Raspberry Pi Night Vision Goggles

I decided to make a pair of night vision goggles using a Raspberry Pi so that I can use it playing Airsoft.

Raspberry Pi

Power bank (preferably 3amps)

FPV goggles with AV input (screen removed from goggles - see picture) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08SWH2Q83?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Night vision camera for Raspberry Pi

SD card (minimum 16gb with Raspberry Pi OS)

Helping hands - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08JCCB6R6?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

Decorations I used (not necessary)

inert bullets

bullet holders (the black metal things on the back of the helmet - see picture)

Flashlight (optional)

Source all the components. Some of which like the Pi, the camera and the helemt I had already.

The rest I sourced form various places like local surplus shops and online retailers.

I first thought about attaching the googles to my helmet as you see them in the photos. But that would have been too cumbersome. So I decided to take the screen out of the goggles and put them on a helping hand which meant I could still night vision while walking around normally.

Hot glue all the items listed above onto the helmet.

Add any decorations you like.

The following code is what I used to activate the night vision goggles. The hf - vf part flips the camera so that it is the right way round.

raspistill -t 0 -hf -vf

See photo for finished product.