Ok looking over Eyebands it does not make very much sense to me

Eyebands
Rating--Essence--Capacity--Cost
1--------0.3--------6----------800
2--------0.4--------8----------1,000
3--------0.5--------12---------1,250

Cybereyes
Rating--Essence--Capacity--Cost
1--------0.2--------4----------500
2--------0.3--------8----------750
3--------0.4--------12---------1,000
4--------0.5--------16---------1,500

Ok from the description of eyebands they are a visor-like band that covers the head at eye level. To me that says more capacity was well as more essence cost.

Rating 1 eyebands have a +0.1 essence cost and have a +2 capacity over rating 1 cybereyes.

Rating 2 eyebands have a +0.1 essence cost and have the same capacity as rating 2 cybereyes

Rating 3 eyebands have a +0.1 essence cost and have the same capacity as rating 3 cybereyes.

Seems to me for a increased essence and nuyen cost the capacity of eyebands should be greater. Yes the rating 1 eyebands do gain a +2 capacity but the rest do not.

Following the progression of the rating 1 eyebands versus the rating 1 cybereyes it would be like this

Eyebands
Rating--Essence--Capacity--Cost
1--------0.3--------6-----------800
2--------0.4--------10---------1,000
3--------0.5--------14---------1,250
4--------0.6--------18---------2,000

WMS

...well they do confer 360° vision. if not obstructed by hair or headwear. True there is a -2 modifier to all tests when in motion, but for one, this would offer an advantage during a stakeout or when pulling guard duty at the safehouse.

...double post due to lousy connection

@KK & de4dmeta1
Well since every vision mod including Ultrasound can be installed by RAW into contacts, yes the Avail number will be 20+.

Size is not a much of a issue, at least for contacts in RAW.

Actually I can think of several advantages if one could put it all into a set of eyebands.
Laser Designator, Laser Range finder, that way you could "paint" a target for a laser for smart munitions, get the exact range, a laser microphone listen in on a conversation in a vehicle. Do not forget the Eye Laser Tool either

To me this eyeband is more a phased array sensor device.

Again what you have stated have some validity but the eyeband rating 1 offers more capacity than a cybereye rating 1, why does the progression not continue on into the rating 2 and 3's?

Yes it could be in the erratta.

WMS

I think you are making a fairly dodgey comparison


Rating--Essence--Capacity--Cost
1--------0.3--------6----------800 2--------0.3--------8----------750
2--------0.4--------8----------1,000 3--------0.4--------12---------1,000
3--------0.5--------12---------1,250 4--------0.5--------16---------1,500


seems to line up better.

so infact the differences are

-2 capacity +50Y
-4 Capacity
-4 Capacity -250 Yens.

In which case you can ask, why do eyebands have less capacity than the equivalent cyber eye across the board?

However comparing a rating one eye band to a rating one cyber eye is not a valid comparison, because eyebands clearly start further up the scale.

@Cthulhudreams
Nothing dodgey on this side of the Pond.

It is the half full versus half empty POV.

But regardless how you arrange the numbers the Eyebands have less capacity.

WMS

*grins* Well, there is a difference between 'starting with more capacity and then falling away' and 'always offering less capacity'

A is loony, B is a consistent decision - questionable but consistent.

Edit: Just as a note I agree with your position that its stupid.

Eyeband
Ultrasound Sensor linked to image link
Radar Sensor 4 linked to image link
Co-processor
Reception enhancer 3
vision enhancement 3

Now we have a 360 degree of vision and +6D6 to any perception rolls

We have a -3 due to vision modifiers for radar/ultrasound and -2 for having 360 vision but +6 due to ware - so a total of +1 to perception. Oh, then we have vision enhancement 3 so a total of +4 perception

We DO on the other hand have X-ray vision and millimeter wave radar detection and motion sensor system on anyone within 0-40 meters.

That the eyeband have slightly less capacity is somehow a moot point compared to what one can gain from it.

also, the moment something walks into range, one can focus the vision into that area to remove the negative effects of the 360 vision.

i would not be surprised seeing shaved head, black suited bodyguards with these, standing perfectly still somewhere, but constantly scanning the visible area around him and so on.

hell, one can test the effect in some FPS games today. i recall tuning the vision area in the quake games with a command. as long as you remembered that what was in the center of your screen you where mostly ok.

@The Joop
By RAW ultrasound, and radar sensor are not 360 degree sensors.

Also Ultrasound and Radar sensors are head ware not cybereye accessories, so by RAW they can not be installed in cybereye systems.

As for whether or not it is Moot is up for debate, why it is posted here.

WMS

@KK
Most lasers you can not "see", most of the time you are seeing the IR beam part of the aiming directing system, most lasers are not in the visual part of the spectrum.

WMS

@The Joop
Why would one want an implanted ultravision/radar sensor to be displayed in a image link, since part of the implanting is "wiring" them up to ones brain(visual cortex)?

If you wanted them in an image link, why not just wear them in helmet/goggles/glasses/contacts or the like, then use the image link?

WMS

How significant is 360-degree vision in a game that doesn't have facing rules?

It means you are never ambushed. It means that no one ever sneaks by while your back is turned.

I just put a RFID sensor with a camera and all available vision upgrades and a skin link on the back of my head and have it display as a rearview mirror in my image link

would an occular drone installed into an eyeband also get 360 degree vision when seperated?

...my word, it was all just in jest.

...make sure to enunciate the phrase precisely or you will unleash a most unholy army.