Brad "Sno0ose" Ammerman
Brad Ammerman, a leading figure in security testing, currently serves as the Senior Director at Prescient Security. His background includes influential roles at companies like Foresite, Optiv Security, Lockheed Martin, DIA, DoD, and Supreme Court of Nevada, where he developed his expertise in offensive security and team management. A skilled hacker himself, Brad is also a recognized speaker, educator, mentor, and disabled veteran, dedicated to teaching and protecting others. He takes great pride in his roles as a devoted husband and father.
Session
"Video games often give players a tactical advantage through HUDs—enemy indicators, directional cues, and awareness overlays. But what if you could bring that level of perception into real life? Inspired by the world of game hacking, this talk explores the development of a real-world ESP-style system! Think wallhacks, bounding boxes, and heads-up intelligence, but for the real world!
We’ll walk through how tools and methods from the game cheating scene ( such as tracking movement, basic identifing team mates or unidentified people, and direction they are facing) can be adapted to real-world sensor input and spatial reasoning. Using computer vision, object detection, and some creative hardware setups, we’ve built a working proof-of-concept: an augmented reality HUD that mimics the feel of video game ESP. It's part serious toolkit, part cyberpunk toy, and 100% inspired by ""script kiddies"".
This talk will demo the tech, explore the methodology, and walk through the surprisingly effective crossover from game mods to meatspace perception mods. Because if you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why can’t I see enemies through walls IRL?”—we’re here to say: now you kinda can."