Become Anyone 2.0 - A Full Face LED Mask

[@SeanHodgins]

No wonder I'm sleepy. This video was... a lot. Drop a like, comment, and subscribe if you want to see more of this! Thanks for watching!

[@geluidsbox9195]

Hi, awesome video! May I know which pick and place machine you have? :)

[@HybridRobotix]

More, PLEASE!

[@MM-fr7mz]

Sampo AlphaScan, nice touch!

[@nocontabanconmiastucia939]

Second Channels are the best place for really deep dives, I love them!. I just subscribed

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Is that doom guy on there in the thumbnail?

[@MarkRober]

Both the production quality and build are insane here.

[@cosmicsnacks1191]

Mark rober i love your content im trying to collect replies from channels i like it would mean alot!

[@SeanHodgins]

It has to be true if it’s coming from someone who has their own satellite! 😁

[@jubuttib]

Let's not forget the Keanu impression!

[@Техаѕ]

awwww cute

[@JeffGeerling]

I can imagine in a couple years, you'll have like 3M pixels and be able to emulate anyone's face by just glancing at them for a second or two.

[@SeanHodgins]

😁But first! Make it less terrifyingly fragile.

[@talananiyiyaya8912]

Dude hasn't heard of LCD panels

[@JeffGeerling]

@@talananiyiyaya8912harder to conform LCD panels in multiple sizes to curved or multi-angled surfaces without being able to spend a few billion dollars at a time for the customizations!

[@AKAtheA]

@@talananiyiyaya8912 AMMOLED...thinner, flexible, active light source...

[@Crushonius]

@@talananiyiyaya8912 bendable oled would be much better

[@hacksmith]

Duuude. These videos are just getting better and better! Loved seeing the mask early at halloween!

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm glad it survived the night!

[@dmitrymaslov4458]

Making an LED mask is one thing, but making a SciFi movie about this ... man I like your art!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you, it means a lot!

[@painfield]

@@SeanHodgins legit at one point in the video I paused the processing of what you were doing to think that only having the film skills you have would be enough, apart from all the creating the mask, putting together the controllers and programming a mapper in python... loved it, and really darn impressive 🤯

[@mhavock]

and making daft punk's outfit look old skool.

[@MiPedoteTUMBA]

Bro wrote his own code, 3D printed the parts, soldered, created a controller, and made fucking movie for this! Subscribed!

[@undaware]

Thanks!

[@SeanHodgins]

What?! Thank you! I didn’t even know these were enabled on non livestreams lol

[@WynWynz13]

broo

[@BloodyMobile]

People have played "Bad Apple" on basically everything. This guy's the first to play it on his face. Nice.

[@SeanHodgins]

It is the way.

[@undaware]

Your brain only solves things that you're not currently working on. The zone is working unconscious.

[@SeanHodgins]

My brain constantly does side quests.

[@PCBWay]

It feels like we are enjoying a MOVIE!! You do NEVER STOP to amaze us, Sean 🔥🔥

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you! 😊

[@PCBWay]

@@SeanHodgins Definitely we want to see more!!!!!

[@WoodnessGoodness]

This could elevate my zoom calls to the next level.

[@SeanHodgins]

It also doubles as an amazing head lamp, if you ever want to work on your off-grid cabin in the dark!

[@nme6777]

You can apply the mask programmatically, it's much easier

[@pintert30]

Thanks!

[@captain___waffles]

This was crazy well produced. Not only a maker (which is a lot of content I like on YT), but a genuine artist at that. The directing that went into this is crazy effort for a maker video. Earned a sub for sure.

[@Nerdforge]

This project is soo crazy, and the video was on another level too! Well done!! 🤩 You have your own pick and place?

[@SeanHodgins]

🙂thanks, I think the mask would pair well with your cryptic outfits 😉 - yeah it’s a small one called a Neoden YY1. Has quite a few small issues that can be frustrating but it gets the job done most of the time.

[@Mountain-Man-3000]

That's cyberpunk AF.

[@kevinpopescu9741]

check out scanner darkly

[@SeanHodgins]

I’ve got to stick to the aesthetic

[@badreality2]

This is similar to what the undercover police department wears in A Scanner Darkly.

[@user-dp9pm5vv8j]

I swear the production of your videos just keeps getting better and better - ps totally up for that deep dive!

[@SeanHodgins]

Ill get on that then! Thanks!

[@roseywastaken]

This has a vibe of a 90s action movie that includes someone mashing on a keyboard to "hack" computers. Also, the phone ringing sound from Matrix is a great choice!

