A builder has recreated the Cyberpunk 2077 jacket look in real life using four flexible OLED panels, two Raspberry Pi 4s, a GPIO-based sync setup, and a 3D-printed collar structure—turning game aesthetics into wearable tech.
He’s not wearing a prop. The jacket in the collar lights up like it belongs in a neon city—because someone actually built it.
The inspiration is unmistakable for anyone who’s played Cyberpunk 2077: a jacket with a screen tucked into the collar. Once, that kind of wearable would have stayed safely in science fiction. Now it’s here, made possible by flexible OLED displays.
The build centers on four flexible OLED panels, sized like a smartphone-style aspect ratio. Each panel cost $300, and all four were sourced for the project. To get the screens moving, two Raspberry Pi 4 computers were used—driving two displays each.
The builder leaned on an older Raspberry Pi model because it was capable of a “neat hack” to better play smooth video across two displays. Keeping everything coordinated wasn’t automatic. A rudimentary sync system was assembled using GPIO pins. built to prevent the two Raspberry Pis from drifting out of step while the video ran.
Getting from working screens to a jacket that could actually be worn took its own kind of precision. The screens had to be positioned inside the large collar of a scratch-built cyberpunk-styled jacket. and the solution wasn’t to rely on dramatic flexing. In the final install, the OLED panels don’t flex much at all. Instead, they’re held in place by a 3D-printed structure designed to keep the displays safe from damage.
The payoff is a collar screen that very accurately recreates the jacket from the game. The creator describes the build as technically simple, but the end result still depends on delicate work and smart design choices to make it practical for real wear.
A video of the build is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UXCVEk83kE.
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So basically the jacket glows like in the game and costs like $1,200? That’s wild.
I don’t get why people spend money on a jacket screen when phones already exist. Also OLEDs are gonna get destroyed if you wear it outside, right?
Wait it says Raspberry Pi 4 but then mentions an older model for the smooth video thing? Like which one is it, Pi 4 or older Pi? Seems contradictory lol. Still cool though, the neon collar idea is definitely Cyberpunk vibes.
Can you imagine the battery life on that thing… like does it run all day or is it just for like 10 minutes at a con. And $300 per panel?? I bet the GPIO sync is gonna fail the second you move weird. Also I saw something similar where it’s just for show, not really wearable.