Echolocation
Using sound waves to see
Ability to:
use sonic vibrations and echoes to build up an image of the surrounding area
Character(s):
Elle Bishop World 8
Robert Max (via empathic mimicry)
Peter Petrelli World 8 (via empathic mimicry)
Jessica Petrelli (via empathic mimicry)Echolocation is the ability to gain spatial awareness of an area by using the echo of sonic vibrations.
Characters[]
- Elle Bishop has this ability naturally.
- Marie Lewis also has this ability, gained synthetically from the formula.
- Robert Max has mimicked this ability from Elle.
- Peter Petrelli has also mimicked the ability from Elle in World 8.
- Jessica Sky Petrelli has absorbed the ability from her aunt.
Limits[]
The individals who possess this ability are all capable of gaining a perspective of their surroundings by listening to the echoes of sound bouncing off objects and beings in the area. They can then judge the shape, distance and size of objects within the area and can create a visual map in their mind of what the surroundings look like. They can use this ability to "see" their surroundings as well as someone with perfect vision can, and would have an advantage in darkness or when others have their own vision impaired.
Similar Abilities[]
- Enhanced hearing can be used to gain spatial awareness of a place using hearing when vision is impaired
- Digital mind can include possessing radar or sonar
- Synaesthesia can be used to "see" using any of the other senses
- Spatial awareness is the ability to have a precise spatial sense of one's surroundings