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[Tilarta]

I started to wonder about this lately.

We've all seen the Omnitool light up when it's in use.

Then I realized, this is a virtual hologram like the computer interfaces in the Normandy.

But what actually are the physical components of an Omnitool?
Does anyone have any idea what it really looks like?

Personally, I'm thinking it's a one handed glove worn under your armor.

The other hand of your armored suit probably has the sensor microchips necessary to "touch" the hologram.

[habitat 67]

Gold LED's. A communication interface.

[Nashiktal]

I always figured it was an implant.

[Zulu_DFA]

Who cares. It's all magic anyway.

But I think there was a Codex entry in ME1.

[Tarek]

its like a brace that you wear which is like a laptop that can "print" simple 3D objects

[Fat Headed Wolf]

Omni-tools are..... People!

OMNI-TOOLS ARE..... PEOPLE!!!!!!

[Iakus]

ME 1 Answer:  The omnitool itself isn't really seen, save for its holographic display.  But it's apparantly a combination miniature computer, sensor suite and small fabricator (for elecronic components needed for hacking and repairing devices).  Given how the hologram appears, I'm thinking it's either a glove/bracer type assembly one wears or a cybernetic implant on the forearm and hand.

ME 2 Answer:  Pixie dust.  Or a magic wand.  Possibly both

[Yakko77]

iakus wrote...

ME 1 Answer:  The omnitool itself isn't really seen, save for its holographic display.  But it's apparantly a combination miniature computer, sensor suite and small fabricator (for elecronic components needed for hacking and repairing devices).  Given how the hologram appears, I'm thinking it's either a glove/bracer type assembly one wears or a cybernetic implant on the forearm and hand.

ME 2 Answer:  Pixie dust.  Or a magic wand.  Possibly both

They have a space hamster inside running an abacus.

[Pwener2313]

It can't be a glove since you can use it with normal gloves. I've always thought that it is a hard light hologram.

[matteatspuppies]

Fat Headed Wolf wrote...

Omni-tools are..... People!

OMNI-TOOLS ARE..... PEOPLE!!!!!!

.......man i can go for some soylent green right about now....well there goes my diet.

[Granville8]

I have your answer!

1 Holographic projector.
2 Microphone
3 Camera
4 Audio/Video recorder
5 PDF reader
6 30 TB of pron.

[Rurik_Niall]

300 TB if it's Joker's Omnitool.

[Phaedon]

iakus and Zulu trolling, kay.

Anyway, there has to be a device on your wrist that acts both as a holographic projector and counts the distance from your fingers to it. And it would have to be the processor thing too.

And that's for the standard omni-tool.

Alliance omni-tools have a flashlight component, while Nos Astra PD ones seem to have what by modern terms could most likely be some sort of an advanced RUVIS (Reflected Ultra Violeted Imaging System) component as well. 

We also know that it can project live audiovisual footage and send an issue to nearby suit micro-computers to release omni-gel and medi-gel, so I guess that it has Wi-Fi too. 

Modifié par Phaedon, 19 mars 2011 - 12:02 .

[Chewin]

^You were your science glasses when posting stuff like that /joke

[Nathan Redgrave]

Keep in mind that although the omni-tool's holographic interface may appear on the forearm, the omni-tool itself may not be limited to one's arm. There may be one device on an arm for control purposes and another elsewhere on one's person that performs other functions.

[Phaedon]

Oh, the turian CSI in LotSB also takes a photo, so I guess that it should have some sort of hard-disk too.

[CroGamer002]

iakus wrote...

ME 1 Answer:  The omnitool itself isn't really seen, save for its holographic display.  But it's apparantly a combination miniature computer, sensor suite and small fabricator (for elecronic components needed for hacking and repairing devices).  Given how the hologram appears, I'm thinking it's either a glove/bracer type assembly one wears or a cybernetic implant on the forearm and hand.

ME 2 Answer:  Pixie dust.  Or a magic wand.  Possibly both

So the same thing in both games, does same things and looks the same but is somehow different in other game?
That doesn't make any sense.

[marshalleck]

It's no different from the first game. They're small hardware components embedded in clothing or in Shepard's case, the forearm of your N7 armor. And I'm assuming that much like handheld devices of today such as PDAs, cellphones, netbooks, and so on there are probably many different grades of omnitools which have different capabilities. For example a mechanical engineer's omnitool would almost certainly have the fabricator, whereas a doctor's omnitool may have no use for such a thing. 

Modifié par marshalleck, 19 mars 2011 - 01:07 .

