Photo-Optic Replicator

A Photo-Optic Replicator (also known as an OptiRep or camouflage suit) was a vest-like harness which served as a mount for an active sensor package coupled with a small holoprojector. The sensor unit took constant reading of energy wavelengths in the visual spectrum in a complete 360-degree arc. It evaluated the readings many hundreds of times per second, feeding the information to the holoprojector; which then created a replicated image 180 degrees from the source. In the end the wearer of an OptiRep appeared to be part of his or her surroundings, but the effect was not perfect. The faster the wearer moved, the more blurred and distorted the image. Also, most sensor packages could pick up the active signals sent out by the OptiRep's sensing unit. Photo-Optic Replicators were difficult to come by.