Fursuit vision
My fursuit has very limited vision and I already have the fur on. Is there any way to make my vision space bigger or are fursuits always hard to see out of?
imma clever furry, maybe i can help :3
im looking into an expensive vision fix, but if it works, it should be cool, putting a screen in the head and putting mini cameras hidden on the head.
Rooster Teeth did a video where they tried to drive a car using that same method, it's harder than it looks. Plus it would weigh quite a bit.
well i have a way of getting past that problem, put up some camera's around the convention area and have them stream vision of ou onto a display screen inside your headwear, it would show the area around you and with a lil practice you could easily use it to navigate
Bmp112's idea can work to some extent; Cloaked-D'Lion's is not feasible at Anthrocon. Explanation:
Cloaked-D'Lion may never have been to Anthrocon and may not appreciate the sheer size of the con. Those of you who have been to the con, please ask yourself how many cameras it would take to cover the passage from the 'front' of the DLCC back to where Registration and the entrance to the Art Show, Artist Alley and Dealers Room are. Then how many it would take to cover those three areas, remembering that cameras are not allowed in the Art Show. Then remember that electricity must be purchased in the DLCC... and that you'd have to have DLCC union personnel mount and wire these cameras. Then you'd have to wire and camera the Westin as well at additional expense. After all this, it then requires the fursuiter to learn, very quickly, how to maneuver around as though they are a third-party puppet. Finally, it would only really work for one fursuiter at a time, since if this system is showing fursuiter A's location, fursuiter B can't use it and s/he may only be twenty feet away. This is an expensive non-starter.
bmp112's idea can work, but it has a few problems. These may be able to worked around, though. There are currently 'glasses' that have small LCD screens built-in. They can be used to watch and listen to DVD's in almost complete privacy. The smallest cameras I've heard of could be mounted in a fursuit head (basically a one-inch cube). Two of these could be mounted and give (effectively) stereo vision like we're used to. But... The smaller the camera, the lower the resolution. Angle of vision would be limited as well. A test for you: take your hands and extend them in front of you. Then spread them and see how far apart they can be and you still see both hands. That's the angle of vision I'm speaking of. Any camera system will probably not give you that angle, although no fursuit head would either. If you opt for a single-camera system with a bigger lens, you could get better resolution. Then the problem would be to make it look like a real part of the suit. One thing about this system: something similar has been done before and it worked. Back on The Muppet Show, some of the large monsters were operated by a puppeteer looking down into a small TV set. Through this, he could see what the camera saw and could adjust his/her performance accordingly. Miniturization makes it much more workable today as a one-person project. It may still be expensive, but it's possible.
bmp112's idea is the same as i've had for a while for whenever i manage to get a fursuit 
well ive never been to anthrocon...yet.. i can see what you mean though, cameras inside the fursuiters head iz probly the best idea, i used to be into radio control flight, helicopters and planes that sort of thing, what some clever guys made was a camera that goes in the cock pit of there R/C plane which feeds to a pair of goggles with sensors, when he or she tilted or moved there head, the camera in the plane or helicopter would do the same movement, does that seem like something usefull, i have a few links i could show you..
Shave the fur down around the problem area, this helps immensely. If its still not enough, dig in there with scissors, peel away the fur and foam until you get the eye hole where you want it. Now go back in with buckram, fur, whatever youre using and re-apply it to the area and redetail it so you dont see the seam where you cut away.
"lion of the sun" has done quite a bit of work in the camera vision department. Check this page:
hmmm, okay, so with the head, you cant use perifiral vision (seeing everything while looking at one spot) you also cant move you eyes without looking inside your furhead, so wtih that taken into account, i present this option
http://hackaday.com/2010/05/25/head-mounted-camera-tracks-with-your-eyes/
heres another design might be usefull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxwjHAtMp2w&feature=related
hope this works
Hm. From what I can gather from searches. Is yes, this is very possible. The only issue I see with this, is the battery life. There are cameras with battery life that could go for an entire day on a single charge, but any cctv style monitor, hand held, they only last at best afew hours. It'd be kinda awkward if you were walking around and suddenly you go blind. X)
yeah id have to admit that is the biggist problem, battery's tend to last only a few hours, but it wouldnt be that difficult to replace a battery, just take spares with you, something like a li-po battery has alot of energy but are a bit more difficult to use than the regular double A (lipos are tempermental and need proper charging cycles, and you cant run them dry or they just break, i've broken two)
Well my searches have found this.
Wide angle lense pinhole camera: http://www.cctvfactory.com/cctv-video-security-cameras/ultra-small-sharp-color-ccd-pinhole-cone-lens-security-camera-420-tv-lines-wide-angle-1.0x0.9x0.8.html
Wearable media glasses called MyVu's: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/myvu-shades-301-ipod-edition/
They have different versions of those sunglasses, but this is the only one I've seen that offers a ten hour battery life on it's own. Combined with that low power draw camera and adapter peices. It outta work pretty well dontcha think?
those myvu glasses look great, i agree with you there, they would work great.
you would have to connect a camera to a powersouces though, which wouldn't be an issue as a low draw camera would even make a dent in a small power pack of AA's or something
Found something else too. These are expensive, but updated, and come with yellow white red cords for tv which can be converted to cctv input for the pinhole camera up there.
These promise a five hour battery life, but these guys actually sell these. Those other ones are old to the point where it'd be difficult to see, and you actually have to look down to see the displays in those. I feel sold on getting these within the next two months.
thats brilliant katuro, make sure to tell us when you get them/if you get them.
apart from cutting out big eyeholes flush with the front of your fursuit head or mounting a vid cam outside and putting some sort of monitor/viewfinder inside near your eyes, the range of vision is limited to about 25% of what it would be going headless in a fursuit. Walking around in it after awhile you get used to it and learn to compensate for that loss, but not fully. sorta like someone who has lost sight or hearing, losing one, your other 4 sences make up for not being able to see as well. I try to walk slow as to not bump into things as much and turn my head around a lot to see where I'm going, it's one way to compensate with the impaired vision
I seem to remember this LJ entry made by LatinVixen a long time ago.
i see (hehe not quite yet) this might be usefull. that link has eyeless view holes, well what about something like painted glass or polycarb thats transperant though one side?? i think it exists
Yes, Wildthinger, fursuits are always hard to see out of, some more than others. Getting reasonable vision is one of the major factors which influence your choice of design and building technique.
The field of vision is one of the things which you have to plan around when you are first designing the suit; it is best done (and cheapest) at the pencil-and-paper stage, and then experimenting with the head before covering the foam with fur or fabric; otherwise you may need to disassemble the head and modify it, maybe even rebuild. But even then, your field of vision will always be restricted to some extent.
...Or at least, that's been the common experience. I'm sure that somewhere out there, a clever young furry fan might devise a really ingenious way to increase that window! Feel free to experiment.
That being said - you also now know one of the primary reasons for having a helper accompany you when you are wearing the suit, to see things which you can not.