Image Inducer

Designed by Charles Xavier and originally manufactured by Stark Industries, the image inducer is a highly advanced portable hologram generator that makes its bearer look like another person or being. The inducer can store a number of different looks, each with its own costume, skin colors, facial features and other distinguishing characteristics. The inducer can even create images of non-humaniform things, though the utility of such an image is limited, as it would not fit the bearer's body. In addition to stored images, the inducer can usually be reprogrammed on the fly by its user.

Inside the inducer is a powerful computer processor that stores the holograms and matches the visual image to the bearer's body, making sure that the light-based image stays with the arms and legs when they are moved. It should be noted that the inducer cannot mask the physical characteristics of the bearer from other senses: Nightcrawler's hand would still feel furry and two-fingered, even if you saw a normal five-fingered hand. The hologram generator is also fantastically small, and its exact construction is a closely-held industrial secret. It is most likely a transmission hologram (lit from behind the image), but the device seems too small to incorporate the laser and beamsplitter needed for standard holography. In addition, standard holograms must be recorded on a film, whereas the image inducer appears to use air molecules. Again, the exact workings of the inducer are still unknown.

The first mutant to use the inducer was Nightcrawler, the first X-Man who could not pass as human without a disguise, but many other mutants have used it since, notably Artie, Leech and Marrow.

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Original Image Inducer

Various Induced Images

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