[@SeanHodgins]

I swear that ringtone is burned into my brain.

[@Hawk7886]

Tied with the ringtone from the sat phone in jurassic park 2

[@4hmza]

The angular mask definitely has character. For a design that relies on curves or just for the sake of simplified assembly by removing the 3D soldering you could use foam and a Flex PCB with holes to sew the PCB to the foam. At he cost of more $$$ of course. Great video, you never cease to amaze. Your projects are unique and your presentation is top notch. I could sit and watch all of your video one after another and still crave for more. You really are an inspiration and I hope your videos can reach more like minded people. Whenever your name shows up in my stack of notifications I know i'm in for a treat. Thank you for your time and energy, and thank you for sharing !!!

[@theavaliengineer]

Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe a flexibe PCB stretched over a deformable wire frame so you can change the shape.. Another option for expansion might be an E-ink display to make it matte rather than glowing.

[@davvehallberg]

A flexible OLED displays on all surfaces would be awesome!!

[@SeanHodgins]

I’ve emailed so many oled companies about this stuff. Maybe one day!

[@Brokentwobutton]

They're all so small and expensive. I saw some on Alibaba IIRC, but they were limited orders and still a few hundred for a phone screen sized display. That would really up it to "A Scanner Darkly" levels of disorienting.

[@omarjimenezromero3463]

you can use a "most" circular panel and just put the lines of the face to "jump over" the thing about the circle mask, like the mask oda of cyberpunk 2077 uses, and the white mask of this video lines to jump over the AI who need to "feel" the distance of a face to know is a "real" face.

[@dougcox835]

@@SeanHodgins To really work right it would need to be a very high resolution and not faceted. It would need to be on a flexible materiel that could be used as an actual mask. I'm thinking more for a robot actually. It would not be a good identity mask for the same reason a ball cap doesn't work. They would just look for the guy with a certain type of mask. Wearing something like this hides your identity but also draws attention to you and that's exactly what you don't want. Great for parties though. Trouble is, it's only good for everyone else, not the wearer.

[@pcmaster888]

I made the same mistake in a project, ripping the pads off the pcb. The problem is that the weak point isn't the solder joint itself, but like you said, the pad rips right off the pcb. A trick to mitigate that is: Make the pads a tad bigger and put as many vias in the area as possible. The solder will wick into the holes and make the connection a lot stronger. I learned this from my background in FPV drones, where most modern flight ESCs do exactly that for the big amperage thick wire pads, because those rip off easily in the high-vibration environment of the drone. (you can search for images of FPV ESC boards, so you can see what I mean) Neat trick :)

[@jannikheidemann3805]

It's like the vias allow the solder joint to grow roots into the PCB!

[@mikebergman1817]

This is the coolest project, and one of my favorite videos you have done!!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! That means a lot. Lots of work went into this one.

[@ryankyser5243]

Your editing is just unbelievable. I cannot believe this is not a multimillion dollar channel.

[@SeanHodgins]

Just a few million dollars away! lol

[@Tcustoms]

Wow, not only is the build amazing but the video itself is a work of art! Great work man

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks a ton! I appreciate it

[@MrVolt]

Transition game through the roof! Best video/project yet, Sean. I neeeed to see this in person.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! Well If you’re in the area. lol or It might need to survive the trip to OpenSauce… that is questionable though

[@Engineezy]

This videos redefines what maker videos should look like. The project is 🔥 the scale is 😵 and the storytelling is 👌👌

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks man! Though I don’t recommend anyone go down this path if you actually want to release content 😂

[@SyntheticFuture]

Making videos like this as a single man crew is insanity. You'll spend 4x your project time in setting up shots and getting everything edited 🥲

[@falafell]

Your workshop being a large, open, relatively minimalistic space is interesting to see.

[@lightdark00]

Before watching this I was looking at head socks that make you appear as someone else from a distance. Fun times we live in

[@SeanHodgins]

hahahaha, we're all about hiding the face these days.

[@R0BCRAM]

When people start dancing around you, BECOME the DJ, the entertainer, the legend. The MASK of enjoyment.

[@SeanHodgins]

Haha, it’s so perfect for that, now just need to learn how to DJ

[@mattvickars7236]

The ending reminds me of the book Snow Crash. Another legendary video Sean, thank you!

[@SeanHodgins]

I haven't read Snow Crash yet, but I've been meaning to get on it. Ill move it up on the list!

[@AndrewBeattie]

Amazing video. The production value alone got you a new subscriber let alone the complexity of the build. Very well done 👏 keep up the great work buddy.

