Invisibility Shield Co. claims its real-life invisibility shields and portable barriers can hide a whole person
The company claims that their material can completely hide a person from view
A London-based company claims it is edging ever closer to bringing the iconic Harry Potter invisibility cloak to life. London-based Invisibility Shield Co. says its portable screens are capable of concealing an entire person from view.
The company has launched a new range that uses precision-engineered lens arrays to scatter the light reflected from whoever is standing behind it.
Tristan Thompson, founder of the company, said: “In terms of use cases for the new invisibility material, we are getting closer to the type of invisibility cloak featured in Harry Potter. It’s not truly flexible in the way a fabric is yet, but it’s getting close.”
The technology has been compared to the ‘invisibility cloak’ from the Harry Potter books
He added: “Right now it is possible to join sheets of material together, wrap them around a person or object and hide them/it from view. There are potential military applications as you can imagine.”
The company also reveals that the material can be fitted with an adhesive backing, allowing it to be effortlessly applied to windows or room dividers to create instant invisibility screens.
They add: “This can extend to any size as the material can be tiled indefinitely to hide truly massive objects – on that subject we’ve received a lot of interest and are currently in preliminary tests to use the material to hide unsightly objects in the landscape such as cellphone towers.”
The company is currently accepting pre-orders
The new range includes several shield sizes, along with a 180 by 120cm ‘Megashield’, billed as the largest commercially available invisibility shield on the market.
Pre-order prices range from a 12″ ‘Mini’ shield for £49 to the £599 Megashield. You can find out more including how to purchase on Kickstarter here.
Tristan said: “This generation is about allowing people to flexibly cloak whatever they wish. We’re also pushing the effect further – with bigger, clearer, and more durable invisibility shields.”
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