{"id":742538,"date":"2026-08-04T03:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T00:25:46","slug":"a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3e495e78ce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af3e495e78ce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639050\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Facial recognition has become one of the fastest-growing forms of infrastructure in public life. Cameras in airports, transit systems, retail spaces, and city streets capture biometric data routinely, often without the awareness of the people being scanned. The face has gradually become something closer to a credential, an identifier read by systems that process it instantly against databases that are constantly growing.<\/p>\n<p>OBEX is a conceptual wearable that treats this shift as a design problem worth addressing through physical form. Rather than responding to surveillance with software or policy, it proposes a new category called \u201cprivacy armor,\u201d a tangible boundary between the wearer and systems of biometric recognition. Its form language doesn\u2019t come from consumer electronics but from something much older, the medieval visor.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/haechan-ryu-78b94522b\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haechan Ryu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639051\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639051\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-13.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"5d9a2b9d4c370e6c7c994540-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"5d9a2b9d4c370e6c7c994540-text\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639052\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639052\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-10.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In medieval warfare, a knight\u2019s visor concealed identity while creating distance between the person and the world beyond the armor. The logic behind OBEX borrows that idea and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies it to a different kind of threat, one that\u2019s less physical and more informational. As surveillance systems continuously collect and analyze biometric data, the face becomes a vulnerable interface, and OBEX imagines what it would mean to shield it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639053\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639053\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"5d9a2b9d4c370e6c7c994540-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"5d9a2b9d4c370e6c7c994540-text\/javascript\"><\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639054\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639054\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The visor itself is made from a micro-perforated optical film that allows the wearer to see out clearly while appearing opaque from the outside. It\u2019s a deliberate asymmetry, the kind that surveillance systems rely on, reversed and put in the hands of the individual. The shielding motion references the sliding visors of historical armor, and the weight distribution is engineered to reduce strain across the head during long wear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639055\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639055\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639056\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639056\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639057\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639057\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-12.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The temple module anchors the visor to the head and holds most of the active <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. Embedded PPG sensors monitor physiological data in real time, enabling continuous biometric monitoring through the wearer\u2019s own biological signature. Dual directional speakers deliver audio feedback without cutting the wearer off from surrounding sounds, and a small bitmap display on the side communicates system status and shield activation modes at a glance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639058\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639058\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639059\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639059\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The frame is precision-engineered titanium, chosen for its balance of strength and low weight. The outer surface carries a refined micro-texture that improves grip while minimizing visible wear over time. The ornamental detailing on the temple module draws from the craftsmanship traditions of medieval armor, with intricate surface patterns that make the component read more as a personal artifact than as a piece of hardware.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639060\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639060\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639061\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-639061\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>OBEX isn\u2019t proposing that everyone should walk around in a visor. It\u2019s asking what protection means when the thing being protected isn\u2019t the body but the face\u2019s function as an identity signal. The concept sits at the edge of speculative design and industrial practice, using grounded materials and structural logic to imagine an object that doesn\u2019t quite exist yet, but one that feels increasingly necessary.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/07\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/obex-wearable-identity-shield-concept-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-639062\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"A Designer Just Answered Facial Recognition With a Medieval Visor\" 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Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/03\/a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-designer-just-answered-facial-recognition-with-a-medieval-visor\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facial recognition has become one of the fastest-growing forms of infrastructure in public life. Cameras in airports, transit systems, retail spaces, and city streets capture biometric data routinely, often without the awareness of the people being scanned. 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