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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* This is one of [[Sly Cooper]]'s powers. |
* This is one of [[Sly Cooper]]'s powers. |
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* [http://www.microforuminternational.com/games_Adventure.html Microforum International's cell phone games] include ''The Invisible Man'', set in 1899 London, and ''The Invisible Lady'', set in modern Los Angeles. |
* [http://www.microforuminternational.com/games_Adventure.html Microforum International's cell phone games]{{Dead link}} include ''The Invisible Man'', set in 1899 London, and ''The Invisible Lady'', set in modern Los Angeles. |
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* The Dark Templar of ''[[StarCraft]]'' severed their ties to their psionic brethren, as well as their ties to the visible world. |
* The Dark Templar of ''[[StarCraft]]'' severed their ties to their psionic brethren, as well as their ties to the visible world. |
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* ''[[Second Sight]]'' has multiple characters who use the mind-clouding variant, [[Visible Invisibility|represented as transparency]]. Security cameras ignore it, and it can't be activated if someone's already looking at the user ([[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|unless that someone is you, anyways]].) It also malfunctions if the user gets too close to someone else, and odd things can happen if someone sees footprints forming without anything visible to form them. |
* ''[[Second Sight]]'' has multiple characters who use the mind-clouding variant, [[Visible Invisibility|represented as transparency]]. Security cameras ignore it, and it can't be activated if someone's already looking at the user ([[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard|unless that someone is you, anyways]].) It also malfunctions if the user gets too close to someone else, and odd things can happen if someone sees footprints forming without anything visible to form them. |
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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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* The military, of course, is well-known for using the "bending light" method to make [[wikipedia:Stealth bomber|jets]] and [http://www.history.com/videos/navy-launches-invisible-ship ships] invisible to radar, though not the naked eye. ''[[wikipedia:Philadelphia Experiment|Maybe]]''. |
* The military, of course, is well-known for using the "bending light" method to make [[wikipedia:Stealth bomber|jets]] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20100308170325/http://www.history.com/videos/navy-launches-invisible-ship ships] invisible to radar, though not the naked eye. ''[[wikipedia:Philadelphia Experiment|Maybe]]''. |
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* Ghosts, if you believe they exist. |
* Ghosts, if you believe they exist. |
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* In the near future, it will be possible to create a device that conceals you completely. Surprisingly, it would be quite similar to [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Invisibility Cloak]]. |
* In the near future, it will be possible to create a device that conceals you completely. Surprisingly, it would be quite similar to [[Harry Potter]]'s [[Invisibility Cloak]]. |
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