[Tilarta]

Because a picture is worth 1000 words, here is my concept of an Omnitool:



The main processing unit and the secondary processing module is where the computing power of the device is stored.
These are combinations of a harddrive and computer processor chip arrays.

The communicator is a 2 way audio transmitter with a holographic projector for creating a visual image if necessary (as seen during the grand finale of Mass Effect 2).

The primary holographic projector is used to create the "images" of large objects and the micromech tools used for finer tools.
It creates the "hologram" is the visual representation for a Combat Drone, for example.

The secondary projectors are to provide extra precision for the finer tools, which are normally used for hacking, direct connections to other computers, maintainence tasks etc.

Because the Combat Drone and tools would actually require some physical components, the Nanomech Fabricator creates the solid parts out of tiny robots, which then swarm into a predefined pattern based on the hologram being projected.
Things like a power array, energy projector, mechanical link connector and so on.

The actuator glove is actually more simple.
It's just a glove with sensors that respond to the proximity of the "virtual hologram" of the Omnitool.

What I've shown here is the human/Asari/Batarian specific version.

I imagine the model can be remade for the shape of the person's hand who uses it if they differ from the galactic "norm" (i.e: Turians, Krogans, Quarians etc).

[The_Illusive]

^I just got a nerdgasm

Modifié par The_Illusive, 19 mars 2011 - 01:29 .

[Phaedon]

Tilarta wrote...

Because a picture is worth 1000 words, here is my concept of an Omnitool:

The only problem I have with this is that the processing unit could have been placed under the communicator or the Primary Holographic Projector, and could have been much smaller, but otherwise this is a great idea.

Because the Combat Drone and tools would actually require some physical components, the Nanomech Fabricator creates the solid parts out of tiny robots, which then swarm into a predefined pattern based on the hologram being projected.
Things like a power array, energy projector, mechanical link connector and so on.

Considering that nanotechnolodgy has advanced in the Mass Effect universe (Omni-gel/Medi-gel), this sounds like a good explanation.

[Zulu_DFA]

Phaedon wrote...

Tilarta wrote...

Because a picture is worth 1000 words, here is my concept of an Omnitool:

The only problem I have with this is that the processing unit could have been placed under the communicator or the Primary Holographic Projector, and could have been much smaller, but otherwise this is a great idea.

The only problem with this is that as soon as Christina Norman wants the Engineer to have a Lightning Bolt power to make this class more popular with the players    awesome     badass -



it'll happen.

Modifié par Zulu_DFA, 19 mars 2011 - 03:21 .

[Elvis_Mazur]

I always found holos in general in Mass Effect as something that doesn't make sense.

Seriously, sometimes we see Joker, for example, clicking the holos when there is nothing on them.

I think they are more artistic than logical.

[Iakus]

Phaedon wrote...

iakus and Zulu trolling, kay.

Anyway, there has to be a device on your wrist that acts both as a holographic projector and counts the distance from your fingers to it. And it would have to be the processor thing too.

And that's for the standard omni-tool.

Alliance omni-tools have a flashlight component, while Nos Astra PD ones seem to have what by modern terms could most likely be some sort of an advanced RUVIS (Reflected Ultra Violeted Imaging System) component as well. 

We also know that it can project live audiovisual footage and send an issue to nearby suit micro-computers to release omni-gel and medi-gel, so I guess that it has Wi-Fi too. 

The ME 1 answer was the serious answer.  If a joke is trolling, well, as you say, "kay"

We only see the flashlight component once for Alliance omnitools, so I wonder if that's a standard component or perhaps a special feature, possibly for search and rescue workers?

Wifi, or some futuristic equivalent of it also makes sense.

[Rekkampum]

iakus wrote...

Phaedon wrote...

iakus and Zulu trolling, kay.

Anyway, there has to be a device on your wrist that acts both as a holographic projector and counts the distance from your fingers to it. And it would have to be the processor thing too.

And that's for the standard omni-tool.

Alliance omni-tools have a flashlight component, while Nos Astra PD ones seem to have what by modern terms could most likely be some sort of an advanced RUVIS (Reflected Ultra Violeted Imaging System) component as well. 

We also know that it can project live audiovisual footage and send an issue to nearby suit micro-computers to release omni-gel and medi-gel, so I guess that it has Wi-Fi too. 

The ME 1 answer was the serious answer.  If a joke is trolling, well, as you say, "kay"

We only see the flashlight component once for Alliance omnitools, so I wonder if that's a standard component or perhaps a special feature, possibly for search and rescue workers?

Wifi, or some futuristic equivalent of it also makes sense.

With some pixie dust, er... omnigel, for extra performance capabilities. You know all the major tech in the future needs omnigel.