[@shadyworld1]

8:35 Looks like An Electrified Medieval Knight Helmet😀, looks awesome!

[@JackieBright]

The great thing about this channel is the videos are infrequent enough that you forget who he is and how good his videos are so its a pleasant surprise every time

[@SeanHodgins]

Hahaha, I don’t know what to think of this. But thank you!

[@Uhfgood]

This would be cool to use in a movie, like an actual movie that's in theaters. Maybe their guards in some sort of sci-fi/fantasy space opera, and their masks are these led masks. Would be pretty impressive, if they had the armor to match (and I don't necessarily mean armor with leds all over it, I just mean to fit the mask shape).

[@avi7278]

CGI is much more practical than a fragile mask like this.

[@Uhfgood]

@@avi7278 - I said it would look cool. Yeah you can do anything with vfx and cgi, but that doesn't have anything to do with my comment.

[@avi7278]

@@Uhfgood it would look the same, so it wouldn't look any cooler either way.

[@Uhfgood]

@@avi7278 - Couldn't you be doing something better than replying to my comments just to put them down?

[@D33P-5H4D3]

Duuuuuuude!! I love everything about this video! Don't let the haters break your spirit. It's not just what you do, but how you tell it that inspires me! I enjoy your projects and storytelling very much! keep on crushing it, Sean 💪

[@karlexceed]

Next gen: smooth mask + 6-axis pick-n-place

[@SeanHodgins]

Whoa, 3d printed circuit board to conform to the shape, thats a really cool idea. May be possible in a few years.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

@@SeanHodgins Maybe you can vaccum mold some Styrofoam onto a 3D printed mask mold.

[@threeMetreJim]

With a smooth mask, you could probably just cover it with some flexible strips with the leds on. I'm sure you can have custom flexi pcbs manufactured these days. Might make it easier to map positions if you are careful mounting the strips (vertically - addresses running top to bottom, bottom to top alternately), and help with the power connections so you don't end up with long power connection runs on narrow strips (a problem you get with standard ws2812 led strips on long runs that affects the colour).

[@sniperdogruffo]

This is fantastic work! Glad to have people like you around!

[@MeepMu]

I love that you played Bad Apple on it

[@SeanHodgins]

Doom is next. hahaha

[@MeepMu]

@@SeanHodgins as a matter of course!

[@Betruet]

Man, so much work put into this. Such high quality. I love it.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you!

[@FrankGraffagnino]

i'd love a more detailed walkthrough! also.. that work on the Matrix search pages on the CRT was incredible work and attention to detail. Great stuff Sean. You really need to bring this to OpenSauce this year!!!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! A couple Easter eggs here and there as well. Yeah I think I’ll do a walk and talk video on the second channel. There is some interesting stuff I needed to do in order to make it work.

[@austiwawa]

I am coming over to try it! Incredible job with the video

[@Alphaseen]

That is really well done.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@sgsax]

The Mask Mk II is pretty sweet, but the cinematography of this video is absolutely outstanding. You just keep upping the game. Thanks for sharing!

[@Darksunbird]

bad apple.. good choice. for test.

[@marchutchinson8073]

The is next level radness. Thank you for the inspiration and willingness to share the details of your project. I love everything about this.

[@lennartb]

I love the relatively low pixel density, so much cooler than flexible oleds or something, fantastic mask for an EDM artist or something!

[@SeanHodgins]

Yeah there is just something about the look of individual LEDs vs a panel. Thanks for checking it out!

[@TVTravis]

Awesome vid, Sean!! Finally had the time to watch this after being on my save later all week, great editing/production!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks!! Better late than never 😁

[@abdulaziz4122]

So sick

[@Anthony_DeSouza]

Fantastic works as always, Sean. I've been eagerly waiting for this video since seeing it [a month ago] and you did not disappoint !

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you! Glad it worked out, it took awhile!

[@doricy.]

man made a movie to showcase his mask, that's crazy

[@SeanHodgins]

It was worthy of the effort!

[@sSpeaker]

The amount of work is insane. Subscribed!

[@ROCK-rd3hs]

cinema

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks!

[@dxg999]

Ah, good ol' Bad Apple @10:56. Nice to see the lore continue...

[@SeanHodgins]

Can't stop, won't stop

[@graealex]

Expensive pick-and-place machine, but a $20 toaster oven for reflowing...

[@SeanHodgins]

Gotta pick your battles haha

[@JeffGeerling]

@@SeanHodgins I see what you did there.

