Electronic demon costume is surprisingly unnerving

http://hackaday.com/2012/10/25/electronic-demon-costume-is-surprisingly-unnerving/

by ari_elle • 14 years ago

223 23 14 years ago

R_Edward• 14 years ago

Anyone else think the costume would be about 17% more unnerving if the demon's face didn't look as if it had just been smacked with a cartoon frying pan?

Gring2• 14 years ago

I don't know. It kinda fits the cartoon eyes ;-)

shardling• 14 years ago

I wonder how hard it would be for the digital eyes to track your actual eyeball motion.

I guess it would be tricky to fit an optical sensor under that under the mask, but maybe you can track eyeball motion by tracking the muscle movement around the eye?

Some quick tests (i.e. placing my hand on my face and moving my eyes around wildly) suggests that it might be doable. :) Possibly just by tracking how your nose twitches...

mistercow• 14 years ago

I wholeheartedly disagree. It would be exactly 15.8% more unnerving.

But in all seriousness, I'll bet it would make a lot less difference in the dark.

mcguire2• 14 years ago

On the contrary, if you lived through 1970's and possibly '80's TV science fiction, you saw lots of scary robots that had oddly projecting faces.

With that in mind, it's almost 4.2% more unnerving than the alternatives.

001sky• 14 years ago

relevant > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Munster

5avage• 14 years ago

Kinda reminds me of Dr. Theopolis... anyone remember him?

worldsayshi• 14 years ago

Dunno, kind of makes you think of this guy: http://www.sfi.se/PageFiles/8142/Spirited_-Away03.jpg

papalalu• 14 years ago

it's cool. but it is in no way unnerving.

pavel_lishin• 14 years ago

I think it would be much more unnerving in real life.

chunsaker• 14 years ago

Not unnerving, but pretty awesome!

krupan• 14 years ago

I found the video where he surprised everyone with it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aPSbXnQGSM&feature=relmf...

ari_elle• 14 years ago

nice thanks :)

for anybody interested: 8:30 demon costume

skeletonjelly• 14 years ago

Deep link for the lazy http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

tlrobinson• 14 years ago

Don't miss the very end of the video.

dysoco• 14 years ago

lol, nice for pointing it out.

katabatic• 14 years ago

Major props for the reading material at the end. That's one of the best books on programming ever written, imo.

jkantz• 14 years ago

Electronic Demon Costume - How To! http://youtu.be/8HZFY4Xti7k

joonix• 14 years ago

Can that voice changer be tuned to do a Bane voice?

Electronic demon costume is surprisingly unnerving

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