto his skin, mask, armor, and weapons linked to his phone, or whatever he uses to turn invisible.
I assume his invis-device thing is like an iPhone 16 or something (because DB is un the future, right?) built into his sleeve.
Zach
Well, it’s called refractive armor. Refract means to make a ray of light change directions when it enters at an angle. So, with that said, his armor is a mirror, in a way, but it lets light through it as well.
Science has actually already invented a working refractive device to conceal… something that was already too small to be seen by the naked eye. Details!
The point is we’ve proven you can do it for small things, so now we need to work on the bigger things. A bit like with fusion reactors.
The armour part is more or less straight up impossible, though.
[quote=“deerCat;62179”]Well, it’s called refractive armor. Refract means to make a ray of light change directions (but it lets light through it as well.)[/quote] @deerCat YOu had the definition right, but his armor doesn’t let light pass through like you stated., it does like you said and refracts the light around it. You COULD HYPOTHETICALLY make refractive armor, but probably only for a stationary building.
@Kuygen It has to let light through, as you can see what is behind a cloacked Phantom (wall/people).
Google “Mercedes invisible car”. Basically you cover the suit in flexible OLED display sheets with a gazillion camera sensors and you continuously display on one side what the cameras are capturing on the other. In theory…
And that does nothing for the armor side of things…
[quote=“Djiesse;62859”]Google “Mercedes invisible car”. Basically you cover the suit in flexible OLED display sheets with a gazillion camera sensors and you continuously display on one side what the cameras are capturing on the other. In theory…
And that does nothing for the armor side of things… [/quote]
Now put the same tech on a tank.
There’s your armor.
[quote=“Jaeger;62905”][quote=“Djiesse;62859”]Google “Mercedes invisible car”. Basically you cover the suit in flexible OLED display sheets with a gazillion camera sensors and you continuously display on one side what the cameras are capturing on the other. In theory…
And that does nothing for the armor side of things… [/quote]
Now put the same tech on a tank.
There’s your armor.[/quote]
What I meant is that Phantom has “active” armor, some sort of energy shield. That’s the part that we can’t even come close to duplicate with current tech.
[quote=“Djiesse;62957”][quote=“Jaeger;62905”][quote=“Djiesse;62859”]Google “Mercedes invisible car”. Basically you cover the suit in flexible OLED display sheets with a gazillion camera sensors and you continuously display on one side what the cameras are capturing on the other. In theory…
And that does nothing for the armor side of things… [/quote]
Now put the same tech on a tank.
There’s your armor.[/quote]
What I meant is that Phantom has “active” armor, some sort of energy shield. That’s the part that we can’t even come close to duplicate with current tech.
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Figured. It was meant to be more of a silly joke anyway : P