[@justinbanks2380]

Yes, would definitely love a deep dive! I don't currently have the skills or access to machines needed to build this (maybe someday) but I always learn new things, skills, tools, ways of thinking watching other projects being made and how problems were solved. Also, this thing just turned out insanely cool!

[@mistamal]

Everybody ripping off a scanner darkly without giving credit

[@Crushonius]

and a scanner darkly ripped of many different works of art : movie , comics , manga , anime , scifi books so what is your point

[@mistamal]

@Crushonius why dont you name a few let's see if you can come up with any

[@FilthyHyena]

@@mistamal The man with the rubber mask, written in like, the 40's. Dr. No. Metropolis.

[@mistamal]

@@FilthyHyena first watch/read a scanner darkly since its clear you havent

[@jannikheidemann3805]

That is not ripping off, that is human culture. We play on each others ideas.

[@dovs96]

I thought you have like 5+ million subs based on production and project quality, why so few, that's crazy. +sub

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you! It all helps. KZbin doesn’t reward based on production quality, we’ll get there eventually!

[@Convolutedtubules]

The mask looks really cool. It turned out amazing. I hope you will keep working on this project.

[@toamastar]

this is absolutely friggin sick!!! This looks like something a cool af EDM artist would wear!! Your videos are always so insanely good, glad i subscribed! :)

[@SeanHodgins]

If I make it more durable, it could survive a show or two

[@DameonRaye]

Would you be able to add a variable light diffuser overtop of the LED array layer of the mask, to turn it into something more like a PC screen? Not exactly at high resolution, but just enough to blur the lines between each of the LEDs?

[@wchorski]

props to you for allways makign these 'Hackerman' montages that aren't cringy

[@SeanHodgins]

thanks! though I'm not sure everyone agrees lol

[@joshstricklin1360]

I get so fucking excited every time I see a new video from you. Incredible stuff. The production value, the project itself, the engineering behind it... bravo, friend. And yes, I'd love a deep dive, too.

[@SeanHodgins]

Deep dive will be on the way. Thanks so much!

[@SuperheroArmorychannel]

This is the greatest cinematic video I’ve ever seen on youtube by far! I absolutely love your style of blending a build video with a storyline & narration. The mask is cool too 😂 Please do more of these!

[@DustinWatts]

Amazing how you film your content. Well scripted, filmed and edited. I don't know what the biggest compliment is. But imagine that, and go a bit higher. Then you approach what I want to say! Thanks Sean for an amazing video.

[@Al-vc1kw]

This is a really cool project/idea. I personally would've gone for flexible e-Ink or electrowetting displays for the mask, controlled by an fpga for displaying mapped visuals. This would rise a very real possibility of displaying someone else's face (or perhaps StyleGAN generated face) to fool the face recognition software running on survailance camera feeds. For some reason, I have a feeling that someone already did that. I just can't remember if, when and/or where I saw it or heard about it. Anyway, I really liked the project. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your content.

[@blurboards1]

Wow man! I can imagine you learned how to improve it further. Nice work!

[@UncleJessy]

this is way cooler than any of those crappy halloween LED masks. Friggin rad man!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! Its only going to get better, and hopefully more durable lol

[@agepbiz]

Incredibly well made video and project!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you! Love your projects btw

[@Matqux]

This is such a cooool idea! Great work! (As always :D)

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you for watching!

[@Emulation_Inflation]

Badass!!! I want one for a rave! Dang you could make alot of money off this! Is there a way to make the LEDs smaller?

[@Rouverius]

"Was it worth?" Yes, yes it was. Amazing stuff as always, Sean!

[@albea1695]

I enjoy the level of detail you put into your explanations. Great work 👍

[@Franckanera]

This video was already so deep for me. But i loved it! Wish I could create something like that but i don't have all the equipment and knowledge. The video editing is awesome too, i loved to watch this !

[@seanstumpf4190]

Your channel makes me remember what KZbin was actually about. When your channel gets really large, remember the quality of your videos over the quantity, it matters and its what makes your channel so special.

[@SeanHodgins]

Its honestly always a fight against the algorithm. This video is another example of that!

[@slawclips]

i clicked on your video incredibly stoned, i am still blown away by your matrix scene recreations, please do more stuff like that, i love the matrix so much, BULLET-TIME

[@SeanHodgins]

Ohh bullet time would be really fun to recreate!

[@RadekMarszalek]

You're awesome Sean, this movie (and the project) is a freaking masterpiece!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you so much! Appreciate it

[@gamingwithskelly]

the sound design on this video went crazy and photography just brings it all together!

