Privacy Bubble

Tourists's Toy

US 01/10

A palm-sized device. A seam ran around the perimeter of the metal rectangular object, with a wheel and three buttons on one side. A tiny logo was on the underside.

Used by ecotourists to get close to wildlife without scaring them off—it records a visual of the surroundings and plays that back along with noise-cancelling waves around a holographic static field bubble on a loop, so you can talk within it and from the outside it’ll just look like you’re sitting there. The loop won’t hold up to close examination, but anyone glancing at a video feed shouldn’t get immediately suspicious. Known in military jargon as a close-range cloaking module.