The year is 2025. The political landscape, unpredictable. Your identity is your most valuable asset, so in order to protect it, you decide to take the identity of someone else. Sounds like the perfect setup for a dystopian sci-fi movie, and for the Become Anyone 2.0 Mask a DIY project from Sean Hodgins.The mask, created more as a fun project than a vigilante face-guard, features nearly 3000 LEDs coming together to turn your entire face into a massive display of sorts. While LED face masks do exist, none are as advanced as the one Hodgins made. Although its fairly low-res and low-poly, youve essentially got an RGB display wrapped around your face, allowing you to play videos, display text, or even apply anyones face as a graphic, allowing you to become anyone. DOOM? Sure. Peter Griffin of Family Guy? Why not. Tommy Vercetti from GTA Vice City? Hell Yes!Designer: Sean HodginsThe mask is essentially an amalgamation of 16 LED matrix panels, precisely arranged to wrap around a face. The LED layout creates a seamless grid for displaying animations, expressions, or even video loops, driven by either a PixelBlaze or Raspberry Pi controller. The ambitious goal of using only circuit boards to construct the masks body ensures its both functional and visually strikinga wearable pixel art canvas. From DOOMs snarling faces to trippy animated patterns, this mask is as versatile as it is mesmerizing.The design process starts with a 3D-printed template to ensure a perfect facial fit. This is crucial because any misalignment could strain the fragile solder joints when mounted to a welding helmet-style head strap. Once the fit is locked in, the technical heavy lifting begins. Hodgins is laser-focused on precision, using a stencil to apply solder paste before manually placing thousands of SK6805-1515 LEDs onto the PCB panels. If youve ever soldered a single LED, imagine doing that nearly 3000 timesunless, of course, you have a pick-and-place machine handy. For those attempting this project manually, consider it a test of your soldering stamina.Once the LED placement is complete, the boards are reflowed using a toaster ovenproof that even the simplest tools can achieve incredible results in the hands of a skilled creator. The next challenge is cutting and preparing the panels, ensuring each one fits snugly into the larger mask assembly. Smoothing out the PCB edges with a belt grinder might sound aggressive, but its a surprisingly effective way to guarantee clean, flat joins.The most nerve-wracking stage comes with soldering the panels together to form the full-face grid. This process requires the steady patience of a neurosurgeon. Using the 3D template as a guide, Hodgins connects each panel at just the right angle, securing power, ground, and data connections with delicate wiring. The result is a solid matrix of LEDs thats ready for testing.Powering the mask is no small feat either. A hefty battery feeds power through 18-gauge wiring, ensuring the masks energy-hungry LEDs stay lit without frying the circuits. The final touch comes in programming the animations. If using a Raspberry Pi, additional logic level shifting is required to handle the 5V LED signals. Alternatively, PixelBlaze offers a plug-and-play solution, perfect for those prioritizing ease of use over custom video playback.For anyone daring enough to recreate this project, Hodgins provides open-source files for the PCB design and a detailed step-by-step guide on Instructables. Youll need access to some advanced tools like a reflow oven, soldering iron, and potentially a pick-and-place machine. Patience is your most essential tool, though, as this project is as intricate as it is rewarding. But for those who succeed, the payoff is immense: a cyberpunk accessory that would fit right into the worlds of Blade Runner or Cyberpunk 2077.So, whether youre a DOOM fan, an electronics enthusiast, or someone who just loves the idea of turning their face into a programmable LED screen, the Become Anyone 2.0 mask is the ultimate DIY project. And hey, if you manage to build one, you might just outshine every cosplayer at the next conventionliterally.The post Futuristic DIY LED Mask lets you turn into a DOOM Character or practically anyone you want first appeared on Yanko Design.