[@SeanHodgins]

I'm glad you liked it, sound isn't always my strong suit.

[@mikesusername]

Dude I love this style of videos so much! Im eating sandwich and drinking coffee like a boss while watching this

[@SeanHodgins]

Hell yeah!

[@kapwinnnng]

Was that the dude's face from Wolfenstein 3D or was it Doom? My boys are gonna love this when I show them later. At 13 and 15, they were already doing SMD work, designing stuff to print on the 3D printer, and dabbling with scripts and programming. Proud dad! I'd love to see an update when the github is up so we can dive in and do more.

[@SeanHodgins]

Doom guy! That’s awesome! The GitHub is up(in the description) but it’s not very tidy. Great that they’re doing all that stuff. Would have loved to learn those skills early on.

[@jerrysmith6798]

totally badass video man, loved every second of it!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks Jerry! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@anotherant6167]

This is really cool! Now it's time to make 3.0 with so much more LEDs!!

[@SeanHodgins]

More LEDs, less fragile, maybe easier to assemble! Thinking of doing a 2.5 first.

[@paolochiarlone1968]

Amazing!!!!! Great work..... beautiful results

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks!

[@bdhaliwal24]

This is amazing. Not just the end product but watching a real-life Tony Stark

[@AckzaTV]

7:40 you dont have a machine like your Pick n Place but which can solder? Im really suprised honestly that you dont already have a pro-sumer level automatic soldering robot arm at least one thats on one axis like a 2d printer. I mean i think a modified 3d printer with a soldiering iron or even just using the nozzle heated itself as a lil soldering tip could work?

[@jelloshot]

this is so much more engaging of a format than standard build videos omg glad this came across my recommendations

[@juanmacias5922]

This was so dope, thanks for the cinematic project!

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks for watching it!

[@xiggywiggs]

yes. yes it was really worth it. that looks INCREDIBLE

[@jonnydoes]

Incredible quality both on the build and the production. This looks like it was a TON of work but what a RESULT! There aren't enough LIKE buttons available under the video.

[@SeanHodgins]

I really appreciate that, thank you! If only there were more like buttons! lol

[@aptech2933]

That thing's "F"ing awesome Man. Great work.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you! I want to see how far I can take up, upgrading etc.

[@derekhawley9660]

Brilliant entertainment. Having a machine that inserts leds ... how cool. Merry Christmas 🎄. Derek, UK.

[@HirakSarkar]

I have a question...... those flexible Oled screens can be cut n bend in any shapes theoretically.... right? It will be hell expensive n conthough I guess! but is it possible? What do you think?

[@rokkos]

Amazing video and cinematography!!! and even more amazing DIY project! would love to make it for myself

[@SeanHodgins]

Thank you! You should do it!

[@geckooom]

i have never seen one of your videos before and i think the narrative thing you're doing with your videos instead of the usual step by step video is cool

[@milanteubel8389]

Where did you get that big wooden top table? Did you build it?

[@SeanHodgins]

I found it on Marketplace, but it was a custom build originally.

[@driftwoodcastana8075]

hell yeah... just found this channel. Kudos to SeanHodgins and squad, content effin' slaps.

[@SeanHodgins]

The voices and the robot arm aren't very helpful, so they make me do everything... Thank you!

[@raywood1624]

Great work Sean. Keep it rolling.

[@SeanHodgins]

Thanks! exactly, gotta keep up the momentum!

[@Runedragonx]

"You're offline. Check your connection." Right as my mouse cursor pops up with the 'Working in background' ring, ngl might need to check my pants lol

[@scav0enger]

Amazing man! Looking forward to the deep dives 😊

[@SeanHodgins]

I’ll put one together soon

[@TheUlMaster]

AWESOME !!! YOU ARE THE LIGHT WARRIOR !! LETS GO TO THE ARMOR BODY !! really GREAT SEAN !!

[@SeanHodgins]

Oops wrong reply. Thank you! I need to make a whole suit of armor like it!

[@evanbarnes9984]

Dude, each video is better than the last! Amazing work on this. Now I want to try making something like this for Burning Man. Also I definitely want more of a deep dive!

[@SeanHodgins]

Not sure I could survive burning man , but I would love to see some of my work floating around there lol

[@Steeeved]

Amazing work as always! Definitely far superior than the 1st version Looking forward to 3.0 in the next 5 years Make it even more complicated by hacking apart an OLED monitor and making your own controller for it 🤣