( CNN ) -- Fans of `` Iron Man , '' take notice : A group of students at the Royal College of Art in London have created two masks that can give you superhuman sight and hearing . The first prototype covers the wearer 's ears , mouth and nose and uses a directional microphone to give him the ability to hear an isolated sound in a noisy environment . For example , you could target a person in a crowd and clearly hear his words without the surrounding noise . The other prototype is worn over one 's eyes . A camera captures video and sends it to a computer , which can apply a set of effects to it in real-time and send it back to the wearer . One can , for example , use it to see movement patterns , similar to the effects of long-exposure photography . Watch : Wearable tech tracks your life . The team behind project Eidos â€ ” Tim Bouckley , Millie Clive-Smith , Mi Eun Kim and Yuta Sugawara â€ ” see many possible applications of this technology . For example , one could use the visual mask it to analyze movement and technique in sports . In another example , concert-goers could use the hearing mask to focus on a certain performer at a concert . `` We are used to controlling the world around us to find the settings that suit us best . But while technology advances to aid this , our physical bodies remain the same . What if we had the same control over our senses ? If we could adjust them in real time , what experiences would this make possible , ' they ask . Read more : Digital tattoos , mind reading headphones . Though the Eidos prototypes are relatively simple , the ideas behind the project are interesting . With wearable tech being the talk of the town as of late , one has to wonder if Google Glass , for example , could be paired with visual or auditory augmentation technology to `` improve '' your senses . What superhuman abilities would you like to gain from wearable tech ? Share your ideas in the comments . © 2013 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
Students at the Royal College of Art have created masks that can give enhanced sight and hearing . First mask uses a microphone to isolate a specific sound in a noisy environment . The other , worn over the eyes , can apply visual effects seen by the wearer in real time .