John Locke
V U L K A N
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To sub a set of AR capable contact lenses for production and sale by Locke and Key Mechanics
- Image Source: The Techgnostic Psychonaut
- Canon Link: N/A
- Primary Source: Theia Glasses
- Manufacturer: Locke and Key Mechanics
- Affiliation: Closed-Market (Any character can use this if they have explicit permission through, for example, a marketplace purchase),
- Modularity: No
Production: Mass-Produced. (Anyone.) Characters refer to NPCs & PCs.
- Material: Electronics, Silicone-hydrogel
- Polarising lenses to defend against the sun and bright lights
- Wirelessly connects to communication devices and other electronics
- Able to track the eyes movement, using it to transmit data back to electronics
- Able to show an AR overlay and HUD set up to its user.
- Able to enhance vision
- Discrete...mostly
- Provides the user with an augmented reality interface, broadcasting information and communications in front of them as well as providing access to a basic HUD including a tragetting display.
- Able to enhance a users vision, allowing them to zoom in and activate an infrared or enhanced light
- Can connect wirelessly to commlinks and other electronics to display holonet data and communications.
- Can polarise to protect the user from bright lights.
- When not active it can't be distinguished from other contact lenses.
- Lenses can track the movement of the eyes, allowing the lenses to track what you're looking at and take commands by simple eye movements.
- EM attacks can disable the electronics in the contact lenses.
- When the contact lenses are in use a pale blue light backlights the lens making its presence clearly visible.
- The contacts provide no protection other than a protection from the sun.
- Contact lenses can be knocked loose or can dry out eyes without careful upkeep.
- If sliced into incorrect information can be transmitted to the display, lenses only accept data from verified sources
Locke and Key's Theia Glasses proved to be a success, providing their customers with all the benefits of a suit of armour's display in a much more portable format. Sometimes, however, you wanted something that was even more discrete and portable. Not everyone wanted a pair of sunglasses, or to pull them out whenever you needed them. There were some situations where a pair of glasses on your face could be more of a hindrance than a help. It was to that end that Locke and Key developed the cyber-eye lenses.
The Cyber-eye had a scaled down functionality when compared to the Theia glasses or another full purpose heads-up display. They do however provide sufficient use for a civilian, or a military team when used in conjunction with other technologies, allowing images and information to be broadcast directly into your vision without anyone else being the wiser, aside from the faint blue glow of the activated electronics.
The wireless connectivity allows them to interface with your various electronics, throwing up information from them onto your vision. While not everyone is capable of wearing contact lenses the Cyber-eye is a very capable tool for those that can.
